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BRAPA in .... CHAPPEL GROAN (+ MORE POSITIVE TALES FROM MIDDLE ESSEX)
Saturday 15th February 2025 Stand-in mascot Pedro the Plum, replacing Colin the Cauliflower (suspended for a biting incident in Llanelli)...

Si Everitt
Mar 57 min read
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BRAPA's ..... STAFFORDSHIRE HULL TERROR
Saturday 1st February 2025 Word up! Before my Glamorgan Special, a six tick Saturday found me in Staffordshire and the West Midlands. ...

Si Everitt
Mar 26 min read
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BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW : FEBRUARY 2025
We march into March and hopefully some warmer spring weather (I'm sick of the dark and cold now) in a healthy position after a...

Si Everitt
Feb 284 min read
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BRAPA ...GLAMOUR IN GLAMORGAN Part 5/5 -Promotion??
But just where does a 'promoted' Welsh pub get promoted to? Bristol? Hereford? Shrewsbury? We'll say top 2 get promoted, 3-6 make the...

Si Everitt
Feb 267 min read
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BRAPA ...GLAMOUR IN GLAMORGAN Part 4/5 -The Playoff Pwsh
We should be getting into some good quality pubs now, providing you've got it right of course. Let's have a look ..... Tinhouse,...

Si Everitt
Feb 248 min read
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BRAPA ...GLAMOUR IN GLAMORGAN Part 3/5 Mid-Table Mediocrity (24-17)
On with the countdown you lucky people, based on how many 'likes' you gave me on X/BlueSky and maybe even Untwappd. Three Golden Cups,...

Si Everitt
Feb 217 min read
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BRAPA ...GLAMOUR IN GLAMORGAN (40 Pubs, but which was best according to you) Part 2/5
I've already decided this concept is flawed - ranking the pubs based on social media 'likes'. There are so many variables as to why...

Si Everitt
Feb 198 min read
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BRAPA ...GLAMOUR IN GLAMORGAN (40 pubs, but which was best according to you) Part 1/5
You know by now that I like a pub countdown from after my epic BRAPA holidays, and it doesn't get much more epic than seven nights in...

Si Everitt
Feb 167 min read
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BRAPA .... REVERENCE-IN-THE-MAKERFIELD (HEAVYWEIGHT PUB CHAMPION OF THE WORLD)
Thursday 30th January 2025 Four above average pubs. Four good pints for £3.50 each. Two in Merseyside. Two in Greater Manchester. Two...

Si Everitt
Feb 37 min read
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BRAPA .... MONTH END REVIEW : JANUARY 2025
Cruellest month of the year is January, whether you are talking about pub ticking or just living your freezing life in general. So to...

Si Everitt
Jan 315 min read
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BRAPA IN .... KILLAMARSH SOFTLY : FUGEES & FURRIES IN SHEFF (DADDY BRAPA BIRTHDAY SPECIAL)
Saturday 25th January 2025 Daddy BRAPA's birthday weekend had started amazingly with a 0-3 win at Sheff Utd the previous night, and now,...

Si Everitt
Jan 296 min read
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BRAPA .... DON'T WANNA BE AMERICAN LYDIATE (THIRSTY MERSEY II)
Thursday 23rd January 2025 Seven pub ticks away from Merseyside glory and I could feel the invisible hands of Bjorn Tore Kvarme on my...

Si Everitt
Jan 276 min read
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BRAPA in ... BERMONDSEY BEER SMILE, AND MY ESB TAKES A WHILE
Saturday 18th January 2025 I was missing my work Christmas do for this one! Pool, free drinks and beige snacks in L**ds. "You and Hull...

Si Everitt
Jan 227 min read
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BRAPA in .... WATERLOO (COULDN'T CHARGE MY PHONE, AND I WANTED TO) - THIRSTY MERSEY #1
Thursday 16th January 2025 The #ThirstyThursday Winter Break was over, a shortish Spanish La Liga / French Ligue 1 style break, not as...

Si Everitt
Jan 207 min read
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BRAPA is .... TICKING ON THE DOCKS OF THE BAY (GREENING NOT REDDING MY GOOD BEER GUIDE)
Saturday 11th January 2025 Doncaster Rovers at home wasn't the FA Cup round tie to pique my interest, knowing us this season we'll...

Si Everitt
Jan 197 min read
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BRAPA is .... DUDLEY DUCKING & DIVING : NEW YEAR IN THE BLACK COUNTRY
Saturday 4th January 2025 Boo! The eleventh year of BRAPA begins in the Black Country, as the cold snap returned to the UK and my...

Si Everitt
Jan 157 min read
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BRAPA .... TWIXTMAS WAR OF THE ROSES (WHICH COUNTY IS BEST? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT .... PUB!)
Thursday 26th - Saturday 28th December 2024 With Christmas done for another year in the BRAPA family household ..... Mummy and Sister...

Si Everitt
Jan 146 min read
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BRAPA ... CHRISTMAS SPECIAL : UX, BUCKS & THE SEASONAL PUB INFLUX
Saturday 21st December 2024, 9:30am Ho, ho, bloomin' ho! You find me deep in the London Underground, ready to embark on a trip all the...

Si Everitt
Jan 137 min read
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BRAPA HAS ... A THORN(BRIDGE) ON MY SIDE : BURYING COLMORE DEMONS IN BAKEWELL
Thursday 19th December 2024 The final thirsty Thursday of the year (unless you count Boxing Day in Preston, which I'm not) took me to...

Si Everitt
Jan 125 min read
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BRAPA ... SINGS THE COVENTRY CAROL ALONG THE COVENTRY CANAL (Lully, lullay, thou little tiny twild)
Saturday 14th December 2024, 10am Lunchtime away kick offs. Gawd bless you Sky TV! So much better for the pub ticker than a 3...

Si Everitt
Jan 106 min read
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