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BRAPA in ... LIFE'S A BITCHBURN : DURHAM NIGHTS

Si Everitt

Dec 14, 20235 min read

BRAPA in ... LIFE'S A BITCHBURN : DURHAM NIGHTS

Thursday 23rd November 2023, 2pm It was with a genuine sense of trepidation that I embarked on this difficult leg of my DuMuP (Durham Mop...

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BRAPA is .... GONE, GONE, REAL GONE(RBY) ..... Outer Grantham Special

Si Everitt

Dec 12, 20235 min read

BRAPA is .... GONE, GONE, REAL GONE(RBY) ..... Outer Grantham Special

Saturday 18th November 2023, 12:08pm Daddy BRAPA Lincolnshire Car Day. Are there five happier words in the English language? Those days...

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BRAPA in ..... BRAINS OVER BRAUNSTON (Northants Pt 5/5)

Si Everitt

Dec 11, 20236 min read

BRAPA in ..... BRAINS OVER BRAUNSTON (Northants Pt 5/5)

Saturday 11th November, 11:59am Lurking on a splintery bench in a sunny sleepy churchyard, crows cawing high above, you find BRAPA and...

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BRAPA in ..... ONLY FOOLS RUSH(DEN) IN : Northants Pt 4/5

Si Everitt

Dec 10, 20235 min read

BRAPA in ..... ONLY FOOLS RUSH(DEN) IN : Northants Pt 4/5

Friday 10th November 12:35pm Ribbit! All aboard the Village Hopper on the penultimate day of my time in Northamptonshire, a county that...

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BRAPA is .... POPPING UP IN THE TOWCESTER (Northants Pt 3/5)

Si Everitt

Dec 9, 20236 min read

BRAPA is .... POPPING UP IN THE TOWCESTER (Northants Pt 3/5)

Never before seen blogging on a Saturday morning. But I thought I'd make the most of this rare opportunity. Thursday 9th November 2023...

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BRAPA in .... KETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW (NORTHANTS Pt 2/5)

Si Everitt

Dec 6, 20236 min read

BRAPA in .... KETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW (NORTHANTS Pt 2/5)

Wednesday 8th November 2023, 11:15am A second visit to Kettering in a BRAPA guise. Grey, raining, slightly desolate, with some of the...

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BRAPA .... NOCTURNAL NORTHAMPTON NOCTURNE (PT 1/5)

Si Everitt

Dec 5, 20234 min read

BRAPA .... NOCTURNAL NORTHAMPTON NOCTURNE (PT 1/5)

Tuesday 7th November 2023, 2:35pm Cordwainer, Northampton (2508 / 4666) The final BRAPA holiday of 2023 started, as so many great...

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BRAPA .... THE FAMOUS STOCKTON TO SMALL HEATH SHUFFLE

Si Everitt

Dec 4, 20236 min read

BRAPA .... THE FAMOUS STOCKTON TO SMALL HEATH SHUFFLE

Just off out for a friend's Birthday do so clicking the 'Publish' button on this one earlier tonight ..... Thursday 2nd November, 3:59pm...

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Si Everitt

Dec 1, 20234 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW : NOVEMBER 2023

Greetings from a frosty York, I'm not looking forward to getting up at 6:30am tomorrow, to be on a 7:30am train I'm not really booked on,...

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BRAPA is ..... CIRCLING THE BRUMMIE DRAIN (Part 4/4)

Si Everitt

Nov 30, 20235 min read

BRAPA is ..... CIRCLING THE BRUMMIE DRAIN (Part 4/4)

Saturday 28th October 2023, 10:52am With my train back to York due out of New Street at 5pm prompt, I decided to keep it strictly...

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BRAPA in .... MORE PRETTY TICKS IN THE WAL(L)SALL : PART 3/4

Si Everitt

Nov 29, 20235 min read

BRAPA in .... MORE PRETTY TICKS IN THE WAL(L)SALL : PART 3/4

Friday 27th October, 11:21am Word up! After two of the consistantly strongest pub days in BRAPA history, it was time to head north out...

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BRAPA in ..... RUSH TO ALDRIDGE (Part 2/4)

Si Everitt

Nov 27, 20234 min read

BRAPA in ..... RUSH TO ALDRIDGE (Part 2/4)

Thursday 26th October, 12:46pm Slept in, skipped breakfast, had shower but still felt grubby not being in my first pub til nearly 1pm. ...

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BRAPA is .... HAIRY IN THE WALSALL AREA (PART 1/4)

Si Everitt

Nov 26, 20234 min read

BRAPA is .... HAIRY IN THE WALSALL AREA (PART 1/4)

Wednesday 25th October, 2:31pm The beauty of Walsall. High on the BRAPA agenda for many years now, and by the end of my four days here,...

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BRAPA in .... THANK SPENCER : SOME TICKERS DO 'AVE 'EM (A STORMY DAY IN LINCS)

Si Everitt

Nov 22, 20236 min read

BRAPA in .... THANK SPENCER : SOME TICKERS DO 'AVE 'EM (A STORMY DAY IN LINCS)

Saturday 21st October, 10:38am "DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS YOUR JOURNEY IS ESSENTIAL!" comes the LNER announcements every five minutes,...

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BRAPA in ..... THRILLER AT THE GORILLA : MONKEYING AROUND WITH MARTIN IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Si Everitt

Nov 20, 20234 min read

BRAPA in ..... THRILLER AT THE GORILLA : MONKEYING AROUND WITH MARTIN IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Thursday 19th October, 10:00am My first thought upon waking up in one of those super soft Lenny Henry approved beds in Bradford's premier...

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BRAPA in ... EGGS-THACKLEY WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT : A PREMIER NIGHT IN BRADFORD

Si Everitt

Nov 19, 20235 min read

BRAPA in ... EGGS-THACKLEY WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT : A PREMIER NIGHT IN BRADFORD

Wednesday 18th October 2023, 17:30 From York to L**ds to Shipley, and then straight onto a bus bound for the suburban village of Thackley...

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BRAPA in .... FLAM 69 : HURRY UP DADDY (EAST YORKS MOP UP)

Si Everitt

Nov 17, 20237 min read

BRAPA in .... FLAM 69 : HURRY UP DADDY (EAST YORKS MOP UP)

Saturday 14th October, 11:43am It wouldn't be the beginning a BRAPA pub ticking season without an excitable phone call to Daddy B. about...

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BRAPA is ..... OUT OF ARMTHORPE'S WAY : PUB TICKING UBER ALLES

Si Everitt

Nov 15, 20236 min read

BRAPA is ..... OUT OF ARMTHORPE'S WAY : PUB TICKING UBER ALLES

Thursday 12th October 2023, 12:47pm From Islington to Armthorpe. Just like that. Only in the world of BRAPA. A first trip to this...

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BRAPA is ..... ON THE BERNARD-SI BEER MILE : MILLWALL AIN'T TOO SCARY REALLY

Si Everitt

Nov 13, 20236 min read

BRAPA is ..... ON THE BERNARD-SI BEER MILE : MILLWALL AIN'T TOO SCARY REALLY

Saturday 7th October, 10am Time rarely drags more than when I'm waiting for that first pub of the day to open, as happened to me and...

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BRAPA is .... SOMEHOW ALLOWED IN BERRY BROW (2024 Yorkshire Mop Up continued)

Si Everitt

Nov 5, 20236 min read

BRAPA is .... SOMEHOW ALLOWED IN BERRY BROW (2024 Yorkshire Mop Up continued)

Thursday 5th October, 3pm. New ticks in Barnsley, Huddersfield and Sheffield City Centre? I thought I was supposed to be some kind of...

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