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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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BRAPA - THE WILTSHIRE COUNTDOWN : PART 1 (RELEGATION HORRORSHOW)
Good evening, and having ticked off 45 pubs on my recent BRAPA Spring Holiday, I'll start by telling you about the very first two that...

Si Everitt
May 2, 20236 min read
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BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW - APRIL 2023 (RECORD BREAKERS!)
Good evening friends, I hope this brief (by my standards) catch up finds you and your lizards (livers) well after the Bank Holiday...

Si Everitt
May 1, 20232 min read
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BRAPA IN .... GET ME TO THE CHAPEL ON TIME : FUN ON TEESSIDE
How green is your North Yorkshire? With a 12:45pm finish at work, and a 20:00 kick off* up at play off certs Middlesbrough, it was time...

Si Everitt
Apr 21, 20236 min read
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BRAPA in .... HEY PRESTO(N), THREE MORE TICKS
A few months before the 2023 Good Beer Guide was released, I was on a bus between Garstang and Lancaster with my old mate Matthew...

Si Everitt
Apr 18, 20235 min read
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BRAPA in .... SILVER(DALE) LINING / WARTONS 'N ALL
"You rang, m'lord" says the ghostly butler appearing at my arm as I enter today's first GBG pub. He looks a bit like an elderly vulture,...

Si Everitt
Apr 17, 20234 min read
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BRAPA ... THE EASTER PUB TROPHY 2023 (PT 4/4) I'M A SHEPSHED DYNAMO
Two more 'fixtures' to bring you, and then I'll whizz through the quarter finals, semis and final because I think we can all agree,...

Si Everitt
Apr 16, 20235 min read
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BRAPA .... THE EASTER PUB TROPHY 2023 (PART 3/4)
Welcome along to Friday night pub-ball. Unless you are watching this on catch-up (i.e reading this on Saturday morning). Ooh, I'm...

Si Everitt
Apr 14, 20236 min read
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BRAPA .... THE EASTER PUB TROPHY (PART 2/4)
With Woodman's Stroke, Rothley and Tyne Bar, Byker both safely through to the quarter finals, we have two more ties tonight to see who...

Si Everitt
Apr 13, 20235 min read
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BRAPA ..... THE EASTER PUB TROPHY 2023 (PART 1/4)
Good evening! 16 GBG pubs were ticked over Easter weekend, the number of teams you'd have remaining in an FA Cup fifth round draw. So...

Si Everitt
Apr 11, 20235 min read
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BRAPA IS ..... ONE SANDWICH SHORT OF A TICK, NICK
The pretty posh village of Ickham isn't quite on the Sandwich-Canterbury bus route, which is a bit anti-social of it really, when you are...

Si Everitt
Apr 5, 20236 min read
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BRAPA - A SANDWICH (meal) DEAL
It might've happened in Ramsgate station, but it DID happen. I'd picked up a sandwich, and a drink, and the lady behind the counter says...

Si Everitt
Apr 3, 20235 min read
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