December 2024. Sheffield.
Jim had abandoned me with a 10 % imperial stout in Vocation while he raced off to a 12.20 appointment at the Dog & Partridge.
How does he do it ?
Not only that, he’d even popped in this little classic (just un-Guided and shorn of Bass),
on the way to his 6th pub of the day by 12.35. Stafford Paul would be proud. #SavePubs
Back on the halves of Dead Parrot in Perch, but note TWO of them !
And he was still great company, though possibly not sharing my sadness at the loss of Bass in Fagans.
Perch was quieter than of late, the students had gone home for Christmas, taking their playing cards and pizza custom with them.
Will it return next month ? Or will Dryanuary prevail ?
The Jet was as good as ever, and Perch is one of Sheffield’s most improved and quirky gems.
But no time to dawdle, said Jim.
retiredmartin 
Is Jim the new Alan Winfield?
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I did half a crawl with Alan Winfield, this was about 10 years ago. He told me he was coming to Sheffield so I arranged to finish work at 3pm and joined him for the last eight or nine pubs – who’s counting?
He was drinking strictly halves, one per pub, although that would be more than 20 of them over the course of the afternoon. He was writing notes in quite a chunky notebook, longhand I think, but I thought it would be rude to look over his shoulder, so I’ve no idea how legible they might have been.
From his last pub I pointed him in the approximate direction of the station, and as far as I know he made it home all right.
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Magnificent!!! Love that story Will 👏👏👏
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Quirky and improved, eh?
I somehow never warmed to the Perch. Perhaps I should give it another go.
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