Pubs of 2014

Right, here we go...... The purpose of this blog is to log all the pubs that I have visited and consumed an alcoholic beverage in during 2014. The rules are quite simple, the establishment needs to be a public house, it sounds straightforward but it may get complicated for example things that wouldn't count are a visit to the bar at the cricket, a pre gig drink in a concert venue, a drink at the Birmingham German market etc. As judge and jury my decision is final, and if I'm in any doubt I won't count it.



My prediction as at the start of the year is that the final number will be somewhere around the 200 mark though I won't go to pubs just to get the numbers up, it will be a true reflection of my pub visting year.



My posts will include information about the pub, the ambience of the surroundings, the choice and quality of the beer, any interesting or amusing anecdotes about my visit and, where possible, photographic evidence.



I will try and keep the information as accurate as possible noting that alcohol consumption means that at times this may prove difficult !!



The format of the posts is simple, the first visit to the pub will be the blog entry and that post will be updated for any subsequent visit.



Hope you enjoy it...



Cheers

UPDATE January 2015

Right, that's it, it's finally finished, some 259 pubs later !! It's been hard work but it's nice being able to look back and relive the drinking experiences of 2014.

I am pleased with the final result and whilst I've been reviewing it, I have actually laughed a few times at my own jokes !!

A word of warning, it does start off a bit slow (some of my posts from Bath are a bit dull) but stick with it. In hindsight the format of posting repeat visits to a pub on the original post at times doesn't work very well when reading the blog in its' entirety but on the whole I'm pleased with it and I hope that you enjoy it.

I have stated this in the blog but I will say it again, thanks to anyone that I have had a beer with in 2014 and special thanks to Shelley for her patience !!







Thursday, 29 May 2014

Easy Days

We walked the 9.5 miles from our Benalmadena base along the coast to Fuengirola so unsurprisingly we'd built up quite a thirst when we arrived.

Shelley's suggestion of a drink at the marina was a good one as we found a fabulous little bar with seats in the sun, which at that point was a balmy twenty seven degrees.



Draught Amstel, served in the correct receptacle, was a bargain €2 a pint proving that it's not costly on the Costa.



There was one major problem sat outside Easy Days, the television was showing the Premier Years (a season review) from the 2010/2011 season. When we arrived it was October and Blues were 13th, one place above v*lla, I knew that there was no happy ending to this story so I had to endure Blues slipping further and further down the league finishing in relegation at Spurs on the last day of the season. Only Blues could spoil things for me in Spain, in the sun, with my loved one, drinking €2 Amstel !!

There was much hilarity in the bar when a bloke on the next table to us began blowing up a huge balloon to amuse his young daughter. She kept daring him to inflate it more leading to the inevitable conclusion. When the balloon eventually burst it made an enormous bang frightening the life of the customers on the bars packed terrace.

We stopped for three relaxing pints. Easy Days certainly lived up to it's name.

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