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BRAPA is ..... Chasing the Dragon, Chasing the Beer Guide : North London (1...
After the traumas of Friday night in Denby Dale, I woke groggy and sweating after a restless sleep probably involving a masked assassin slaying my GBG with a long knife (the pubs bit!) whilst filming...
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BRAPA meets ....... The Mermaid and the Angry Scotsman : London (Pt 2/2)
As it becomes increasingly more apparent that my original Good Beer Guide is never coming back, I'd like to thank a Mrs Rooney for suggesting that a certain Rebekah Vardy is the likely culprit. Top...
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BRAPA in ..... Kendal's Mint, Mate
Unlike my trip to Barrow a fortnight before, the Friday evening journey up to Kendal for the start of an epic 31 pub adventure (27 of them in the Good Beer Guide) was hassle free.In the absence of...
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BRAPA and ..... a Windy Beer in Windermere (Cumbrian Adventures III Pt 2)
After a peaceful night in the UK's spookiest Premier Inn in Kendal, I headed south on day two, with the aim of mopping up the pubs I failed at on my recent trip to Barrow and surrounding area. But...
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BRAPA in ...... CS-Si Ambleside (Cumbrian Adventures III Pt 3)
Halfway through my first day then and all pretty positive so far. Greenodd had been great, accidental bus to Windermere where I'd very much enjoyed Crafty Baa, and then onto the Badger Bar in Rydal at...
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BRAPA and ..... No. 9 and Feeling Fine on the Barley Wine (Cumbrian...
Sunday morning in Cumbria was a wet one, reminiscent of Ulverston two weeks ago today. I was back in the heart of the Lakes, knowing that Sunday bus services prevented me from doing anything too...
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BRAPA in ...... Sawrey, I Haven't A Clue (Cumbrian Adventrues III, Pt 5)
Probable actual footage of a last BRAPA pub of the day which included an 8.5% aleSo just to recap. Coniston had been a fun three pub experience, particularly the Black Bull and the Sun, and I'd...
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BRAPA and ..... Cumbrian Pub Bingo : Drunken Ducks and Fanny Ings (Cumbrian...
Progress on the morning of day 4 in CumbriaDespite Sunday's 8.5% fuelled barley wine adventure (which I've decided I don't like to talk about so will probably only mention a hundred more times), I was...
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BRAPA ..... Goes Bravely into Staveley / Levens is Where the Heart is...
That road opposite the Watermill in Ings had been such a nightmare to cross, I decided I could probably have walked have way to Staveley by the time I'd managed to negotiate it and hop aboard the next...
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BRAPA in ...... How Loweswater Can I Go? (Cumbrian Adventures III, Pt 8)
A chaotic post-breakfast scene in Kendal on Tuesday morning, but why?The penultimate day of my Lake District holiday, and I'm not gonna lie, I ain't a young buck anymore and I was 'feeling it' so...
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BRAPA - October Review / November Preview (the 2019 Edition)
As I ran the gauntlet through the crowds of drinkers lining the walls of the Stratford Alehouse ('the only place worth drinkin' in town'), got my elbows in at the bar, and told the tired fleecey...
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BRAPA Goes ..... Challenge Brapeka : Race to the Keswick (Cumbrian Adventures...
Very much me in Keswick, but more lycra and a sturdier phoneAnneka Rice, Suzi Perry, maybe even a hint of the Interceptor, I was in top 'skyrunner' mode as I raced against time to get my remaining...
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BRAPA is ..... a Sad Bro in Sedbergh (Cumbrian Adventures III Pt 10)
The sixth and final day of this Cumbrian Holiday was all about filling in the remaining gaps so that I didn't have to return to the Lake District area in the next eight months. Don't get me wrong, I'd...
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BRAPA ....... Looks for a Miracle Drug in Kendal (Cumbrian Adventures III, Pt...
Six pints, late night in Kendal, not a good combo for photography!If there was one drug I'd like to be invented to assist with BRAPA, it wouldn't be the ability to stay sober for longer to visit more...
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BRAPA in ..... Drax Kellington : Pocklington Nightmare Before Christmas (Pt 1...
The last time Pocklington had a pub in the Good Beer Guide, according to official CAMRA statistics, was in the oft overlooked 1971 edition. You've probably never heard of it. In fact, it was printed...
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BRAPA is ..... Well Past My Selby Date (Drax Kellington Pt 2/2)
The most stressful part of writing a pub blog has to be coming up with an amusing, catchy title.LifeafterFootball is one of the best, getting much love for his recent Wyatt Riot, not forgetting Ooh Aah...
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BRAPA in ...... Stocktober Beginnings (Pt 1/2) : In My Merseyway Paradise*
Mark the date, Saturday 19th October 2019, for it will go down in history, the day I finally 'completed' Stockport and achieved a record breaking number of #PubMen on a BRAPA outing.Fitting really,...
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BRAPA in ...... Stocktober Part 2/2 : Mudgie Gives us HOPE and Animal MAGNETism
Blissfully unaware that I was approaching the summit of summat called 'The Slope' (very much the Kilimanjaro of Stockport), I arrived first at today's fourth pub along with Matthew T and Matthew L.A...
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BRAPA is ...... Jotting 'em Forest : Kimberley & Nottingham
Any Hull City fan would be mad to miss the annual trip to Nottingham Forest, as we win there every year - or at least we do when I go. This makes the VAT & Fiddle the luckiest pub in the UK, and...
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BRAPA and .... the Three Witches of Stratford : Hallowe'en Beermat Special...
I've had this mysterious old beermat on my bedroom wall for years now. Not sure where it came from, but it is ancient, stained with beer and smoke of yesteryear, and realising that The Three Witches...
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