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Si Everitt

Feb 1, 20244 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW (JANUARY 2024)

Greetings pub lovers! A record breaking January with 47 ticks means I've really hit the ground running in 2024. And with only one day of...

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BRAPA COUNTDOWN .... KENT, LONDON, LEICS, NOTTS : PART 2/3 (Pubs 13-8)

Si Everitt

Jan 31, 20244 min read

BRAPA COUNTDOWN .... KENT, LONDON, LEICS, NOTTS : PART 2/3 (Pubs 13-8)

Evening folks and welcome back to the Good Beer Guide pubs visited on my epic southern venture last week. This lot were difficult to...

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BRAPA COUNTDOWN .... KENT, LONDON, LEICS, NOTTS : PART 1/3 (Pubs 19-14)

Si Everitt

Jan 30, 20244 min read

BRAPA COUNTDOWN .... KENT, LONDON, LEICS, NOTTS : PART 1/3 (Pubs 19-14)

Nineteen pubs were ticked on a long weekend darn sarf - Kent (9), London (5), Leicestershire (4), Nottinghamshire (1). Over the next...

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BRAPA ..... DON'T YOU K'NOW K'NOW CANOE, I'M IN SEATON CAREW CAREW CAREW

Si Everitt

Jan 29, 20246 min read

BRAPA ..... DON'T YOU K'NOW K'NOW CANOE, I'M IN SEATON CAREW CAREW CAREW

Saturday 20th January 2024 From the near deserted First Class section of the Grand Central service from York to Sunderland, having just...

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BRAPA - THIRSTY MERSEY : GETTING BARD IN PRESCOT (PT 2/2)

Si Everitt

Jan 22, 20244 min read

BRAPA - THIRSTY MERSEY : GETTING BARD IN PRESCOT (PT 2/2)

A sparse spartan ice block of a micro can still achieve a positive BRAPA review, providing the beer is 5/5 and the owner is as brilliant...

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BRAPA - THIRSTY MERSEY : I CAN SEE BEERLY NOW THE RAINFORD'S GONE (PT 1/2)

Si Everitt

Jan 21, 20243 min read

BRAPA - THIRSTY MERSEY : I CAN SEE BEERLY NOW THE RAINFORD'S GONE (PT 1/2)

Thursday 18th January 2024 The way the train guy announces it, just shy of Newton-le-Willows, we are in dire straits. Totally Knopfler'd....

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BRAPA is ..... SECRET SQUIRREL ON THE WIRRAL (PT 2/2)

Si Everitt

Jan 19, 20243 min read

BRAPA is ..... SECRET SQUIRREL ON THE WIRRAL (PT 2/2)

Saturday 13th January 2024, 2:27pm Awkward Heswall had been negotiated, the two greasy Greasby ticks complete and it is not even 2:30pm...

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BRAPA in .... SECRET SQUIRREL ON THE WIRRAL (PT 1/2)

Si Everitt

Jan 17, 20244 min read

BRAPA in .... SECRET SQUIRREL ON THE WIRRAL (PT 1/2)

Saturday 13th January 2024 When this little fella appeared on my balcony and stared in at me a few weeks back, he seemed to be trying to...

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BRAPA is ..... DOIN' THE ANFIELD BRAP : THIRSTY MERSEY

Si Everitt

Jan 15, 20247 min read

BRAPA is ..... DOIN' THE ANFIELD BRAP : THIRSTY MERSEY

Thursday 11th January 2024 BANG BANG BANG! Don't worry, it ain't the sound of gunshots raining out over an estate pub car park (when will...

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BRAPA .... WITH MY LITTLE TICK OF BRAP'POOL FLOP (TRIP TO FORMBY)

Si Everitt

Jan 8, 20247 min read

BRAPA .... WITH MY LITTLE TICK OF BRAP'POOL FLOP (TRIP TO FORMBY)

Saturday 6th January 2024, 12:26pm A chilly bus stop in Southport was the unlikely launch pad for 2024 BRAPA pub ticking. Merseyside is...

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BRAPA in .... MELTON MOGGER : A TWIXTMAS LEICS TALE

Si Everitt

Jan 7, 20247 min read

BRAPA in .... MELTON MOGGER : A TWIXTMAS LEICS TALE

Saturday 30th December, 10:42am I'm not really 'feeling'' Leicestershire as a pub ticking county yet. Maybe I need to grab it by the...

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BRAPA in .... CHRISTMASHAMPER : TALES FROM THE Y.DALES

Si Everitt

Jan 4, 20245 min read

BRAPA in .... CHRISTMASHAMPER : TALES FROM THE Y.DALES

Saturday 23rd December, 10:41am As Daddy BRAPA fills up with petrol at the Wensleydale Garage & Shop (no dog waste, no nappies), I sit...

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BRAPA in the ... SCHOOL OF ROCK-LIFFE (A TRIP TO NORTH TYNESIDE)

Si Everitt

Jan 2, 20245 min read

BRAPA in the ... SCHOOL OF ROCK-LIFFE (A TRIP TO NORTH TYNESIDE)

Sunday 17th December, 2:39pm A rare BRAPA Sunday outing as I'd been at my first Bottomless Brunch the previous day in L**ds. Notable for...

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Si Everitt

Jan 1, 20247 min read

BRAPA ..... 2023 YEAR END REVIEW

HAPPY NEW YEAR live from BRAPA Towers in York ........ It is time to take a month by month look back at the pubs and counties which made...

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BRAPA ...... BORO' ME IN THEIR COLD COLD GROUND (& COUNTY DURHAM BONUS TICKS)

Si Everitt

Dec 27, 20234 min read

BRAPA ...... BORO' ME IN THEIR COLD COLD GROUND (& COUNTY DURHAM BONUS TICKS)

Wednesday 13th December 2023, 4:30pm Two weeks ago today, I gave BRAPA Hull City mascot, and natural successor to Keane Lewis Otter and...

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BRAPA is .... LOUTH & ABOUTH ( Lincolnshire Surprise)

Si Everitt

Dec 21, 20235 min read

BRAPA is .... LOUTH & ABOUTH ( Lincolnshire Surprise)

Saturday 9th December 2023, 7am Drama at BRAPA Towers early on Saturday morning. I'd been waiting for Daddy BRAPA to arrive by car and...

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BRAPA in .... DECK THE NORTHALLERTON WITH BOUGHS OF CAULI (FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA)

Si Everitt

Dec 20, 20235 min read

BRAPA in .... DECK THE NORTHALLERTON WITH BOUGHS OF CAULI (FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA)

Thursday 7th December 2023, 1:03pm It takes some extreme conditions to have me thinking 'was it such a good idea to venture outside...

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BRAPA in .... MICKLEOVER, LITTLEOVER, GAME OVER (Hazy Fun in Derby)

Si Everitt

Dec 18, 20237 min read

BRAPA in .... MICKLEOVER, LITTLEOVER, GAME OVER (Hazy Fun in Derby)

Saturday 2nd December 9:33am Greetings from an arctic Derby on the first Saturday in December. Leicestershire had been the plan, but an...

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BRAPA in .... TICK CAVE & THE DAD SPEEDS (Completing East Yorks)

Si Everitt

Dec 17, 20233 min read

BRAPA in .... TICK CAVE & THE DAD SPEEDS (Completing East Yorks)

I'm having a real push to get my blogs up to date, I've been a month behind for far too long and I'm thinking by Mid January, in the...

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BRAPA in .... IT'S ONLY WORDS(LEY), AND WORDS(LEY) IS ALL I HAVE

Si Everitt

Dec 15, 20236 min read

BRAPA in .... IT'S ONLY WORDS(LEY), AND WORDS(LEY) IS ALL I HAVE

Saturday 25th November 10:59am A second BRAPA trip in four months to the generous pub town of Stourbridge was the latest step towards a...

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