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

Wheel Tapas & Punters

The effects of five consecutive nights drinking copious amounts of alcohol finally caught up with me so rather than the planned trip to Benalmadena marina we decided to stop local and have a much more subdued early night.

The fabulously named Wheel Tapas & Punters bar was a roadside venue near to our hotel and we could just make out the sea from our seats at the front of the small bar.

Our first round of drinks was quickly despatched, me on the San Miguel with Shelley on the Strongbow with a plate of crisps as the tapas style accompaniment.

 
 


Just like the previous night the Looky Looky Men were out in full force and surprisingly they were more of an amusement than an annoyance. Amazingly we were visited by ten different Looky Looky Men as well as a blind beggar and a bloke selling earrings who referred to himself as the Lord of the Earrings !!

One unwelcome visitor was the busker with the accordion who we'd had the misfortune to hear the previous night. Once again he had made the fashion faux pas of sandals with socks but unlike the previous night I did not part with seventeen cents (or any other sum of money for that matter) for his act.

I managed to last until 10.30 before my jumper went on and then I felt the urge to adopt a pose in homage to the first part of the pub's name..



Although we were in good humour the same could not be said of the couple on the adjacent table. They barely spoke and he never cracked his face, it would be churlish of me to put the reason for the misery down to the fact that they were German.

The night's pace from a drink perspective was much more respectable than the previous night booze fest and amazingly I kept my word that the night would be a gentler, early one with that night's nightcap being a Baileys...



..and a complimentary peach schnapps in a miniscule glass..

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