44 ticks in the month of April takes me up to 61.7% GBG completion (2777 out of 4500 pubs) as I strive to put as much distance between my...

Thursday 25th April 2024 As incomprehensible to me as this unseasonal dollop of hailstones I'm currently experiencing is Salford itself....

Saturday 20th April 2024 With Hull City's fading playoff dreams now resembling a pair of stonewashed jeans from a mid 80's club in Soho,...

A first visit to the curvaceous voluptuous steamy town of Buxton since 2017 when I did Cheshire Cheese, Ale Stop and the then 53 Degrees...

Hope you've all had nice weekends, In the final part of this war of attrition, we have the two final fixtures before trying to whittle...

Ever since my return from Glamorgan, I've been listening to Kate Bush. I don't know why. If you are aware of any scientific reasoning...

Three more fixtures from arguably the second best pub/football/dice themed competition in the world ....... (the first being @DicePub on...

22 pubs visited down in South Wales in early April to celebrate BRAPA's tenth birthday, and what a lovely young fellow he is becoming,...

Grand finale time, so let's take a look at the seven pubs which most impressed me on what overall was a very impressive showcasing of...

Weekend at last! I always think the week after Easter feels like the longest working week in the entire year, apart from everything in...

One of the surprise bonuses of being a 'Dedicated Pub Blogger™ ' is that it regulates my drinking. If I'm suddenly weeks behind on my...

Over the Easter break, I ticked 25 Leicestershire Good Beer Guide pubs and for the first time in my Leics career, and I'm pleased to be...

23rd March 2024 I can't remember my last the climb up Matlock's big 'ill, only the descent. I'm going back a few years now but I think...

Hello! Past the halfway point in the Good Beer Guide ticking year, and I can't lie, my copy is starting to feel a bit 'crispy', 'juicy'...

Thursday 21st March 2024 It seemed an eminently sensible decision to take the bus direct from the top of my road all the way to Whitby,...

Three pubs to go before I became the first ever person in the world who religiously watches Neighbours and eats fig rolls to complete 60%...

Saturday 16th March With Coventry thinking that the FA Cup is still a 'thing', a bonus blank weekend took me to the leading pub town to...

Thursday 14th March 2024 Now I'm not saying that new BRAPA mascot Blackpool Soo is a big girl, because I wouldn't fat shame like that,...

Wirksworth, Belper and Holbrook DONE. It had been good for starters. But with the BRAPA eye firmly on the rural prize, it had been just...

Saturday 9th March 2024, 11:40am Derbyshire isn't a county I've had much of a pub ticking appetite for since I completed it in Long Eaton...