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 !!







Sunday, 11 May 2014

The Queen Victoria

I've mentioned in one of my previous Brean posts that many of the pubs are situated inside holiday parks, this was indeed the case for venue number five on our Survival Saturday pub crawl The Queen Victoria which was on the site of the classy establishment Pontins.



It wasn't the greatest looking of pubs and certainly didn't resemble it's east end namesake.



Admittedly I wasn't expecting a real ale but I certainly didn't expect to be drinking my Guinness out of a plastic glass. Mind you I raised it in celebration and danced like my Dad when Birmingham City favourite Mr Blue Sky was played over the pub's sound system.



Shelley was spoken to by the pub's bouncer during one amusing incident, some young chap at the door was trying to get in and claimed to be with Shelley, the bouncer came over to verify his claim....his entry was refused !!

Shelley understandably sometimes gets a bit tired of my constant requests for photos for this blog, evidence would suggest that in the Queen Victoria as well as having had one too many I'd maybe taken one photo too many..



There was a rugby tournament that weekend at Pontins and the fun loving rugby crowd were on fine form with many in fancy dress. One such individual with the name Penelope on his back was dressed as a woman, he asked me how many out of ten I would give him for his look as a woman, I marked him with a generous seven but gave him a definitive no when he asked me the question would ya?!!

Time to move to another pub...

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