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'Hidden Gems of Oxfordshire' is how A.I. wants me to approach this blog. Silly robot. Jolly Farmers, Oxford My first tick of the week was also the gayest. Brewery Tap, Abingdon My first Oxfordshire 'greening' outside of Oxford itself, with the exception of White Rabbit, Oxford Totally different scene in here on the same Monday night back in the middle of Oxford Grapes, Oxford Directly preceding my White Rabbit experience, just around the corner, and I'm not sure

We cross into Bucks for this one, on Daddy BRAPA's pre-Oxford Utd defeat car day, for a choice of three White Hart, Headington, Oxford It thought it was as legendary as the nearby (nearly) excellent Mason's student punters create a buzzing late night atmosphere in the pub which proved to be my final tick in Oxford Punch Bowl, Woodstock On a bus route just north of Oxford, I was due to meet Daddy BRAPA for the beginning screamed the road sign as the bus careers west of Oxford on my final morning down here.

White Hart, Wolvercote, Oxford Checked in, final pub before kick off determination I'd just helped Daddy Gardeners Arms (Plantation Road), Oxford The smell of gingerbread and damp wood greets me at this backstreet gem, last orders approaching on my first night in Oxford. My seventh pub since arriving in Oxford 3pm. Back in Oxford, Grapes, White Rabbit and Jolly Farmers had been decent, but it was only this pub which

More human and less antiseptic than the likes of Wantage and Abingdon (and Oxford itself), I'm hoping Masons Arms, Headington, Oxford "Oooh yes I'm loving the look of this one!" the Moreton's earlier and time was getting away from me .... but this was the night I was to complete Oxford This pub represents 50% of my Oxfordshire ticking completed, so I could afford a smirk. Proof that Oxfordshire can deliver when it matters. Happy Tuesday, Si

to rank all counties in a similar order, but if you imagine the current Championship league table, Oxfordshire probably represents Luton Town (I nearly said Oxford, but that seemed too obvious). Teardrop, Oxford Big leap from the bottom three to this one. Oh well, lack lustre Abingdon was Abing-done, and it meant I could get a bus back to Oxford where the

They must slide this on when there's live football, because Oxford and Bolton were battling for the right Oxford score to complete the jubilance, I'd not even considered the possibility of going there for football

Oxfordshire this time, a new one on me, using Oxford as a base (not the best accom) and taking in a very BRAPA Worn Juicy Carpet of Year at Morris Clown, Bampton COUNTY OF THE MONTH  - Oxfordshire PUB OF THE Rainhill / Albion, Warrington / King Edward VII, Halesowen / Morris Clown, Bampton / Gardeners Arms, Oxford Interactive Loo Experience Award - Three Hounds, Beckenham Pub Sign of BRAPA Year Award - White Rabbit, Oxford

Oxfordshire (31 ticks, 55.07% complete, 31 ticks left to do) Focussing mainly on the Oxford area where

I made it home without a hitch, Everitt family bonfire the following evening, and then off to Oxford

Well, in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire at least. As blatant Oxfordshire dining pubs go, Fox, Souldern (3291 / 5777) is impressive. of I-Spy with their Grandma whilst a loud Josh Widdicombe talks about mutant frogs and nights out in Oxford The Pride is drinking so well, it is the best quality beer today, and the lady who is moaning that Oxford's

The bus chugs straight down Oxford Road, which is good because one of my remaining four Manc ticks is

Better than Oxford's Teardrop by a long chalk, if I was to compare it to my most recent marketeer.