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 !!







Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Mr Pickwick Bar

Okay, I admit it, I have zero recollection of our visit to this pub, so much so that had it not been for Shelley telling me I would still be convinced that the last pub we visited on our all dayer was another bar called Lizzie's !!

Shelley tells me that she got the round in at Mr Pickwick Bar, a bottle of Mahou for me, which amazingly I managed to pour..



...and a can of Strongbow for herself.

I am told (and I have no reason to doubt Shelley's recollection of events) that I asked Shelley to take my picture and then literally two minutes later I asked if I'd had my photo taken in the pub !!

Shelley decided that it was bedtime for this brave soldier as it had been a long day for him, evidenced by the fact that I was still dressed in my swim shorts !!

Amazingly I still put in a request (mercifully an unsuccessful one) that we had a Bailey's night cap in the hotel bar before bedtime !!

That bottle was my last of our fabulous time in Spain

Adios mes amigos

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