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 Seagull

Final pub of our Survival Saturday pub crawl of Brean was a good one, The Seagull..



The Seagull was a huge venue, and was packed with Bank Holiday visitors many of whom were dancing to live band Twice Nightly.



I was very surprised to see that there was a real ale on offer, Sharp's Doombar, one of my favourites though presumably they don't sell much of the stuff as it was of fairly poor quality not that it mattered, Blues had stayed up and I would have drunk pretty much anything !!

The main act that night was a George Michael tribute act, now I'm not really a fan of the former Wham front man but Shelley is, and as I was dragging her along to see an AC/DC tribute act the next night I could hardly complain. To be honest he wasn't bad, and looked remarkably like him..



Shelley was particularly impressed and was in fine voice singing along to George's hits including somewhat bizarrely Last Christmas.



I was still in euphoric mood, and was delighted to get chatting to a bloke who had travelled to The Seagull straight from watching The Blues at Bolton. I celebrated with a pint..



and another pint..



We got talking to a Welsh couple, an old bloke and a very excitable young lady, he was clearly batting well above his average. She practically grabbed my camera off me eager to take a snap of us both.



The drink kept flowing and I kept celebrating but I think that the final snap taken at midnight shows that it was time for Cinderella to leave the ball...

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