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BRAPA - Stockton Darlings Aleway Adventure - Part 2 of 2
Saturday 30th March 2019, half way through my debut trip to Stockton-on-Tees where I'd not been too impressed with either the local Wetherspoons (Thomas Sheraton) or the local craft kitchen they called...
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BRAPA - Month End Review (March '19) / Preview (April '19)
Good evening,35 new Good Beer Guide pubs were visited in the name of the British Real Ale Pub Adventure in March, which I'm pleased with on the whole, averaging over one a day which is always a decent...
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5th April 2019 marks five years since BRAPA officially began in that most logical of Good Beer Guide places to start - the Albion in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. AKA : the first pub in the guide. (And I'm...
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BRAPA Special : The First Day of BRAPA
5th April 2019 marks the fifth anniversary of BRAPA, so to 'celebrate'. I'm looking back at that eventful first day of 'official pub ticking'.I never really wrote a proper blog about the EIGHT pubs I...
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BRAPA - Climbing the Wooden Stairs to Bedfordshire
Would I let sleeping dogs lie in Bedfordshire?  Friday 5th April 2019 marked the official 5th year anniversary of BRAPA, and I was back in the county "where it all began", so a special place in my...
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BRAPA - Bedford Blues but Nothing to Lose
Having 'enjoyed' the 'delights' of the Pilgrim's Progrss Wetherspoons in Bedford, late last Friday afternoon, I noted it wasn't on the new list of closures (there'd be a riot, you mark my words) as I...
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BRAPA - Tiger Rolls into Henlow
The 'butt' of many a joke (not the GBG or green highlighter)From John Bunyan, to funny onions, I continued my march through Bedfordshire last Saturday, to see what kind of pubby delights awaited me...
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BRAPA's On The Way to Wembley, The Ales are Pretty Trembly
'Why are there so many Watford fans on this train?' I thought to myself on Sunday morning as I left the drab greyness of Bedford behind in search of joyful, colourful North London (well, I could hope!)...
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BRAPA - Bottleneck in Wood Green, Enfield Toilet Gangster & a Harrowing 'Spoons
I was halfway through my Sunday in North London, I'd done three pubs and only had TEN more to do (not all today!) to complete this section of the Good Beer Guide which is never going to go down in...
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BRAPA - Chelmsford : A Pub Town (Part 1 of 2)
Try as I might, I just could not find a pun or a rhyme with 'Chelmsford' for my blog title, so apologies! I thought about something like 'at the helm' or legendary football commentator John Helm but...
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BRAPA - Chelmsford 4-5-6* & Getting Giddier in Gidea (Pt 2)
So, to recap, we were halfway through our Chelmsford debut but only the Railway Tav had come up to scratch so far of the three we'd done on a cold Saturday morning in April. But never fear, we were...
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BRAPA - From Cradley to Chips n Gravy : Easter Punk Briefs (1 of 2)
West Midlands Police on the fiddle (Plough & Harrow, Cradley Heath)Gonna try and review these in a slightly different format, see if we can get through things quicker, like those more experienced...
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BRAPA - The Ache 15 From Manchester : More Punk Pub Tales
"Manchester Punk Festival for a third time in four years combined with Good Beer Guide ticking, you're bloody mad, it can't be done!" said the ghost of Sid Vicious, on the train ride over t'hills.I was...
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BRAPA - Mumbles the Word
Iechyd da boyos and girlos! See, I learnt the language whilst I was down in Swansea for my first real taste of how great Wales can be, despite several visits (though mainly to Cardiff which is more...
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BRAPA - A Hard Month's BRAP : April Review / May Preview (2019)
There's a time during every calendar year where, and I almost daren't admit it, I get a little bit sick of bloody BRAPA and the whole concept of 'ticking off every pub in the Good Beer Guide'. Whoever...
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BRAPA - Season Swansong in Swansea
'Twas Saturday morning and a freezing cold wind blew across Wind Street (actually pronounced 'wind' as in 'winding road' rather than 'windy day') as we shuffled the streets of Swansea at 10am, looking...
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BRAPA - Last One to the Bargate : Derbyshire IV (Part 1)
Spotted Cow themed mirrors in HolbrookIt was time for my last round of pub ticking as a man in my thirties, as mid-life crisis loomed larger. I escaped a twild-laden train at Belper to meet our genial...
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BRAPA - Brethren and the Makeneys : Derbyshire IV (Part 2)
I was here with my brethren (Martin Taylor of Cambs and Mark Daniels of Derbys) half way through a very productive day of pub ticking, striking right at the heart of Derbyshire, one of the most...
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BRAPA - Dead Man's Chest-erfield
Stereotypical (but wholly accurate) representation of North Derbys pub goersI decided that if I really am going to complete the pub ticking of wonderful Derbyshire before the new Good Beer Guide drops...
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BRAPA - Castleton Gray(Sky)
By the Power of BRAPA!It might seem a bit weird to accidentally walk 15.5 miles in a day including going over the top of a mountain (well, big hill) but nothing about striving to tick off every pub in...
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