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BRAPA - Ipswich at it's very best.
Urinals reminded me of 'Scream' masks in the Briarbank TapTuesday night saw me get my first Suffolk pub 'ticks' in four and a half years, doubling my total from 4 to 8, all of which are in Ipswich.The...
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BRAPA - Malton, Scagglethorpe & Leavening
A pleasing scene at the Ham & CheeseAfter the high standard of Ipswich pubbing on Tuesday, I didn't think the quality would be quite so good today. After all, rural North Yorkshire is hardly been...
View ArticleBRAPA - February Review / March Preview (2016)
February Review Evening all! A grand total of 32 new pubs were visited in Feb. making for a really productive month, more than doubling my regular monthly target of 15. It is also just one pub off...
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BRAPA - Barugh Green / Survey Results are in....
I like what I am seeing from South Yorkshire's pubs so far after another successful Tuesday night trip saw the county achieve it's 42nd 'tick', putting it into level 5th in the BRAPA league table with...
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BRAPA - South of Birmingham
Dad threatens to defy the piano rules (see pub 833)Those lovely Sky TV schedulers know how to give BRAPA a boost. Their decision to move Hull City's trip to Birmingham to a Thursday night gave me the...
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BRAPA - Drunken debauchery in Bawtry
Evening all, hope that headline drew you in! Of course, it wasn't quite as exciting as all that on Wednesday night as I once more found myself in that friendly/threatening outer Doncaster corridor....
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BRAPA - Berkshire Part 2 (and a bit of Oxfordshire)
Beware of the guard dog (pub 839)The journey down south on the 6:01 train to Goring & Streatley, via Paddington and Kings Cross, was very event free, but there was nothing event free about my first...
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BRAPA - Hull's Latest Offering
Weird silhouette and 'fruit gum' urinals at Furleys.Having aggravated my foot injury of December (which as we know, I don't like to talk about!) on the crazy Aldworth walk last Saturday, I was grateful...
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BRAPA - Middlesbrough / Danby
The only funnyish thing about pub 842.The Sat-Nav lady was in mischievous mood on Friday, deciding that the best way to Danby was actually a meandering country route through Pickering, over the Moors,...
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BRAPA - A Pub Blog with No Pubs!
"A light was on, but nobody was at home". Well, that was true of both myself and the Cock Inn at Birdwell on Monday night. I must declare myself Grade A Idiot - what a schoolboy BRAPA error to make,...
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BRAPA - Cropton (at last) .... and Lastingham
Dodgy toilet decor in the Blacksmiths Arms, LastinghamThe Easter Weekend four day break is just too good an opportunity not to get some BRAPA done, so we devised a family 'walking' trip to assist my...
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BRAPA - Filey & Scarborough (fun on the east coast)
The clocks may as well have gone forward two hours, as my train to Scarborough was delayed by 40 minutes approx, and it was freezing on York station as the waiting rooms were choc-a-bloc with whining...
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BRAPA - the Wonderful Wombwell of Wass
Purdie refuses to play by the rules at the Wombwell ArmsThe third and final part of my Easter extravaganza saw a return to the North Yorkshire countryside, with those trusty companions, Chauffeur Dad...
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BRAPA - More fun on the outskirts of Barnsley
With the smell of Johnstone's Paints hanging in mild spring air, I was back in the now familiar Barnsley interchange in search of new 'Good Beer Guide' pub ticks. I was on the bus to Hoyland Common...
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BRAPA - March Review / April Preview (2016)
HMS BRAPA has sailed blissfully into Ale Harbour, having spent most of the month docked at 'Shut Pub Haven'.23 new pubs visited was a pleasing result in the end, especially as 8 of those were done in...
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BRAPA - Leyburn, East Witton, Masham and Lofthouse.
Dad ticks off another pub (note the comedy beetroot stain on damaged finger).I'm on a real hot streak with the near impossible county of North Yorkshire at the moment, and was all set for a painful...
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BRAPA - Delightful Derby
Stunning carved fireplace in the FalstaffIt is ten years this month since I first visited Derby from a real ale perspective, and I'm ashamed now to see how long it took me (about 8 years) to realise...
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BRAPA - Huddersfield pre-emptive fun
A view from the John Smith's (ugh) StadiumLast week, I rolled my eyes in an arrogant way, yawned, and declared that I pretty much knew all there was to know about real ale pubs in Huddersfield. That...
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BRAPA - Berking Mad - Day One (Reading, Caversham, Curridge, Cold Ash)
Very unnerving toilets at Zerodegrees!It seems a long time ago now but I started my most ambitious (hardcore) BRAPA trip on Saturday. Four solid days of pub ticking across my "in-focus" county of...
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BRAPA - Berking Mad - Day Two (Inkpen, Hungerford and more from Reading)
Sunday morning, and as I picked disconsolately at my Premier Inn breakfast with the worst hangover for years (well, weeks), I'd learnt the lessons of Saturday and needed some fresh air and a slower...
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