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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

I have to go all the way back to 17th August 2002 to find my last visit to Exeter, the only time I'd been there using the Good Beer Guide...

Saturday 27th April 2024 You could be forgiven for thinking because I visit so many pubs that I actually know what I'm doing when I get...

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...