tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post2173928397284722790..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - Fenwick, South YorkshireSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-31030954930612191642016-04-29T22:41:20.032+01:002016-04-29T22:41:20.032+01:00Martin, my alibi for last Friday was a was pretend...Martin, my alibi for last Friday was a was pretending to do work whilst actually sourcing and eventually purchasing a present for a child's birthday party. I even got a smile from a blonde in a toy shop.<br /><br />Judging by their success so far, it wouldn't surprise me if an autonomous car literally took off using whatever it had crashed into as a springboard. The computers in them sound to me like they've been programmed to drive like complete arseholes.<br /><br />Thinking on it, it wouldn't at all surprise me if Fatty Glennon did his training using that goal. Pub beer garden would certainly make sense.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-82624885868085240572016-04-29T21:04:03.847+01:002016-04-29T21:04:03.847+01:00Took me a while to work out your Golf Thunderstorm...Took me a while to work out your Golf Thunderstorm invitee list Tom, I was being slow, but got there in the end! <br /><br />I'm waiting for self-driving cars to take off (so to speak) so I'd hold your horses on driving lessons for now! <br /><br />Poor Fatty Glennon!Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-5878618854357190832016-04-29T20:59:55.112+01:002016-04-29T20:59:55.112+01:00York Brewery seems to have steadily improved since...York Brewery seems to have steadily improved since 2000, especially Ghost Ale which I love. Guzzler on the other hand has dropped in quality, maybe Ember can be blamed in full for this? Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-6893047462490915912016-04-29T11:15:33.626+01:002016-04-29T11:15:33.626+01:00It's good to have you back Tom. I asked about...It's good to have you back Tom. I asked about you in Cask last Friday and Simon couldn't account for your whereabouts recently.<br /><br />Wednesbury is a lot bigger but it's also full of haberdashers, pet shops and impending death.retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-3895691504466132732016-04-29T00:51:50.853+01:002016-04-29T00:51:50.853+01:00Martin, Askern is a lot smaller than Wednesbury. T...Martin, Askern is a lot smaller than Wednesbury. The scarier of the locals live over the level crossing from the shops, mainly in the terraced streets to the left but a few on the opposite side.<br /><br />Si, in the event that I pass out I would be happy to find a hire car and take you to Anchor. It will be from the nearest place with both a shack and a car hire place. My chauffeur fee is very unreasonable.<br /><br />So who won the golf competition? You have inadvertently given me the idea of a charity thunderstorm golf match. I think the following would be good categories of participant to invite:<br />1) marathon running former Countdown contestants<br />2) former newsreading retired MPs from backward towns<br />3) former Mansfield Town centre forwards<br />4) politically incorrect spouses of famous old people<br /><br />I think fatty Glennon would still concede regularly in that goal.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-3796304824066670722016-04-28T21:58:22.044+01:002016-04-28T21:58:22.044+01:00Didn't think you liked York Brewery, must have...Didn't think you liked York Brewery, must have been their pubs you didn't rate. Full of youngsters.<br />Always liked the Ghost, the Guzzler is always on in Embers up there and very dull.<br /><br />Askern sounds a lot like Wednesbury put like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-52992235773719747782016-04-28T20:45:39.910+01:002016-04-28T20:45:39.910+01:00I knew you'd appreciate that reference, if I s...I knew you'd appreciate that reference, if I said I was planning on hijacking my parents Powys hols in August, you would probably also know what my aim was - unless it really is the "made up" pub of 2016 GBG!<br /><br />I'm such a slow drinker, now idea how I managed it, but York First Light is superb if you get the chance.<br /><br />Askern had some open shops that are normally boarded up these days - pet shops, haberdasheries(?), cobblers(?) which sounds like a positive, but here, just hit home how 80's this place is. Scary even on a bright sunny afternoon! <br /><br />Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-25178896850696912712016-04-27T21:36:55.213+01:002016-04-27T21:36:55.213+01:00It was the hidden Anchor Anchor reference that pro...It was the hidden Anchor Anchor reference that produced the chortle you just heard.<br /><br />Nothing beats 3 pints in an hour when you really shouldn't,does it.<br /><br />I enjoyed that place, albeit a half, and the one up the road at Sykehouse years before, but was glad I didn't break down in Askern. Terrifying in Friday night, made Donny seem like Cambridge.<br /><br />retiredmartin (using Mrs RM's computer)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02386390492552698506noreply@blogger.com