October 2024. Lincoln.
Look at the concentration in those fingers as pub men pore over Stafford Paul’s meticulous list of essential Lincoln pubs on our Big Day Out.
Obviously I would have preferred something a little less trad,
but I feared Glory Holes would force our crew to make an agonising decision between Gamma Ray and Neck Oil, and we stuck to plan leaving the Cardinals Hat.
“YOU can go in the Strait and Narrow for your flight of Belgian beers” said someone,
and due to either dithering over that decision or trying to fathom what these are,
I found myself at the back of the pack of hill walkers at the halfway point.
A nice camera shop here,
perfect for taking legitimate shots in Widow Cullen’s Well.
but it’s long closed. Mind you, the rate Sam Smiths are reopening pubs round me I wouldn’t write it off completely.
So Pub 4 was the little known Wig & Mitre,
which was deadly quiet despite a fine collection of “beers you’ve never heard of”, which apparently is what folk want these days.
Oh look, the eight sided glass returns. Octagonal glasses should expect to have a half point deduction,
and so the Milestone drops to 2.5.
In fairness, it’s a quirky place,
but you have to pop upstairs to appreciate the baronial theme.
There would be no baronial theme in our next pub.
retiredmartin 
“Look at the concentration in those fingers as pub men pore over Stafford Paul’s meticulous list of essential Lincoln pubs on our Big Day Out”. Pink means essential to Dave and green essential to me which means three that we agreed on beforehand.
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Let’s be clear Paul. They’re all essential. Aren’t they?
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Yes Dave, and I should have stayed more than two nights at the Queen In The West.
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How much Bateman’s is there Lincoln, Paul ? Apart from the Victoria and your pub accommodation and the Treaty of Commerce (?) I can’t name much.
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Martin,
It’s four pubs, the Victoria, Treaty of Commerce, Queen in the West and Dog and Bone.
And, despite the rain, it was much quicker getting round them than their four in Derbyshire.
I’ve also used the Waggon and Horses in York and the Champion and the Kings Arms in Norwich this year. That’s after not drinking Batemans for ages with Progressive Beer Duty making them halve production and abandon the free trade.
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Cardinals hat? Always useful as an emergency toilet!
(Baseball ref)
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Did you see the Americans in Godalming this week, Bobby ?
Surely you’d have heard them !
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Americans in Godalming? Dammit, we need to build a wall!
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