(Just a 'short' 8 pub epic catch up due to a lengthy Falkirk intro) The quest before I set out on my final holiday of 2022 was to fully...

Thursday 17th November, 11:50am and today's first pub was already open. So why the 'eck was I stood outside in the pouring rain,...

Colin the Cauliflower was sulking early doors in Kimberworth on Thursday 10th November 2022, as I refused to take him in The Colin. "Eye...

11 more pubs to tell you about, I'm cooking on gas, I'd be only two months behind if I get this one out before 5th Jan 23:59, shame I'm...

26th October 2022 10pm, see I'm only 9 weeks behind on my blogging! New Year's Resolution is to catch up. Plus I want to do my 'annual...

Happy New Year! Although it was 2022 when I started writing this, surrounded by interesting ales, Bucks Fizz (not the band), party...

My last tick of the 2022 Good Beer Guide was this, a WMC north of Poulton-le-F. Daddy BRAPA and I had travelled over in Mummy BRAPA's...

Last chance to tick my two remaining Central London pubs before the 2023 Good Beer Guide arrives, which by mid October, was surely...

The final chapter in my epic October week in Gwent / Mid Wales is here. Only 133 pubs to catch up on after this! Oh dear, even with my...

Pressing the bell to get off the number 60 bus, which was careering along the main road back to Newport like some maniacal demon bus from...

Having successfully negotiated three of Gwent's more isolated ticks, at Upper Llanover (BOOM!), Mamhilad (BOOM!) and Nant-y-Derry (SHAKE...

Day six of my Gwentish adventure, and the time was nigh to tackle more rural climes on a bus route heading south of Abergavenny. Unlike...

Pub locations do not come much more stunning than the Boat Inn, Penallt (2440 / 4004). You actually hop off the bus in England,...

After another peculiarly elaborate breakfast, the second scariest roadwalk of 2022 took place on my fifth of eight days in Gwent, 5th...

If my Gwentish holiday had been trouble-free so far in terms of buses, trains and pub opening hours all behaving themselves (unlike...

Hi all, as you may've seen me complaining over on Blogger (a bit like a dodgy knee I don't like to talk about) , uploading photos to the...