tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post5918917212274858029..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA in ..... THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GODSTONE GO I (Part 3/6)Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-58762019351335799762020-11-04T10:27:47.370+00:002020-11-04T10:27:47.370+00:00I want to thank Dr Emu a very powerful spell caste...I want to thank Dr Emu a very powerful spell caster who help me to bring my husband back to me, few month ago i have a serious problem with my husband, to the extend that he left the house, and he started dating another woman and he stayed with the woman, i tried all i can to bring him back, but all my effort was useless until the day my friend came to my house and i told her every thing that had happened between me and my husband, then she told me of a powerful spell caster who help her when she was in the same problem I then contact Dr Emu and told him every thing and he told me not to worry my self again that my husband will come back to me after he has cast a spell on him, i thought it was a joke, after he had finish casting the spell, he told me that he had just finish casting the spell, to my greatest surprise within 48 hours, my husband really came back begging me to forgive him, if you need his help you can contact him with via email: Emutemple@gmail.com or add him up on his whatsapp +2347012841542 is willing to help any body that need his help. Sharon Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230950559682843087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-33087035923328424552020-09-10T23:04:23.032+01:002020-09-10T23:04:23.032+01:00It sounds like you were unlucky Si, in the timing ...It sounds like you were unlucky Si, in the timing of your visit to the Greyhound, as normally you can't fault the place - apart from those beer-keg urinals, perhaps. Difficult to get your aim right, unless you almost straddle them - too much information!<br /><br />I can't say I'm that much of a regular visitor, even though the pub is under 15 minutes walk from my workplace. Not sure who the ginger-haired barmaid was, though.<br /><br />There's nothing worse than a yummy mummy with her hyped-up over-active kids, charging around all over the place, but normally the pub is very civilised.<br /><br />Sounds like the Nelson made up for things, even though one of the customers did have verbal diarrhea. Kentish Paul.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-1008768067327874832020-09-10T08:13:02.269+01:002020-09-10T08:13:02.269+01:00Unknown person is Derek. Sat outside at The Gariba...Unknown person is Derek. Sat outside at The Garibaldi, no inside seating. They had a golden beer festival on fortuitously. Great pub, we'll be back. Also a fan of The Rock at Chiddingstone Hoath, and Fuggles Tonbridge, which I see you have got to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537204300132678787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-54167813630641371322020-09-09T20:26:37.392+01:002020-09-09T20:26:37.392+01:00I want a ginger heroin all of my very own.
I'...I want a ginger heroin all of my very own.<br /><br />I'm going to have to read up on the law before I venture into a southern pub. The furthest south I have been since the lockup is March.<br /><br />Emily reference:<br />BR MK1 ex BIG buffet car 'Emily' No. S69306 (In Service as Static Buffet BR(S) Green)<br />https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/article.php/18/stock-list/9c560da1d470d3ff602977502f5dea84Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-22415822564801425652020-09-09T19:46:16.079+01:002020-09-09T19:46:16.079+01:00well Russ, when I say 'snooze' I think I ...well Russ, when I say 'snooze' I think I mean 'turn off' altogether!<br /><br />as I'll learn in the next part, Tonbridge is prime 'pubman' area.<br /><br />Postman Pat, love it, the old ones especially. Watch it with my Mum some Christmas times for old times, funny how every episode is weather themed! Rev Timms is my hero. <br /><br />Soon as I poured the wasp out and stood on it, two of its mates buzzed round my head. THEY KNOW YOU KNOW!<br /><br />Haha, and Grosvenor as Grovesnor always catches people out! Wuster. Glosster. Love it.<br /><br />Vargas? Didn't she play for Sunderland? <br /><br />Oh yes, don't rush the blog reading. I just need to catch up after yet another epic overnighter so am releasing them every day at the moment. <br /><br />Tek care bonny lad! Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-57487262655330191092020-09-09T19:39:35.258+01:002020-09-09T19:39:35.258+01:00Oh fantastic, thanks Unknown person! Really glad ...Oh fantastic, thanks Unknown person! Really glad you enjoyed Garibaldi, did you sit outside or was it just as nice in? Thought staff were great. They were a bit sad I didn't rate Redhill a bit more highly, but you can't lie can you? Larkins rings a bell from some point in the day, but am so hazy, like a pint of craft beer, I cannot remember when. The porter in Greyhound was actually Muggy Porter by NorthDown which is in Margate apparently! Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-65474471650286957022020-09-09T19:34:39.712+01:002020-09-09T19:34:39.712+01:00And ginger heroin is the worst type of heroin, I h...And ginger heroin is the worst type of heroin, I hear.<br /><br />Tom, it won't be long before you need to be in a riotous state the way these 'pay at the end, card only' are popping up all over my South Eastern BRAPA. I hope I'm there when it happens for added blog material. <br /><br />Emily seems an unlikely name for a buffet car!Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-78725650010577810132020-09-09T19:32:38.129+01:002020-09-09T19:32:38.129+01:00you definitely got a luckier Greyhound experience ...you definitely got a luckier Greyhound experience than me, where now I look back, it all went wrong! <br /><br />I find it heartening these were all new and are fresh in your mind as recent visits .... not sure why cos normally I like to think I'm ticking off pubs which have been in the GBG 25 consecutive years! Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-14169384554287355212020-09-09T08:57:33.554+01:002020-09-09T08:57:33.554+01:00Heroin is ALWAYS bad for you, Tom. Even in Grimsby...Heroin is ALWAYS bad for you, Tom. Even in Grimsby. retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-73397920588477085402020-09-09T08:56:32.741+01:002020-09-09T08:56:32.741+01:00Ooh a stalker. Anonymous too. Ooh a stalker. Anonymous too. retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-746574856485068242020-09-09T07:24:25.047+01:002020-09-09T07:24:25.047+01:00Saw you getting off the train at Godstone; I was o...Saw you getting off the train at Godstone; I was on the train going the other way, thanks to your recommendation, for The Garibaldi at Redhill - great pub. Was that Larkins Porter that you had in The Greyhound by any chance?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537204300132678787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-33622827732705893932020-09-09T05:28:42.022+01:002020-09-09T05:28:42.022+01:00"is that you can accidentally snooze your ala..."is that you can accidentally snooze your alarm for an hour"<br /><br />How the hell does one 'accidentally' snooze their alarm for that long? ;)<br /><br />"after a change at a place called 'Tonbridge'. "<br /><br />Paul will be on you in shot methinks. And my dearly departed grandparents (on my dearly departed Mom's side) lived not far away in Bat & Ball). <br /><br />"and hoped the neighbours in the cottage opposite weren't calling the police or informing the local neighbourhood watch ..."<br /><br />Couldn't really blame though if they did. :)<br /><br />"but I'm delighted to find myself balls-deep in plush, carpetted, beamed, low roofed pub "<br /><br /><br />Got Colin down your pants again?<br /><br />"Or that could be my imagination."<br /><br />Ya think? For the record, I watched Postman Pat back in the day (late 80's) but never in my pyjamas. :)<br /><br />"and looks at it more lovingly than I've ever looked at Colin."<br /><br />No comment!<br /><br />"my first Kent pub tick since BRAPA officially began."<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />"Kids n pubs, a losing combination. "<br /><br />Can't argue with that.<br /><br />"Then a wasp drowns in my Muggy Porter "<br /><br />What is it with wasps? I've been batting two away from my beer in my backyard every afternoon for over a week now!<br /><br />"til I remember I have bullocks"<br /><br />Bollocks! :)<br /><br />"Fuck me, if this is what Kentish pub ticking is all about, can I get out now?? "<br /><br />Tsk, tsk. One drop does not an ocean make.<br /><br />"They are pronouncing Tonbridge as 'Tunbridge', which seems confusing to me as Tunbridge Wells is only a few miles south"<br /><br /><br />That's Royal Tunbridge Wells matey. And as for pronunciation; you lot with your Gloucester and Worcestershire and whatnot... sheesh!<br /><br />"Really good pub this, gives me renewed Kentish hope."<br /><br />There you go!<br /><br />(and love the Vargas pin-ups in one of the photos below)<br /><br />"Find out about that in part 4 tomorrow.<br /><br />Or a day or two longer as I still have to catch up with Martin and a few others first!<br /><br />CheersRusstovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-2002162172496173222020-09-08T23:35:53.398+01:002020-09-08T23:35:53.398+01:00A pay at the end pub which is card only. This is u...A pay at the end pub which is card only. This is undoubtedly a debt, so legal tender must be accepted to settle said debt. The ginger heroin would have to be very nice for me to not riot in that position. One day I will go to a pub like that and I can't see it ending well.<br /><br />Tunbridge Wells is indeed pronounced Tunbridge Wells. Terrifying place. Only positive is that one of the buffet cars at the preserved railway is called Emily.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-5524159703678506692020-09-08T23:26:08.258+01:002020-09-08T23:26:08.258+01:00All 3 of those were new in, and I liked all 3. Th...All 3 of those were new in, and I liked all 3. The Goodstone one was really welcoming to us popping in for a drink, few old boys at the bar (remember that ?).<br /><br />The Greyhound was one of those "rescued" pubs that CAMRAs love. Again, it was just 3 Old Boys sitting at the bar ribbing the landlady.<br /><br />And the Nelson was a bit "beer menu" as you noted, but classy.<br /><br />And doggie casks ? Worse than tasters.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-10217581675242038672020-09-08T23:22:57.589+01:002020-09-08T23:22:57.589+01:00ExcellentExcellentMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.com