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BRAPA .... OXFORDSHIRE COUNTDOWN (PART 4 of 5, PUBS 13-7)
Seven more pubs. All decent or actually good. Let's get straight into it ....... Crafty Pint, Witney Despite its atrocious frontage...
Si Everitt
Dec 9, 20246 min read
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BRAPA .... OXFORDSHIRE COUNTDOWN (PART 3 of 5, PUBS 19-14)
'Hidden Gems of Oxfordshire' is how A.I. wants me to approach this blog. Silly robot. Far too optimistic, although now that we've...
Si Everitt
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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BRAPA .... OXFORDSHIRE COUNTDOWN (PART 2 of 5, PUBS 26-20)
Welcome back you gluttons for pub punishment - PUBISHMENT! I suspect this next batch might be hard to make interesting, colourful or...
Si Everitt
Dec 3, 20246 min read
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BRAPA .... MONTH END REVIEW : NOVEMBER 2024
Greetings! This 'cat' might be playing a late lament for 2024, but cheer up mate, here at BRAPA Towers we are in jubilant mood after a...
Si Everitt
Dec 1, 20244 min read
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BRAPA .... OXFORDSHIRE COUNTDOWN (PART 1 of 5, PUBS 32-27)
My first serious foray into Oxon earlier this month yielded 32 ticks (well one was in Bucks but it is near enough to the border to be...
Si Everitt
Nov 27, 20246 min read
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BRAPA .... ALL SCREAM FOR HALESOWEN (Hallowe'en Special Part 2/2)
Saturday 2nd November 2024 A.I. suggests I call this blog "The Quirky Pub Culture of Yorkshire" which reassures me that I'm still...
Si Everitt
Nov 25, 20245 min read
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BRAPA in .... HORRORBRIDGE BOROUGHBRIDGE / IN THE BRUMMIE CRYPT (Hallowe'en Special Pt 1/2)
Boo! Prepare to be terrified as I take you on a journey (probably in a hearse) around the new GBG pubs I visit at that thrilling time of...
Si Everitt
Nov 20, 20245 min read
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BRAPA in .... GROOVERS IN THE HEART : DEEE-LITE IN RIPLEY
Saturday 26th October 2024 Derbyshire had been kinder to me than most counties regarding the #CruelChurn of the 2025 Good Beer Guide, but...
Si Everitt
Nov 18, 20246 min read
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BRAPA in ..... THE KILNSEA KIND : WON'T BE SPURNED AT THIS POINT
Wednesday 23rd October 2024 Those pesky East Yorkshire CAMRA folk could not have chosen a more isolated pub for inclusion in the 2025...
Si Everitt
Nov 17, 20245 min read
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BRAPA is ... BOLLING(TON) FOR SOUP : THE PUB ALL THE TICKERS WANT
Saturday 19th November Cheshire III was upon us, and with Audlem, Barnton and Bostock Green all safely tucked under my belt, 'Bollington'...
Si Everitt
Nov 15, 20247 min read
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BRAPA .... THINKS VERY FILEY OF YOU (EAST & NORTH YORKS BEGINNINGS)
Thursday 17th October 2024 I'll keep this brief(ish) as I've been suffering from flu-like symptoms which I caught from some filthy...
Si Everitt
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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BRAPA in .... MY LINCOLNSHIRE TICKING IS IN TATTERS(HALL) : The Cruel Churn Strikes Again
Saturday 12th October 2024 Every year you do this to me Lincolnshire, every blinking year! One of the most churnable counties in the...
Si Everitt
Nov 11, 20247 min read
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BRAPA .... OCTOBER MONTH END REVIEW (Brat Summer v BRAP Autumn)
Good evening pub lovers, Out of the burning wreckage of September's #CruelChurn emerges BRAPA, like a smooth shiny healthy baby...
Si Everitt
Nov 1, 20245 min read
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BRAPA .... LONDON COUNTDOWN : PART 4/4 (Pubs 8-1) : God Loves a Cryer
Here we go, my favourite 8 pubs in London out of the 33 I visited early this month. Confident you'd enjoy a trip to all of these ..........
Si Everitt
Oct 29, 20247 min read
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BRAPA .... LONDON COUNTDOWN : PART 3/4 (Pubs 17-9) : Sweet Cheams are Made of This
Let us get into some decent pub experiences ...... 17. Nonsuch Inn, Cheam I think pub staff underestimate the power of including the lone...
Si Everitt
Oct 27, 20247 min read
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BRAPA .... LONDON COUNTDOWN : PART 2/4 (Pubs 25-18) : THE PRATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
Let us continue ...... Trafalgar, South Wimbledon I'd heard great things about this boozer. Always bad news if the pub doesn't hit the...
Si Everitt
Oct 25, 20247 min read
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BRAPA .... LONDON COUNTDOWN : PART 1/4 (Pubs 33-26) : NO LIFE AT THE APOLLO
Pubs, people, pints. Not necessarily in that order. But a simple formula for BRAPA success. Achieve a 3/5 in each category and you're...
Si Everitt
Oct 21, 20246 min read
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BRAPA in .... PIE OF THE YEAR, IMPROVEMENT IN BEER, DRUNK EMMA STEER CLEAR (NORWICH NIGHTS)
My Google Pixel 8a hated the inside of the away end of Carrow Road so much, it created this new background as Daddy BRAPA supped down...
Si Everitt
Oct 18, 20246 min read
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BRAPA .... PEOPLE IN GLASSHOUGHTON SHOULDN'T DRINK STONES (West Yorkshire Completion)
Fully green map! A lovely sight to alleviate the pain I felt from the #CruelChurn which I don't like to talk about. But by gum,...
Si Everitt
Oct 16, 20246 min read
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BRAPA is .... NEARLY IN AN ADVERT FOR SPAM, COMPUTER SAYS NO IN ALTRINCHAM (Cheshire II)
Saturday 28th September 2024 First official Saturday of the 2025 Good Beer Guide season took me back to Cheshire where I'd finished my...
Si Everitt
Oct 14, 20248 min read
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