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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

8. White Bear, Devizes In order to understand my enormous gratitude to the White Bear for putting on a fine show, you first must...

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...

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...

23. Rugby Club, Salisbury About five minutes into my Rugby Club experience, I thought 'ahhh, this is rather pleasant, I like this place'....

I think this next bunch would probably finish in a Watford, Preston or Norwich position if this was a Championship league table. Is that...

Not in danger of relegation, never going to challenge for the top half. These five show 'glimpses' but either make silly mistakes or...

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...

After that wordy but cathartic part one horror show, we now countdown from 43-39. A mixture of fairly shite and incredibly frustrating....

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...

Good evening friends, I hope this brief (by my standards) catch up finds you and your lizards (livers) well after the Bank Holiday...

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...

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...

"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,...