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BRAPA in ..... U Sane, Bolt(on)? (Part 1 of 2 - Pie for Si)
Sober at 2:48pm on a Saturday is a strange concept for me, and not something I've really experienced since I was a mere twildling.But with a late finish on the Friday, a 2pm opener in Wigan and a...
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BRAPA in ..... U Sane Bolt(on)? (Part 2 of 2 - Nothing Horrid in Horwich)
It took me so long to fathom out which bus would actually take me to my fourth pub, it seemed easier to just walk. After all, it was only a couple of miles out of Bolton town centre.  And besides,...
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BRAPA is ..... Plotting 'em Forest : A Teesdale Ale Trail
Disclaimer - any pubs visited today should be viewed merely as 'pre-emptive' (note the lack of pub number) and any resemblance to those included in the 2020 Good Beer Guide must be viewed as entirely...
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BRAPA in ..... Bernie's Burneston Bonus Bonanza / GBG Autopsy
Disclaimer - any pubs visited today should be viewed merely as 'pre-emptive' (note the lack of pub number) and any resemblance to those included in the forthcoming 2020 Good Beer Guide must be viewed...
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BRAPA ..... August Review and September Preview (2019)
At the beginning of August, I told myself that we needed a period of calm in the world of BRAPA. A non controversial, quiet month of stoic pub ticking. After all, July had been a bit insane.What with...
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BRAPA and ..... The Sisters of Mirfield
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View ArticleBRAPA - Good Beer Guide 2020 Released Today! What's the Damage?
Happy official Good Beer Guide Day everyone!Yes, the embargo period is over as the GBG hits the shops today, Thurs 12th Sept. The cross-ticking is complete, the green highlighters have almost run dry,...
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BRAPA ...... Honour Whickham (& Other Tales from the Toon)
Snack options from FellingThe origins of last Friday's trip to Tyne & Wear can be traced back to 4th May, in the Black Bull's Head in Openwoodgate, one of Derbyshire's more understated gems. "Have...
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BRAPA and .... Book Shields : Return of the Sand Dancers & Rugby Toonian :...
Halfway through last Friday's bonus trip to Tyne & Wear then, I'd booked the day off work having expected to need it for cross-ticking the new GBG, but I'd finished it in record time so could treat...
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BRAPA and .... Good Olde-Fashioned Monken Holt / Bohemian Brhapsody
I must admit I awoke on the Saturday morning still a bit frazzled from my Tyne & Wear exploits the previous day, though watching vintage episode of The Sooty Show on YouTube til 2am probably hadn't...
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BRAPA in .... Sleepy Hollow-ay / Random Camden
Typical pub ticker looking for a GBG 2020 opener on a Sunday in LondonTwo pubs down on my London Sunday, but time stops for no pub ticker as I chugged rapidly back down the High Barnet branch line,...
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BRAPA stars in ...... Alston Towers b/w Yessie Wallace
Oh well, it is a start ......The GBG 2020 had officially been released Thursday last, the damage was 201, down from 1743 to 1542, so it was time for my #CONE (Campaign of Northern England) to be...
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BRAPA is ...... Twice Brewed, Thrice Pickled (Northumbrian Adventures)
The huge sunglasses of the taxi driver gave nothing away ..... did she think I was crazy as I explained exactly what pitfalls BRAPA entailed (for example, paying huge taxi fares in the absence of...
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BRAPA is ..... Slock, Slock, Slocken on Kevin's Door
My new L**ds debut pub tick should perhaps have been my easiest one to get done of the new 2020 GBG entries. After all, I do work in the City of Random Shouting, and it felt like I could nip down at...
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BRAPA and .... There Ain't No Disputin', the Joys of Luton
Time for the monthly Hull City away day, and ever since the football fixtures came out in June, this was a 'definitely going to' match. Partly because it is an old fashioned ground quite close to the...
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BRAPA - September Review / October Preview (2019)
Good evening, 34 pubs for the month isn't strictly a 'bad' total (over a pub a month I always consider to be 'a result'), but with a new GBG in hand, and I think back to last year's 59 and the 'golden'...
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BRAPA - Cumbria II : Out of the Flood, Into the Furness (Pt 1 of 3)
"Wanna share my can of Fosters, mate?" says the bloke next to me on a minibus bouncing along country lanes somewhere near Cartmel, about 10:30pm last Friday night. I cannot see a thing outside, but...
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BRAPA - Cumbria II : Curse of the Black Dog? (Pt 2 of 3)
I'd been warned by a cautious work colleague whose Dad lives in 'outer' Barrow not to do my other pub tick in the town after dark. So like a Cumbrian game of Snakes & Ladders, I slid down the...
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BRAPA - Cumbria II : Pull the Other One, This is Ulverston (Pt 3 of 3)
Like repressed memories revived by regression therapy, Riggy's thoughts on Ulverston came back to the forefront of my mind as I arrived in the town for my final two pub ticks on Sunday morning."It used...
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BRAPA in ..... Dude, Where's My Beer Guide? (Denby Dale Trauma)
It was a classic case of 'careful what you wish for' on Friday night, as I set out for Denby Dale, the next alphabetically 'tick' I needed in West Yorkshire. Skip the boring pub bits straight for the...
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