tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post8080240329080482965..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - Hope in the Valley : An NFFD TaleSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-38580519040134306872018-08-23T00:31:07.461+01:002018-08-23T00:31:07.461+01:00Glad you liked the Cheshire Cheese - we've not...Glad you liked the Cheshire Cheese - we've not been for years but does it still have the thing where nothing in the bar quite seems to be straight or at right angles?<br /><br />We accidentally ended up at a weeknight lock-in there once, and Alison was sent behind the bar to pull her own pint because the bar staff were all sat out front with the regulars and couldn't be bothered getting up. Happy days.DaveShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030589043526494438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-73655401185336104242018-08-20T23:02:42.859+01:002018-08-20T23:02:42.859+01:00Peter Eustace who played for Sheffield Wenesday an...Peter Eustace who played for Sheffield Wenesday and other was the landlord of the Cheshire Cheese years ago.Jabez Clegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203468057975741457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-88394832396895500192018-08-17T23:17:18.359+01:002018-08-17T23:17:18.359+01:00"A nice man called Richard" - no such th..."A nice man called Richard" - no such thing, mate.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-66338594506766827132018-08-16T23:38:31.427+01:002018-08-16T23:38:31.427+01:00"as Chris had a naughty stone that needed rem..."as Chris had a naughty stone that needed removing"<br /><br />Crikey. Liposuction to have 14 pounds removed? ;)<br /><br />"I dressed with the pub in mind"<br /><br />Or, they knew you were coming so did a quick repaint job to match (a bit like that green car a few posts back). :)<br /><br />"it still managed to maintain a degree of pubbiness "<br /><br />So, as you lot say over there, quite homely.<br /><br />"I don't know if I've ever mentioned this before in my blog, but I've had a dodgy knee for quite a while now."<br /><br />I vaguely recall reading something along those lines. But then, I'm over 60 thus I am getting a bit senile at times. :)<br /><br />"we crossed two fields and the pub was lurking on a main road"<br /><br />I can see why you cut across the fields. It's an hour's walk following the road up and around.<br /><br />"And that is why he is a top pub man."<br /><br />Well done that man! (thumbs up)<br />(over here we have the saying 'liquid bread')<br /><br />"Me and Tom in a mirror, what could be more wonderful?"<br /><br />You and Tom in a mirror with your backs turned? (LOL)<br /><br />"and if we'd kept our eyes peeled in the woods, "<br /><br />Not literally of course. :)<br /><br />"We sat down some steps"<br /><br />Is that a saying over there? I read that as sitting on the steps which I doubt is correct.<br /><br />"They didn't look like men who wore grass skirts in their day to day life, so why do so here? "<br /><br />Seeing as how you don't offer up an answer I surmise you didn't ask them why. Therefore I deduce that you were *cough* 'skirting' the issue. (LOL)<br /><br />"Dad had arrived by now and found a really nice beer garden out the back"<br /><br />Yep. Looks quite nice on Streetview. And it has an exit/entrance leading straight to The Paper Mill Inn, which, as you mention, is owned by the same company/people.<br /><br />"so somewhere along the lines, I'd been given a pint of something else!"<br /><br />Hopefully it was as good as the one across the road.<br /><br />"great ales, great company, and decent pubs under the circs."<br /><br />Agreed. :)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PS - "Plenty of Marstons pub around here"<br /><br />I think pub needs an 's'.Russtovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-11246046137326886222018-08-16T22:27:57.207+01:002018-08-16T22:27:57.207+01:00FLOWER TOUR VISITOR "Oooh, are they rosehips?...FLOWER TOUR VISITOR "Oooh, are they rosehips?"<br />FLOWER TOUR GUIDE "NOOOO THEY ARE NOT READY YET!!". <br />Which is a shame, as those crafty Magic Rock folks did a rosehip beer a few years back. To be fair don't seem to have bothered again, so maybe rosehips have gone back to being as pointless as they ever were.Huish Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018873617827755074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-18972498178305216012018-08-16T22:21:37.698+01:002018-08-16T22:21:37.698+01:00Hmm, didn't know that Mansfield Cask still exi...Hmm, didn't know that Mansfield Cask still existed. Probably brewed at Wolverhampton, but that's no bad thing.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-41785888203619160932018-08-16T22:20:13.559+01:002018-08-16T22:20:13.559+01:00Did you design that cover ? Matches your shirt.
1...Did you design that cover ? Matches your shirt.<br /><br />1) Did the Cheshire Cheese still have loads of Wednesday programmes ?<br /><br />2) £20s plenty is only proper football that's funded by Asian tourists<br /><br />3) Can your Dad replace De Bruyne for a while ?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.com