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BRAPA in .... DOVER R. SOLE (PART 1/4)
Wetherspoons Dover, there is no better way to light the blue touch paper on a late May Bank Holiday weekend of pub ticking, I'm sure you...

Si Everitt
Jun 19, 20234 min read
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BRAPA in .... HOW NOW COW & PLOUGH : CIRCLING THE DRAINS OF LEICS
Leicestershire won't come quietly as a ticking county. The sheer lack of pubs opening at a sociable hour (12 noon or earlier if you...

Si Everitt
Jun 18, 20236 min read
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BRAPA in the .... BRENCHMARK FOR ALL GREAT PUBS (Rural Kent 2/2)
Halfway through perhaps my most spectacular of all Kentish pub ticking days so far (and yes, I HAVE been to Gillingham before you ask),...

Si Everitt
Jun 14, 20234 min read
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BRAPA in .... I BEG YOUR PARDON, I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN (OF ENGLAND) : Rural Kent 1/2
There have been times during my quest to fully complete the Kent GBG entries when I've questioned whether the famous 'Garden of England'...

Si Everitt
Jun 12, 20234 min read
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BRAPA is ..... THE KING OF WISHFUL HINCKING (Leics 2/2)
Hinckley! At last. Once described as 'the most rewarding of all Leicestershire towns to pub tick' by a bloke who knows, he completed...

Si Everitt
Jun 11, 20233 min read
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BRAPA .... IT'S THE ENDERBY OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (Leics 1/2)
It's raining, it's pouring, but BRAPA wasn't snoring on this Thirsty Thursday as I find myself back in Leicestershire, determined to find...

Si Everitt
Jun 7, 20235 min read
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BRAPA is ... ACEING HASTINGS! (PART TWO OF TWO)
After the dynamic duo of 'First In Last Out' and 'Jenny Lind' (both safely on my BRAPA Pub of 2023 shortlist), I didn't think that our...

Si Everitt
Jun 5, 20235 min read
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BRAPA is ... ACEING HASTINGS! (PART ONE OF TWO)
Sister BRAPA (not a nun), lovely as she is, used to forbid me to go to the football on her birthday, and that has filtered through into...

Si Everitt
Jun 4, 20235 min read
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BRAPA IS ..... CORONATION TICKIN' IN NORTH KENT (PART 2/2)
You left me at the end of Part One in a grumpy mood after two consecutive ropey pints in unconvincing pubs (Wainscott & Cooling), but I...

Si Everitt
Jun 2, 20235 min read
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BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW - MAY 2023
Good evening all. Just a quick one because I fell asleep after a virtual trip to Dresden (don't ask), haven't had my tea yet and wanted...

Si Everitt
May 31, 20232 min read
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BRAPA IS ..... CORONATION TICKIN' IN NORTH KENT (PART 1/2)
May is proving a fruitful month in my quest to complete Kent by late summer, and on my 44th Birthday, I found myself trudging the...

Si Everitt
May 24, 20234 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 10 (THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FWENDS)
4. British Lion, Devizes My favourite pub in my top Wiltshire town of the week, it is no surprise that this one claims a promotion spot....

Si Everitt
May 22, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 9 (PROMOTION HOPEFULS)
8. White Bear, Devizes In order to understand my enormous gratitude to the White Bear for putting on a fine show, you first must...

Si Everitt
May 21, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 8 (PLAYOFF PUSH)
13. Benett Arms, Semley 'If the pub ain't open, I'm hopping straight on that coach and we're getting the hell outta here' I whisper to...

Si Everitt
May 18, 20237 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 7 (BACKDOORING THE PLAYOFFS?)
18. Deacon's, Salisbury Quite easy to end up with a tattoo instead of pint if you're not concentrating / a bit pie-eyed, but thankfully...

Si Everitt
May 16, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 6 (TOP HALF, JUST!)
23. Rugby Club, Salisbury About five minutes into my Rugby Club experience, I thought 'ahhh, this is rather pleasant, I like this place'....

Si Everitt
May 15, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 5 (MID TABLE MEDIOCRITY)
I think this next bunch would probably finish in a Watford, Preston or Norwich position if this was a Championship league table. Is that...

Si Everitt
May 12, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN PART 4 (LOWER MID TABLE)
Not in danger of relegation, never going to challenge for the top half. These five show 'glimpses' but either make silly mistakes or...

Si Everitt
May 10, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN : PART 3 (NOT ANGRY, JUST DISAPPOINTED)
At this point I'm feeling like Father Ted doing his speech when he wins the 'Golden Cleric' award. "We've had the pubs that really fecked...

Si Everitt
May 5, 20235 min read
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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN : PART 2 (YOU'RE TICKED, AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE)
After that wordy but cathartic part one horror show, we now countdown from 43-39. A mixture of fairly shite and incredibly frustrating....

Si Everitt
May 3, 20236 min read
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