BRAPA in .... BERK THE PERILED ANGELS SWIG : RETURN TO EAST BERKSHIRE simeyeveritt.wixsite.com/brapa/post/b...

Pub 3268, Garibaldi, Northampton. Amazing. Phipped on my chips. Hairy. Happy. Sweaty. Doggy. Choc orange drank well. I love Northampton cos people just can't help it.

Pub 3266, Three Cranes, Turvey. Bryl cream guvnor of much repute gives me a hard Wi-fi reset at this baronial poncehole combining antique character with annoyance and a well kept pint. Beds. You just never know.

Pub 3265, Oakley Arms, Harrold. Thatched restaurant, asked to sit at bar originally but kind sniffing mean girl energy has just given me a low seat, hurrah. Frog or Pig. I chose Pig, drinking well. Tired Ryan Giles is functional. Carpet a safe Scottish 7.

Pub 3264, Cock, Pavenham. Young farmer gets competitive over skittles (not the sweet) at this step back in time. Parlouresque. What is Roger gonna drink? Don't look at the dog, pub rule. My biscuit quip cheered all who heard it.

Revisit. Pilgrim's Progress, Bedford. Tactical staging post. Gadds Porter drinks great, only a half cos I'm sensible. New admiration of carpet 8.5/10. Bobble hat man drinking Rev James cos he likes Welsh things.

Good morning from sunny LON and a happy VD to you all ❤️ ☀️ On my way to a county with a romance index of 0.4 Keep it pub 🍻 #BRAPA

Parcel Yard, Kings Cross. ESB n Pride off but lovely man half recommends me a Sambo's choc stout, very nice. Bloke buys wife expensive roses in guilty manoeuvre. Eurostar reserve half the pub n act snotty behind glass

Pub 3262, Outhouse Brewery, Wokingham. Just opened, very dead, confusing re beers but I saw the key keg sign as Ace of Base didn't sing. Barmaid asks if I wrote the GBG! I wish, every shit York pub n Dad's own outhouse (not open to the public) would be in if so!

Pub 3261, Newtown Pippin, Bracknell. Proper flat earth estate plonker. Enjoyable. Bunch of mystery men of a certain age say hello from a distance. Commented again on my beer choice. Billy Joel River of Dreams, but did he ever dream about this place?

Pub 3260, Castle Inn, Hurst. Multi-faceted creaker with confusing loos. Landlord respects my Smuggler choice (pecan might kill me) , think he wanted me to sociably perch next to busy diners but i'm too sober for that! Found a good chilly empty side room.

Pub 3259, Royal Oak, Ruscombe. Surprise carpet throughout (8/10) makes it palatable. Roasted Nuts drink well. Good beams too but most whitewashed. Folk terrified of smiling, main man doing it all AND has time to chat to mates.

Good afternoon from a magical GWR train. Semi-retired mascot Colin gets a rare outing. Ready for 4-5 ticks in a county I've not done yet this year. Keep it thirsty on Thursday. #BRAPA

BRAPA in ..... SCRUMMY RUGBY / BASS IN BULK(INGTON) : WARWICKSHIRE PT 2/2 simeyeveritt.wixsite.com/brapa/post/b...

BRAPA in .... ASSAULT ON BATTERY : POWER OUTAGE IN ATHERSTONE (WARWICKS PT 1/2) simeyeveritt.wixsite.com/brapa/post/b...

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York Tap, City of York (revisit). I'm Shameless, and it drinks well. Two Mackem gadgies reckon I should get BRAPA on tik tok. Wet nose barmaid on top form but her colleague spills a drink on me. Sober again, but not for long!

Pub 3258 probably , Olde Chequers Inn, Bulkington. Nice pub. More Bass. A woman called H. Like Line of Duty. And people nearly as drunk as me. Well played Warwickshire. You aren't shite. You are kinda alright. Like Lee Howey.

Pub 3257, Weavers Arms, Bulkington. Bass everywhere! Three different flavours. Incredibly friendly. Bloke called Dave reckoned BRAPA was worth the admission fee alone.

3256, Town & County, Rugby. They shut at 4. I read 5. I begged. They said ok. Lovely people. Think BRAPA sounds mad. Judgey! Or what! Great place. Coseball.

Pub 3255, Rugby Tap, Rugby. Very impressive microid. Smells like our family home the day after Princess Diana's death. Main man is a cute knitted character with Charlie Hungerford vibes. Sticking to low percents to catch up. Byatt's top class. Battery 64%

Pub 3254, Windmill Inn, Rugby. Found a slow charging plug under a bench at this fluffy BCA where a bloke cracks the snacks for G.Yorath. Beer weirdly metallic n warm, a rare BCA beer fail but Ghost Mudgie would say 'told you so!' Carpet 7.5. Battery 61%

Post emptive! Angel, Atherstone. Only customer. Market Tavern busy. Nice chat with Carole who gave me a choice of sockets (so to speak). Lovely old building, lots of fun looking ales, but wet led. Is that really the only reason. Brick from Roman times.

Pub 3253, Market Tavern, Atherstone. A very fine popular friendly pub who are charging my charger whilst I bar block the cobs, phone plugged in. Weird standing at bar wondering what I'll have for pint two. Very un BRAPA. People are so bad at deciding. 22% battery, come on!

Hello from a damp Atherstone. Disaster here as left power bank at home, bought new one but it needs charging itself! A pub is kindly charging me up but plans for exciting rural day are shelved. #BRAPA

BRAPA is on a .... BLACKBURNLEY JOURNEY / POORLY IN CHORLEY? simeyeveritt.wixsite.com/brapa/post/b...

Pub 3252, loose cannon, Newark. Weirdly great. Like a south east London award winner has been plonked into Newark for no good reason. Bass and bass both killing me, pow. I could retire here.

Pub 3251, Bird Hide, Attenborough. The horizontal plywood really reminds me of Blacktoft Sands '93 when that Marsh Harrier said hi. Gorge stout, nice man with Sean Dyche voice, but the blowy heater wins the day.

Pre emptive Spoons. Last Post, Beeston. Next pub doesn't open til 5pm but is this way out of Nottingham. Carpet a forestry 8. Creakiest staircase ever. Everyone looks like they've crawled out of a John Wayne Western. Like it .

Pub 3250, Johnson Arms, Lenton, Nottingham. Best so far! Nearly got NHS discount. Stinks of 6% ale. Lanyard wearing students try to be amusing. Cosy. Fact carpet is a 5 doesn't matter. Oligo Bunk drinks well.

Pre emptive Spoons, Gooseberry Bush, Nottingham. 3pm til my next tick opens so had to retire to the Call the Midwife of Notts Spoons. Crushed up can of Monster, weird carpet, good pale Farmers and a flowery barmaid make it decent.

Pub 3249, Vale, Woodthorpe, Nottingham. A fine Inventory effort with great 30's art deco curvature and cheeky wood. Denture gang suck down cheesy mash. Barmaid's handpump splutters but hidden Elsie Mo saves the day. Top lass.

Pre emptive Spoons alert! Woodthorpe Top, Nottingham. Cut above the NAT AVG. Can only assume Bread n Bitter proximity hinders GBG chances. Badly named Ashover on form. Moved away from baby gang. 8.5/10 carpet makes me wanna forage in woodland. Staff a bit drowsy.

Good morning all from a damp Newark (but a different damp to my 2018 trip here 😅) Hopping on a train towards Nottingham. See you at the first pub soon. #BRAPA #ThirstyThursday

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Inn on the Wharf, revisit. Not the gentle 2011 Robbie Brady in the snow I remember. Bouncer scary. Salt drinks spunky. No handpumps anymore. Rosenior smug. Cocaine man says graarrr.

New Brew-m, Burnley. Revisit. £2.50 a pint. Reedly and the deathly Hallows on form. Burnliest woman in humanity likes my hat. Slur against a Coventry wife. Stood by a heater but ok.

Train cancelled ❌. An hour to kill in Burnley. Name me a better town to get stuck in. I'll wait.

Pub 3247, Whitewell, Waterfoot. Smiley smiley Carole Smilie micro of East Lancs credentials to celebrate a great win and a nice Blackburn fan drove me here. The beer wasn't Serious but it was a very crafty boy.

Pub 3246, Baaa 38, Chorley. More like it! Depth n warmth. Flappy lady does well to open up n get us a great Rivington in seconds. Sticky varnish bannister alert. Well done to all. Only took one photo oops.

Pub 3245 , Ronnie's Bar, Chorley. Quite AVG for Chorls. My Irish stout was ok but tasted like sick. Kent n skeleton dog memorabilia. Nothing else happened.

Pub 3244, Wallace Hartley, Colne. Loved Ray Wallace, big fan of JR Hartley's fly fishing. Fantastic building. Full of wood panels. Top pint from Kirkby Lonsdale. Daddy BRAPA n @beyond-the-pale.bsky.social driving us about. Carpet 8/10.

BRAPA is .... GETTING ENTHRALLED BY THE TIGERS : SIX PUBS, SIX POINTS (SAINTS & PNE AWAY) simeyeveritt.wixsite.com/brapa/post/b...

Pub 3243, Redhouse, Newcastle Quayside. Qualify effort. Loos stink bad. Got lost in 15 rooms on way back from gents which tells you deep pub is. Decent gaff!

Pub 3242, Luther's Bar, Newcastle. Student union with just the 3 Spoons standards on. A pissed Irish bloke does aggressive mathematics on the side. I'm not convinced. But Abbot one of best pints today.

The original Head of Steam, and still the best! Don't make me chooooose. Bunch of old dudes on about Evanescence. Warms the heart, in a way.

Pub 3241, Ridley Arms, Stannington. Poor beer quality again, feel like this is my comeuppance for Stirling being amazing 😃. Bloke pretends three bags of crisps aren't for him. Young dude tells oldies about mushrooms in Amsterdam. Smells n feels like a Fitzys, which it is!

Pub 3240, John the Clerk of Cramlington, Cramlington. Loved his 85th min header at the Nou Camp. Gorgeous woodsmoke smell, reminiscent of a rural New Forest pub. Lack of carpet a worry but beer, warmth and sheer volume of people make it. Proper 'Spoons. 72% up 🥳