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BRAPA - THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 5/8 - PUBS 25-20 : DRINKING WELL)

Si Everitt

Jul 86 min read

BRAPA - THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 5/8 - PUBS 25-20 : DRINKING WELL)

Things are really hotting up now as we visit six pubs which I wouldn't have to be dragged back to kicking and screaming. It'd be a waste...

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BRAPA - THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 4/8 - PUBS 31-26 : A DECENT DROP)

Si Everitt

Jul 56 min read

BRAPA - THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 4/8 - PUBS 31-26 : A DECENT DROP)

Such is the quality of my recent clutch of Devon pubs that as early as part 4, I can honestly say 'pretty darn decent' about five of...

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BRAPA - THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 3/8 - PUBS 37-32 : DRINKABLE)

Si Everitt

Jul 35 min read

BRAPA - THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 3/8 - PUBS 37-32 : DRINKABLE)

A bit like any England Euro 2024 match so far, this next bunch 'get the job done' without really inspiring confidence. In fact, I...

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Si Everitt

Jul 15 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW (JUNE 2024)

Greetings friends of the BRAP. A joint record breaking liver-shattering month of 75 ticks moves me onto 2899 current Good Beer Guide...

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BRAPA .... THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 2 of 8 : 'HAZY, NOT OFF' 43-38)

Si Everitt

Jun 286 min read

BRAPA .... THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 2 of 8 : 'HAZY, NOT OFF' 43-38)

Welcome back! I feel like Father Ted at the Golden Clerics writing these reviews. "They were the pubs that really fecked me over, now we...

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BRAPA .... THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 1 of 8 : THE DREGS 49-44)

Si Everitt

Jun 245 min read

BRAPA .... THE DEVON COUNTDOWN (PART 1 of 8 : THE DREGS 49-44)

49 Good Beer Guide pubs ticked off on my recent summer jaunt down to Devon, and I spent the train journey home ranking them in some kind...

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BRAPA ..... RUTLAND WEEKEND ALEVISION SPECIAL

Si Everitt

Jun 105 min read

BRAPA ..... RUTLAND WEEKEND ALEVISION SPECIAL

When Daddy BRAPA wielded the green Staedtler (love you guys, please send me free pens) on the Plough, Greetham (2839 / 4999), it became...

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BRAPA : QUISH, QUASH, QUOSH - THAT'S HOW TO COMPLETE GREATER MANCHESTER

Si Everitt

Jun 86 min read

BRAPA : QUISH, QUASH, QUOSH - THAT'S HOW TO COMPLETE GREATER MANCHESTER

My fifth county completion of the 2024 GBG took me to the east side of GMR on a grey, breezy Wednesday afternoon, and deary me, Hyde...

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BRAPA : A LORRA HASLAND (TALES FROM OUTER CHESTERFIELD)

Si Everitt

Jun 48 min read

BRAPA : A LORRA HASLAND (TALES FROM OUTER CHESTERFIELD)

From the moment I first saw the Hasland entry in the 2024 GBG, I knew I'd have to visit just so I could shoehorn in a tribute to one of...

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BRAPA : ROYSTON AMAZEY (DESCENDING THE BROAD STAIRS DAHN TO MARGATE)

Si Everitt

Jun 25 min read

BRAPA : ROYSTON AMAZEY (DESCENDING THE BROAD STAIRS DAHN TO MARGATE)

Is Ramsgate Kent's best pub town? Maidstone is surprisingly strong. That Deal/Walmer area is insanely good. Dover has flashes...

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Si Everitt

May 315 min read

BRAPA - MONTH END REVIEW MAY 2024

Hello friends of the pub, 47 ticks for the month of May keeps me on track for a record-breaking year, I am 1 whole pub ahead of where I...

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BRAPA .... RAMSGATE IN THE BINNO, TICKING WITH QUINNO

Si Everitt

May 303 min read

BRAPA .... RAMSGATE IN THE BINNO, TICKING WITH QUINNO

Saturday 25th May It was hard to believe that after my 2022/23 efforts around the coast of Kent that it'd possible to return to the...

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Si Everitt

May 284 min read

BRAPA in ..... NOTTS LANDING (Part 2/2)

Saturday 18th May 2024 We'd reached the halfway point on this Daddy BRAPA car day, and we leave Fernwood up past evil Newark along the...

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BRAPA .... GETS A TICK IN THE NETHER REGIONS : BROUGHT-ON AS A SUB (Pt 1/2)

Si Everitt

May 275 min read

BRAPA .... GETS A TICK IN THE NETHER REGIONS : BROUGHT-ON AS A SUB (Pt 1/2)

The 2023/24 BRAPA season really has been a rare vintage for the East Midlands. Great progress in Northants, Lincs and Leics. Derbyshire...

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Si Everitt

May 247 min read

BRAPA IN .... HOPE SPRINGS ETERNALE

Thursday 16th May 2024 I hadn't planned on BRAPping this particular Thursday. After all, the first half of May had been BRUTAL, what...

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BRAPA in .... THE GREAT MANCUNIAN MOP-UP (PART 2/2)

Si Everitt

May 226 min read

BRAPA in .... THE GREAT MANCUNIAN MOP-UP (PART 2/2)

Saturday 11th May 2024 Worst night's sleep of the year so far! Not that the Premier Inn bed wasn't of the utmost comfort as guaranteed...

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BRAPA in .... THE GREAT MANCUNIAN MOP-UP (PART 1/2)

Si Everitt

May 196 min read

BRAPA in .... THE GREAT MANCUNIAN MOP-UP (PART 1/2)

FRIDAY 10th MAY 2024 My first BRAPA trip as an ancient 45 year old took me to Manchester (Prestwich to be precise because it was about...

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BRAPA IS.... PISSED AS A NEWT-ON ABBOT (DEVON PT 4/4)

Si Everitt

May 158 min read

BRAPA IS.... PISSED AS A NEWT-ON ABBOT (DEVON PT 4/4)

Actually, I held back on my final day in Devon, determined to be at peak fitness for the forthcoming train home to York via Paddington,...

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BRAPA - TOPSHAM OF THE POPSHAMS (BEWARE THE IDES OF MAY) : DEVON 3/4

Si Everitt

May 137 min read

BRAPA - TOPSHAM OF THE POPSHAMS (BEWARE THE IDES OF MAY) : DEVON 3/4

Thursday 2nd May, 3:37pm The only 'taxi cheat' of my mini-break in Devon took me from the Royal Oak at Heavitree to Topsham, because it...

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BRAPA is ..... SIDMOUTH VICIOUS (DEVON PART 2/4)

Si Everitt

May 95 min read

BRAPA is ..... SIDMOUTH VICIOUS (DEVON PART 2/4)

Thursday 2nd May, 8:30am In the steamy mirror of my Premier Inn bathroom, the Ghost of Pub Ticking Yet to Come appears and offers a stark...

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