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BRAPA in ..... SUDBURY ME IN THE COLD COLD GROUND
With Essex complete, I had my little party for one on a bench in Bures station, with my posh M&S snacks, Colin drunk on life and Mini Cheddars ......... before realising that I really needed to...
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BRAPA in ..... THE OXSPRING (PRETTY FLY FOR A WHITE SI)
'Give it to me BRAPA, ahah, ahah .... uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis'.(And if you don't know the song, you might think I've finally flipped at this point). I was back on the Ticking...
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BRAPA in .... YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RICH(MOND) TO BE MY CAULI : SECOND WORLD...
North Yorkshire. It is a bugger to pub tick. Even when you live there. When I completed it in full, back in 2017, Mummy BRAPA made me solemnly swear that I'd leave it alone and pursue other...
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BRAPA in ..... SHEFFIELD THURSDAY : THE FAIL HOUSE & PUBMAN UNHOLY TRINITY
 TT Ticking Thursday (I'm still working on the name, don't rush me) was back with a bang last week in what became a bit of a ridiculous epic.  With only SIX South Yorkshire pubs remaining, the...
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BRAPA in ..... DON'T ALNWICK CAPTAIN BRAPPERING! (NORTHUMBERLAND PART 1 OF 2)
Daddy BRAPA had got us on the early train up to Newcastle on my instructions. Kip Hill was the original aim (one of my two remaining Durham ticks and probable 11am opener). But then what? Another...
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BRAPA in ..... HANDPULL IN AMBLE : ANOTHER COCK & BULL STORY
The wheels on the bus went round and round, as is their prerogative, and before we could blink, we'd left Alnwick and were in Alnmouth, and isn't it interesting how the 'l' in Alnwick is silent, but in...
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BRAPA in ..... CHOOSING TUESDAY : SHEFFIELD COMPLETE AT LAST
If you read my blog about my Sheffield trip last week, you will know how frustrated I was to find the Ale House closed, hidden deep within the southern 'burbs of the city in an area called Millhouses,...
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BRAPA in ..... A PUB IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSHEY (PART 1/2)
Hertfordshire joined Bucks on joint 29th position in the BRAPA league table with a highly successful (and rule-breaking) 7 (SEVEN) pub day on Saturday just gone.  Herts is my new 'focus' county daaarn...
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BRAPA in ..... STRONG AS AN OXHEY (HERTS PART 2/2)
You left me waiting at a bus stop in Hemel Hempstead last time out, which was quite cruel of you now I think about it.But don't feel too guilty, we were soon whizzing back past Hemel train station, in...
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BRAPA ..... MONTH END REVIEW SEPTEMBER 2021 : THE BUSINESS END OF THE SEASON
We are approaching the business end of the season in pub ticking terms, the equivalent of football's Easter weekend, where fates can be sealed with a joyous roar or a sniffling mew.Yes, the 2022 Good...
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BRAPA in ..... HE WHO STAFFS LAST STAFFS LONGEST : PART 1 of 4
 Walking down the mean streets of Stafford, on Thursday two weeks back, I wondered how many of the seven GBG entries I could get greened off before last orders bells pealed across the town, or is it a...
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BRAPA ..... COUNTS BASSIES (Staffs Part 2 of 4)
 Today's quest saw me aiming to break my three year old record of four consecutive pints of Bass in BRAPA pubs. If it was achievable anywhere, Staffordshire was the place to do it.And it was 1/1 early...
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BRAPA in .... LA LEEK C'EST CHIC (Staffordshire Part 3/4)
Saturday didn't begin in the comfiest of ways, squashed between toilet and Manchester bound lager football ladz in the vestibule of a jam-packed train between Stafford and Stoke. An 'artistic' selfie...
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BRAPA in ..... YOU JUST CAN'T GET THE STAFFS (Part 4/4 Staffordshire Special)
After the chaotic eight pub day that had been my Saturday around the Leek & Stoke area, I was craving something a bit more structured on the Sunday, the final day of this fantastic mini-break....
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BRAPA in ..... WHEREVER I LAY MY HATFIELD (Return to Herts 1/3)
I'd still not fully recovered from my Staffordshire epic, as I boarded the train to London on the evening of Friday 1st October, for a double overnighter in Herts.Staying over hadn't been my original...
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BRAPA in ..... COLNEY THE LONELY (Return to Herts Part 2/3)
Halfway through my Saturday 2nd October six pub extravaganza, and you find me walking through St Albans to my final of the nine pubs which feature in the 2021 Good Beer Guide.I pass the Lower Red Lion,...
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BRAPA in ..... COXY BINGO : BEST OF SIX OUT IN THE STICKS (Return to Herts...
The rains of Saturday cleared to give us bright sunshine, a hopeful sign that the BRAPA gods were shining on me for an important day of pub ticking with Pub Twitter royalty, Coxy AKA Stephen Pie.I'd...
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BRAPA in .... LET'S ALL MEET UP IN THE PUB 2000 : West Sussex Adventure (Part...
Ready for a singalong?  I bought a book with 'Good Beer Guide' on the coverAnd every year it is in a different colourYour name is CAMRA, CAMRAIt kinda suited yaThey used to tell me that I should drink...
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BRAPA in ..... 2001 : A SUSSEX ODDITY
As I bade farewell to pub 2000, there was no looking back, there never can be in this pub ticking game. Onto pub 2001, infinity, and beyond.I marched Dad and Tom across a road we didn't need to cross,...
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BRAPA in ..... STOP THE CLOCK (I KNOW HOW TO TICK, BUT NOT HOW TO TOCK)
 Careful what you wish for. I remember actually thinking that, in my own head, as I waltzed down to York station, 4pm on Thursday last. 'Oh, what a shame my ten minute connection at Donny doesn't...
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