34 Norfolk pubs were ticked during my first BRAPA holiday of 2023, rounding things up to a nice total of 50 so far. I'd decided to stay...

A gig in my ancestral home of Sunderland (well, I spent three years here at Uni and still have a major soft spot for the town .... you...

The first Saturday in February saw a first 2023 trip to Kent, a county I'm determined to have completed by September. I'm trying to do...

It made more sense as a #ThirstyThursday on paper. But then I looked at the opening times of the seven pubs I had on my list. One didn't...

For this final part of my epic catch up, and thanks for your patience with this, we'll look back on two recent January trips. Firstly, a...

Greetings pub fans, Just a brief (by my standards) look back on a month dominated by Nottinghamshire progress, extensive blog writing and...

'Baseford', the locals in Hucknall tell me Basford is pronounced. Is this official, or are Hucknall folk just incredibly posh? Anyway,...

Saturday 7th January 2023, hey look at me blogging in the same month I visited pubs in for the first time since last summer. I'm...

BRAPA might have been officially on a 'Winter Break™' until the second week of January, but that didn't stop me from falling accidentally...

I'm in my hotel room, a bit hazy after my Folkestone epic, and England have just lost to France. I thought football was coming home but...

Good evening folks(tone), we're cooking on gas now. Only SIX weeks behind. Thursday 8th December, the final #ThirstyThursday of 2022,...

My final day in Edinburgh was here - Friday 2nd December and as long as nothing silly (or typically BRAPA) happened, a fully completed...

Hello! The eagle eyed of you might have noticed I've shoehorned a part 15 into this epic catch up. See it as a sign we've ended up in...

Just to keep the football supporting analogy going from Part 8, I'd like to thank the 14 people who have subscribed to my Wix blog, we'll...

Before we start, I'd just like to thank you loyal dear readers / skimmers / browsers of BRAPA. Viewing numbers have dropped a lot in the...

(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...