tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post1847400520463765943..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA in ...... UP MINSTER, YES MINSTER, NO MINSTER (& HAPPIER HOPPIER TALES)Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-17132555485532074142020-10-02T04:35:41.596+01:002020-10-02T04:35:41.596+01:00"Essex shaped heads are cauliflower shaped? &..."Essex shaped heads are cauliflower shaped? "<br /><br />Well... if you kinda look at it from above on Google Maps. :)<br /><br />The Hop Inn does sound like a keeper.<br /><br />As for chips/crisps... I shall stay out of that one!<br /><br />CheersRusstovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-43953289497510989192020-09-28T21:50:24.259+01:002020-09-28T21:50:24.259+01:00Six is my official limit, and if I break it Russ, ...Six is my official limit, and if I break it Russ, I should be charging myself under my own code of conduct. <br /><br />Essex shaped heads are cauliflower shaped? I will observe as my Essex ticking goes on! <br /><br />Ah, the halves of Doom Bar, was trying to remember how I'd slandered our most loveable RM. <br /><br />Hop Inn experience makes me smile everytime I think about it, so lovely! Told my friends in York, they were amazed. Snack update - had the 'curry chips' crisps, lovely, probably confusing for people who called crisps chips, but never mind!<br /><br />It is Monday now, doesn't time fly? <br /><br />Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-84727044515315516612020-09-28T21:45:24.943+01:002020-09-28T21:45:24.943+01:00Haha, that does interest me Mike! Cheers, great f...Haha, that does interest me Mike! Cheers, great fact, glad I took the photo now. Am sure Upminster will happen eventually, at least it wasnt like a 5 mile rural hike only to be turned away, them's the worst.Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-14801500485805405562020-09-28T21:44:09.683+01:002020-09-28T21:44:09.683+01:00It says you are Matthew about 50% of time! Oh won...It says you are Matthew about 50% of time! Oh wonderful, glad I mentioned the South Essex thing ..... so Billericay does count as south? Is Chelmsford 'mid'? Essex is quite enticing for me now, I bumped into Eddie Fogden on Sat and he'd just done Rochford and I was jealous even though I'd been Northants! Burnham felt like crossing sea. Where was it I had a poo in a micropub and we only just avoided you and Christine (well, you only just avoided us) even though Tom tried to hang around to meet you? Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-43331305559324945542020-09-26T06:13:47.374+01:002020-09-26T06:13:47.374+01:00"Three more pubs was the aim!"
Only six..."Three more pubs was the aim!"<br /><br />Only six for the day? You're slowing down... in your old age. :)<br /><br />"where a friend of mine had live for a while"<br /><br /><br />Lived, dear boy.<br /><br />"Too high to hurdle,"<br /><br />Like I said... getting old. ;)<br /><br />"Covid rules told me the 'visitor check in' was to the right. "<br /><br />Covid is breaking all the rules, alas.<br /><br />"a jolly lady rears her Essex shaped head"<br /><br />So... she looks a bit like Colin then?<br /><br />"with lots of old Essex coves in tight shorts going "woooorr", "wheeeyyy", "oooooh" and "whatcheor matey". "<br /><br />From the above I take it that you bumped into everyone on the way to the loo?<br /><br />"or tell a rude story,"<br /><br />Sigh. If only I'd been there. ;)<br /><br />"Colin uses the local beermats to stay warm"<br /><br />You could've shoved him in your bag.<br /><br />"And everyone is a relative in rural Essex, probably"<br /><br />(slow golf clap)<br /><br />"Hard to 'pub explore' in the current circs"<br /><br />Sigh, yup.<br /><br />"saying hi to a few people on the way to the loo helped"<br /><br />Wait; them or you going to the loo?<br /><br />"Well, I hopped, skipped and jumped back to the train after that!"<br /><br />Amazing how that can change your day, eh? :)<br /><br />"He tells me in muffled tones that there is no room at the inn (taproom)"<br /><br />Bugger.<br /><br />"Do you honestly think Retired Martin pays for his halves of Doom Bar?"<br /><br />(snicker)<br /><br />"See top right"<br /><br />Good lord. That's as indecipherable as the Dead Sea Scrolls!<br /><br />"Finally, to much relief, I arrive ......."<br /><br />Ah. That explains your "get myself back to Stanford and 'hop' on a train" from earlier. :)<br /><br />"and he might have an Irish burr, but then again, 50% of people I meet do, six pints in"<br /><br />Meaning their burr is a blur?<br /><br />"One of the guys sounds Welsh, but then again, 50% of people do when I'm six pints in. "<br /><br />Ah. After six pints it's you that's blurred. ;)<br />(at least, audio wise)<br /><br />"Seriously, I felt quite emotional! "<br /><br />Blimey! Red carpet treatment indeed!<br /><br />"Trad Irish crisps, trad Irish mascot"<br /><br />Roast chicken chips is Irish? G'wan!<br /><br />"I eat some of my snacks through my mask,"<br /><br />That's a neat trick!<br /><br />"See ya on Twitter for that, or this Blog on Monday night."<br /><br />Blog it is then, since I'm not a Twitterati. :)<br /><br />CheersRusstovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-35301253481316142012020-09-25T21:41:08.824+01:002020-09-25T21:41:08.824+01:00An interesting trip, shame you didn't get in a...An interesting trip, shame you didn't get in at Upminster. The Hop Inn is great, along with the Gidea Park Micropub, lovely staff at both as you found. Stacey Solomon used to work at that fish and chip shop you photographed, should this be of interest..Mike Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919340264313566815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-43178461049987823302020-09-25T21:20:06.973+01:002020-09-25T21:20:06.973+01:00Why does it say I'm Matthew !Why does it say I'm Matthew !Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-89345570253720115162020-09-25T21:19:46.849+01:002020-09-25T21:19:46.849+01:00Just seen you slander me (poss) so I better read t...Just seen you slander me (poss) so I better read the thing instead of just looking at pics.<br /><br />I made a living out of reorganising South Essex NHS bodies and attending council meetings at places called Rochford & Castle Point, so I can authoritatively tell you that you've been to South Essex on those Southminster & Billericay Dicky trips. Burnham is in Holland, I think. John Clarke will know.<br /><br />Love the plan page !Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.com