Everyone Happy At The Cross Keys

It’s the gift that keeps on giving but this will have to be my last World Cup related blog post – for about four years anyway! As Vladimir Putin keeps up his charm offensive with Donald Trump he is basking in the glory of the fact that Russia put on a good show as hosts…

West End Girl…In Coalville

(spot the pub gaffer!)  I have just read the dreadfully sad news about pub legend Alan Winfield and would like to dedicate this post to him because this is the sort of pub he would have caught a bus all the way from Stapleford for. https://neverendingpubcrawl.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-top-five-pubs.html I’m not sure if you can get the bus…

Pink Coconuts, Pink Mohicans and Draught Bass

  “We’ve always got Bass on…it’s the only cask ale that sells well,” said the gaffer of 248 – Metro Bar DE1 2DS. Bearing in mind this is a bloke in a city centre pub with a pink Mohican (flattened down during the day!), glitter balls on the ceiling, DJ’s on five nights a week…

Solihull Shock News – Craft On Tap At The Tandoor

This may come as shock news to regular readers of the blog but it appears as though Solihull has finally got a ‘craft’ bar. It has of course already got The White Swan and with ‘Spoons  now serving a decent pint of Punk IPA alongside The Flute And Flagon then it’s not a complete craft…

Happy Times At The Highwood

I clearly like the excitement of a solid, earthy, no nonsense, lively boozer and I reckon it has a lot to do with your early experiences. If your first visit to a pub at 18 is to somewhere like a Farmhouse Inns or Fayre and Square pub then you’re unlikely to become a lover of…

Earth, Wind And Fire At The Jolly Potters

“Oh oh, England are in Russia, Oh oh, drinking all your vodka, Oh oh, England’s going all the way”  A World Cup semi-final for the first time since 1990 and I’d forgotten how good the nation feels when England play well in a major competition. If we beat Croatia on Wednesday – and I reckon…

The Willington Triangle

The Willington Triangle is undoubtedly one of the best 100 metres pub crawl in Britain. Three boozers; all selling top class beer, all within 100 yards of Willington Train Station and generally heaving on Friday and Saturday evenings. The pubs are pretty good at working in tandem and all reaping the benefits such as the…