I’m getting tired of trying to upload photos from my Cornish conquest. I can’t add the map, and that’s my favourite bit.
But enjoy these views from my campervan, tonight parked in (Great) Torrington.
I’ll get out of here safely in the morning before deciding if it’s great or not.
My progress since Tuesday has been BRAPA-esque, knocking 22 pubs off the To Do list and killing several plant pots in the process.
One left in West Devon, below Bideford. I fancied popping in for a swift half tomorrow.
Facebook says “open at 10“. I doubted that, but my message went unanswered (I’m still waiting for responses asking half a dozen pubs if they’re open on 14 July).
So I phoned up. Really.
“Hello. What time can I get a drink tomorrow morning, please. “
“We open for breakfast at 10, then serve lunch from 12 to 3.”
Ah. Breakfast. The real confusion maker.
“What time are you licensed from ?“
“Sorry?”
“When can I get alcohol from ?”
“Sorry, I don’t understand“
“If I turn up at 10, will you serve me a beer?”
“Er, yes?”
“Great, thanks“
Who reckons I’ll be drinking a flat white at 10am tomorrow ?
retiredmartin 
It’s the witty text we’re after not the photos or maps. Keep them coming.
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Speak for yourself. I like the photos. 😊
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Is there stuff to read? I like the pictures.
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The words are only there to space out the pictures.
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That pink is quite fragmented.
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The problem with Devon is that the place names are so long that they take up lots of blank space on the page.
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Good answer.
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I suspect you don’t have the problem of getting a pint at 10 that Paul M and Si and Duncan and I have!
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Not normally.
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You’re missing out.
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Maybe, but one day when I become Retired Citra……
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“My progress since Tuesday has been BRAPA-esque” –I knew that lad was a bad influence on you. 😉
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Luckily, I’ve just switched back to halves (most of which I tip in summer).
Did I dream that Simon drank 51 pints last week !?
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“I can’t add the map, and that’s my favourite bit.”
I’ve had enough of trying to figure those out from BBM’s blog.
“and killing several plant pots in the process.”
Triffids!
“(I’m still waiting for responses asking half a dozen pubs if they’re open on 14 July).”
LOL. My darling wife used to do ‘meals on wheels’ for old folks. She had her name added to the list at the hospital or some such. She stopped a year ago and asked to have her name removed. She’s still getting calls and has given up on answering them. 😉
““er, yes?””
Blimey!
“Who reckons I’ll be drinking a flat white at 10am tomorrow?”
You could stroll around Garden Rosemoor and try it again at noon? 😉
Cheers
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Not just BRAPA-esque, but more and more like a bizarre endurance test!
You must be relieved that the heatwave has petered out, as it must be stifling trying to sleep in that camper-van. It’s not as if you can sleep with the windows open, what with the local doggers, and other strange folk prowling around.
Good luck in your endeavours Martin, they’re keeping us all entertained, even though like others commenting here, I’m missing the photos!
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There’s a pop up soft roof that I’ve just mastered that keeps it cool, Paul 👍
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Great bit of dialogue with the pub – very Monty Pythonesque…
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I wasn’t being unkind.😉
It is just difficult to know what to ask when pubs are effectively restaurants and terns like “licensed” hardly used.
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