TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL !!! I see BRAPA is still reporting his Idleness from 8 November, which makes me feel less concerned about the task of completing the Shifnal Shuffle of last Friday (the 22nd). Five minutes from the Anvil to the Plough, including a ten second diversion to spot a handpump in the Winking Frog, which… Continue reading DO DO DO, DO THE SHIFNAL SHUFFLE

These pub crawl posts are always tough to begin, as you never know how long you’re going to need to do it justice , and when you’re going to get bored and just press “PUBLISH“. I used to write 700 word posts you know. With paragraphs. Incidentally, my wish for shorter blog posts was granted… Continue reading SHIFNAL – IT BEGINS

  Sometimes these posts are tortuous, sometimes they require no effort at all; I know Dave can tell the difference. Our group of Beer and Pub Forum* members met outside the Codsall Station at 11.27am. Stockport Pete, Tonbridge Paul, Stirchley Pete, Stafford Paul and a retiredmartin of no obvious fixed abode. Five is plenty, as… Continue reading CODSALL STATION

aka More Pubs Saved By Drinking BBB On Friday morning I arrived into Shifnal without fanfare and parked up at Odfellows, my room for the night as well as our last pub. It was nice of Odfellows, renamed Od for the kidz, to let me park my car there early, 10 feet from the station… Continue reading FIVE CODGERS GO TO CODSALL

As I slip ever further into old age and start hanging out with other Old Codgers on pub crawls, the main thing I notice is how dark it is. Driving after 4pm is no fun, and I was glad to stop for the night at Market Drayton to start my Salopian quest for the year… Continue reading MARKET DRAYTON : JOULES, BASS, R2-D2

No idea why I was so taken with the urinals at Dacre; perhaps they remind me of the Scream masks. Dacre was my stop on the epic and ancient drovers route from Rutherglen to Market Drayton, where I’d be staying ahead of the “Old Codgers Day Out In Shifnal“. No breakfast at King’s Park for… Continue reading LAKES, LAMBS, LOOS AND LORNE SAUSAGE

A significant moment, as I conclude the Glasgow chapter of the GBG for the first time EVER. Back at Central station I got a bit distracted. Yes, by the Tim Horton Christmas Spiced Caramel Brownie and a medium filter. I read that “nearly eight out of 10 cups* of coffee sold across Canada are served… Continue reading GLASGOW GBG ’20 TO A FINISH