Pub 3390, Hoppy Place, Derby. The Bass was chalky. Locals porky. Yep, that's it 😆. Average mico from earlier

Pub 3389, King William, Milford. Pissed but thought I was on a train, actually a bus! Everyone is as drunk Derbys as me. Low beams. Mummies. Beer like Wilder laughing at me. Hairpin bend. Great pub, should've been in GBG before surely! Snacks supreme.

Pub 3388, Remarkable Hare , Matlock. Beer under interrogation, Citra North Riding, guilty of brilliance m'lud. Took photo of gang and a L**ds fan fist bumped me . Off to bleach my knuckles n look up Peak buses. Yuck.

Pub 3387, Tupton Tap, Old Tupton. Durham Magus n Paul Simon on repeat is what I need at this boozehound. Accents are very N Derbys. Vowel craziness. Owlie McBurnie looks determined. Great pub . 'Keg products undrinkable!'

Spa Vaults, Chesterfield. Tatty six fingered sorta Spoons but I'm feeling positive despite killer bus ride. Falstaff beer very nice quality, carpet a swimmy 8/10. Feel a bit queasy!

Fargate, Sheffield. Pre-emptive new Thornbridge. Former Yorkshire Bank but no staff discount grrrr. Jaipur as good as it was in various Wetherspoons last summer. Interior bit of a gutted disappointment compared to L**ds one.

Revisit. Sheffield Tap, Sheffield. Good early opening relief. Dad said a chewable breakfast stout would be a good idea so I asked her if they had a stout that was breakfasty and chewable, and they almost did. Pump clip texture of leather suitcase too!

Good morning pub on a grey and dreary morn. On an exciting Northern stopper which Daddy B is loving. See you soon for a pre-emptive, the final tick in a county and then some unknown aft/eve stuff. Keep it pub, #BRAPA

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Pub 3385, Chester Tavern, Kidderminster. Side street pisser, very impressive. Last one this hols. Fluffy dog named after a 'shit Led Zep album' (not my words). A beer so Lincs, I wanna puke but it is great. Turnstile on jukebox 😍. No wonder I can't get Piece Hall ticket.

Pub 3384 Plough, Shenstone. Serene village Bathams makes the Swan feel like central Brum. Mild off, but Bitter better n wetter. Outside like Falkirk Stadium but with dunnocks in hedgerows instead of John McGlynn. Second cob would be greedy wouldn't it?

Pub 3383, Swan 🦢, Chaddesley Corbett. Sunbathing in Bathams 😍 Delightful pub from all angles. So much so, I've taken my cob, salad and bitter on a World Tour of the pub. Locals think I'm simple. Maybe I am. Who cares? Garden 10/10. Church bell just donged .

Pub 3382, Black Tap, Redditch. Funky icebox full of tunes. Quirky red trainers dude serves me but I need to remember to pay the barmaid when she gets back from shops cos he doesn't know how to work the till! Totem drinks sensibly. Carpet a Scottish hotel 7.5 . Red dot tick 🔴

Pub 3381, Royal Enfield, Redditch. Barmaid rightly shames me for not choosing Wobbly Bob 'like everyone else'. Cavernous art deco 'Spoons suffering from kids being off school, but the wobbly Bob's are keeping it real. White Star drinking is great. Carpet 9.2/10

Pub 3380, Weighbridge, Alvechurch. Canalside idyll, a pub genre which can disappoint. Not here. Multi roomed, snug and 8/10 garden. Beer watery thank the lord. Man reckons cash ain't king on pints. Only my third 'red dot' tick of the hols and I can see why.

Good morning friends from another warm day in the Midlands 🌞 Ivor Panda is "feelin' it" this morning and needs extra coffee & turmeric. I'm fine, obvs, being hardcore n all. Off to a new county for this holiday. Six ticks we'd like. 🫙 ⛰️ 🎶 🚂 ⚔️

Pub 3379, Old Blue Ball, Wednesbury. A beauty! Shame beer was a bit shit cos everything else is ancient untouched perfection. 80yr old guy says he used to hate it as a nipper when 80 yr olds were in, now he's one of them! Circle of pub life, can't beat it.

Pre emptive. Lazy Hill, Aldridge. Looked a bit shit but bus delayed so rushed in for half. Well well, I was wrong. Pubesque. Goats Milk drinks great. Fake Cody Drameh service with smile. Take note Hop Station. Bus caught up time n went past. Dont care

Pub 3377, Hop Station, Aldridge. Functional gape drape. Furniture a squeaky dog's breakfast. Staff in custom blue sweatshirts play family darts, bo! Fresh fizzy Oakham Citra. Plus points : W.Houston ✅, nice perfume ✅, banana 🍌 n pineapple 🍍 handwash.

Pub 3376, Three Tuns, Sutton Coldfield. Love the roof lit central area leading to all manner of pubby rooms. Unusual. Like Blue Anchor Helston plonked in Blackburn. Best pint ever in SC. Carpet 8. Hand dryer deafening. Rocksteady n solid accents.

Pub 3375, Rainbow Inn, Allesley, Coventry. Great pub to complete 75% of GBG. Bass immaculate. Staff even better. Outdoor loos and just a lovely old pub. Being taken over but sounds like is in safe hands. Right, let's get back to Brum via the Cov route!

Pub 3374, Malt Shovel, Bubbenhall. The daily bus brought me here and I'm rewarded by creaking 17thC elegance. 'Beer garden' is a Trevor Jordache patio (7/10) but determined to have first outdoor BRAPA pint of 2026. Fallen Angel 👌🏻

Good morning from day 6 of this #BRAPA midland special. Finally some warmth in the air, I've gone sleeveless,and today's second pub will be 75% of the GBG done 🍻 See you in an hour or so for pub one.

Pub 3373,Old Bush, Wombourne. Another quality BCA, that Chocolate orange pint was so nearly great! Square dark family move when Dad arrows dart at wife head. Carpet juicy 8.5. See you tomorrow for Tuesday funbags.

Pub 3372, Weavers, Stourbridge. Easily the best of this mini-chain so far. The carpet and multi age/sex clientele give it an old school granny's parlour feel. Fownd drank great, he gave me taster accidentally and I was like 'no, you wrong'. National Express interlude.

Pub 3371, Pens Ale House, Pensnett. Intenso. Black country folk + micro = never got chance to sit down! One man especially, most emotional reaction to pub ticking ever witnessed. Lovely owner wanted a photo, bet my face was strange. Fluffy beer. Location ugh.

Pub 3370, Bell on the Delph, Brierley Hill. Feels very BCA again, but with none of the branding. More homely, happy, relaxed and unfussy. The Wyrd Sisters are drinking great. Rare Billy Joel old track for the ultimate win.

Pub 3369, Waggon & Horses, Halesowen. A quality BCA recently reopened after a refurb. The Brappacino drinks dreamily. Local blokes are uncharacteristically scowly for this part of t'world (someone ate their eggs) but I've found a nice side room. Carpet 9.25/10.

Pub 3368, Forest Hotel, Dorridge. Had my breakfast porridge, now I'm in Dorridge. Very leafy hence the name I guess. Quite posh, but also proper boisterous free for all you don't get in rural Ox. HPA is half a yard off the pace.

Good morning all from a sunny but still painfully chilly Bicester. 🌬️ Running out of Oxon pub ticks so heading further afield on this busless BH Monday of uncertain pub hours. Have fun out there , whatever you are! #BRAPA

Library, Oxford. One of 3 pre-emptives with top CAMRA beer scores & true, tis best quality beer today. But full of fluorescent pink party tits with plastic rackets who liked / hated my hair. Can't believe it'll EVER get in GBG but dispassionately, it should!

Pub 3366, Oranges and Lemons, Oxford . 🍋 🍊. In the St Clements area you see. Smells like aftershave n lasagne. Chirpy staff. Pub brewed own beer with someone from London. Bit floppy. Well done Brighton ladies. One tick to go! Maybe a pre emptive but i'm flagging 😵

Pub 3367, Star, Oxford. Quality backstreet boy, the Brian Littrell of pubs. Bass! Finally. On form. Happy belated Nat Bass day and this one's for Mudgie, cheers pals! Local curmudgeon Roy isn't real. I'm fuming.

Pub 3365, Swan, Faringdon. A beauty, one of my favourites this week. A rare Oxon carpet 8/10. Wet led. Sensible Sunderland bitter. John the Baptist, stab vests and Morecambe all discussed. Late dolly colouring in book nonsense, but didn't spoil it.

Pub 3364, Black Horse, East Hanney. 100% roast dinners on this Sunday lunch feast so I'm sat at the bar. Nice to see a bald 80 yr old representation of myself in first. Great mascot sir, better trousers! Landlady n beer both pleasant and fizzy.

Good morning from a sunny park bench in an Oxon village waiting for 12 noon opening time. Don't the wind blow cold? It is BRAPA's 12th birthday today🎂 Four ticks plus three pre-emptives with high beer scores we'd like!

Pub 3363, Harcourt Arms, Oxford. 5pm opener all days. Gluten free boyfriend tells me it is so it can stand out against the Ox opposition. Plum Porter drinks brutal. Deep green surrounds. Man back from Denmark, learnt nothing of culture.

Pub 3362, Red Lion, Yarnton. Jess becomes third member of same family to do the highlighting. A record unlikely to be beaten, ever! Pub of the day too. Warm fireside smoothness , great beer, sturdy pub.

Pub 3361, White Horse, Stonesfield. Loved the angular low bare boarded beginnings, village was cute, locals said arrr, but the Harry Potter beer range declined quickly and it was more huff than puff late on.

Pub 3360, King's Arms, Woodstock. Demonic combination of punters who are scared of standing at bar, and staff who have all the urgency of a Hull City counter attack. Bloke finds out Eton is next to Windsor and mind blown. The HSB burns my heart but quality juice. Split the F!

Chipping Norton pre-emptive double header. Chequers / Kings Arms. Clash of styles. One Fullers, beautiful but far too bank holiday family doggy. One Arkell's, unarsed, sporty n ranty. Quite liked both, didn't love either.

Pub 3359, Tite Inn, Chadlington. Cotswoldy stone cutie with local beers, I went for ESB obvs which was grand but needed more strength. Made more humane with nice chat with two Lincs men, excitable window Dave and calming Jamie. Ticked off a Lincs pub too cos closed 🥳

Good morning from a sunny breezy Oxon bus stop ☀️ 🌬️ Day 3. Half asleep ☕ 🐣 Happy Nat Bass day for all who celebrate, I will be on the lookout 🔺 5 or 6 ticks we'd like, as long as I don't end up with diddly squat that's the main thing #BRAPA

Pub 3358, Great Western Arms, Aynho. Vigorous canalside former station memorabilia-clad Easter-hole. Mad mascot. Dad coffee 10/10 but zero cake. Mini cheddars unsuitable sub. Old Hooky drinks a dream. Service overly complicated. Weird corner blocker talks to self. Angular arse.

Pub 3357, Greatworth Inn, Greatworth. Great! Suit of armour, carpet and halloumi fries all a 9/10, not to mention a tropical Hook Norton. Daddy B has perked up. One pub left, he's suffered enough.

Good evening pals 🌆. Just in Bicester Prem Inn lobby waiting for the Dadster to check in, then 3 more pubs none of which in Ox but all close by sort of. See you soon for evening session x

Pub 3356, Plough, Long Wittenham. Ouch! Our tough day continues as quartet in our room are barred for drunken aggressive sweary behaviour! We tried to be invisible. Mother son combo in charge were so nice n apologetic though. Narrow characterful, Amwell Springs a bit sharp.

Pub 3355, Red Lion, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. Was here 10:30am for lemon drizzle n coffee, but she made it clear bar wasn't opening til 12 😄. So we're back for beer. Lovely, though pub is a bit stuffy n doggy so we are out front n hoping Storm Dave doesn't pounce!

Pub 3354, Plum Pudding, Milton 🐖 . Pig not pudding. Quality. Daddy B is here in zombie state but this is waking him up. Not in last year's GBG cos 'big beardy guy from CAMRA said I can't fit you all in!'. 😄. We are allowed in reserved seat cos he deems us right kinda people

Pub 3352, Chatsworth, Banbury. Leering at me from over a hedge like prime Scotty Mills, this sprawling estate funbag feels a random GBG entry. Fizzy but tasty Ghost Ship. Sitting at bar, bald man asks for a green tea in unlikeliest order of the year.