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

The Number One Bar

The Number One Bar, situated just off the main road from Malaga to Fuengirola, provided us with the shelter that we required from the Benalmadena breeze. There was no way that the jumper was coming off even though I was unsure whether the look of black jumper and camouflaged shorts was a good one...



Rather than the standard San Miguel/Estrella choice I was served Alhambra as the house beer which was cold and gassy so it did the job well with Shelley sticking to her choice of drink for the night, rose wine.

The silence in the bar (populated mainly by Scots) was broken by a Sounds of the 70's cd and my tiger feet were tapping along to Sweet. Once again there was an endless stream of Looky Looky Men with goods that were apparently as cheap as chips. The goods tended to be watches, sunglasses and jewellery but bizarrely one individual came in selling prints with a strange mixture of topics in his collection of around twenty, he gave up after showing us a view of a mountain, a ballerina and Bob Marley.
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