Thank you for all your good wishes on completing the Beer Guide at lunchtime in Rousay. It was an emotional morning, a mix of worry, joy and panic. And calories. This was breakfast at the West End Guest House in Orkney, where a Canadian septuagenarian regaled us with tales of the Peterborough Petes ice hockey… Continue reading NO MORE WORLDS LEFT TO CONQUER
Tag: Good Beer Guide
LET ENGLAND SHAKE
Sorry, Polly, but your acclaimed 2011 LP is one of the worst albums in my collection, and you should see my early 80s Saxon. PJ Harvey probably isn’t a big fan of Swindon, but last night the town of magic roundabouts, steam and limited edition Archers beer was the venue for my historic LAST ENGLAND… Continue reading LET ENGLAND SHAKE
WALES HAS FALLEN
I suspect you think us GBG tickers all live together as a big happy family in a giant mansion in Chipping Sodbury, sharing lifts and market pens and intelligence on micro closing times. Not a bit of it. With so many Asian gamblers having switched from the Premier League to Guide ticking betting, it’s a… Continue reading WALES HAS FALLEN
The final 1%
I’m sitting in a hot pub garden in the Somerset levels, campervan parked for the night, drinking a second OK pint in an hour while Slade sing “Cum on feel the noize” (sic. As the kidz say). I promised you an update and here it is. With the Crown in Catcott ticked I need 39… Continue reading The final 1%
62 TO DO – THE GBG COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
The posts have dried up to such an extent that Dave Southworth, seen here with my #PubMan of 2019, has risked our warm cask to travel the Atlantic to ask for his subscription back. Well Dave, you’ll get reports on Lundin Links and Trent Bridge and Port Erin soon enough (OK, November), but this has… Continue reading 62 TO DO – THE GBG COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
THE LAST 100
Been wondering why the blog posts have (almost) dried up ?* Well, the last couple of months have seen actually ticking the GBG take precedence over writing about it. Back when GBG22 dropped (ugh), a mere month after the other tickers got theirs mind, I wrote that I had five hundred and eighty-two (582) pubs… Continue reading THE LAST 100
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – The three (3) months late Good Beer Guide highlights post
I’ve had a few draft posts in my “draft” (or is it draught ?) folder on Word Press for a while. NOW is the time to share them with you. Pubmeister beat me by a mere 3 months. And the theme for GBG 22 is; 1) Name changes Loads of pubs like to keep tickers… Continue reading Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – The three (3) months late Good Beer Guide highlights post
A STRATEGY TO COMPLETE GBG22
Now I’m (nearly) up-to-date on the blog, I thought you’d like some spreadsheets. “About time” says Duncan. When I finally received my shiny new GBG in November I wrote that I’d need to visit 581 pubs in the next year to finish the Guide and join the immortals (well, Duncan). Actually, it was 582, after… Continue reading A STRATEGY TO COMPLETE GBG22
“I’ve seen the cross-ticking and the damage done, a loss of 195 pubs on GBG21. Gone, gone..”
I promised you (well, US Dave), the results of my cross-checking the new Good Beer Guide tonight, so here it is. THE SCORE Having marked in pink all the 4,508 entries in GBG22 that I’ve already done, like this; I calculate I’d visited 3,927 pubs by the time the new GBG “landed” (ugh). That’s 87.1%,… Continue reading “I’ve seen the cross-ticking and the damage done, a loss of 195 pubs on GBG21. Gone, gone..”
PINK MARKER TO THE READY, LET’S GET STARTED
A week ago, I returned from Norfolk via my parents to find Baa Baa Toure looking like the goat that got the cream. Or something. My new GBG had finally arrived., a mere 2 weeks after some of my rival fellow tickers. Note the damage at bottom left. My GBG22 already looks more worn than… Continue reading PINK MARKER TO THE READY, LET’S GET STARTED
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