tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post8359404533085635160..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA ...... THE SOUND OF THE SURBITON (Aug Bank Hol Pt 6/6)Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-83310568311991900712020-09-13T05:32:28.256+01:002020-09-13T05:32:28.256+01:00"Si's A-Z Aleway Adventures (which I neve..."Si's A-Z Aleway Adventures (which I never called SAAA and have regretted since)."<br /><br />SAZAA would have been better. :)<br /><br />"It was hard to know who to address my 'pint of Landlord pls' request to"<br /><br />Not at my best today but pretty sure that should be 'whom'. ;)<br /><br />"I headbutted a small bell on the wall with my right temple, it jingled, and I apologised to the barmaid in case I'd accidentally rung last orders,"<br /><br />Or it could have been for a round on the house, but since there was only you... :)<br /><br />"can still help you keep your pecker up in the face of hard adversity."<br /><br />So can nooks and crannies!<br /><br />"Note the current BRAPA pen, a gift from the landlady at the Rose & Crown in Allgreave"<br /><br />Touching, that.<br /><br />"Shopmobility, tick! Uncanny isn't it?"<br /><br />Quite!<br /><br />"and full of aesthetically pleasing pubby colours like dark green, sepia, nicotine and chestnut brown."<br /><br />I'll have to remember that for my pub/shed thingy the wife is still talking about building for me in the back yard.<br /><br />"So I had a nice five minute chat with a gent who seemed to have dressed in the pub's colours"<br /><br />(slow golf clap)<br /><br />"After a brief reminder on the perils of drinking coffee whilst being out and about ......"<br /><br />I am most definitely not one of the 29% coffee/poop people.<br /><br />"Pepper Saint Ontiod (1839) , it is on Pepper St so they've made 'Street' into 'Saint' and Ontiod is 'On The Isle of Dogs'."<br /><br />Blimey. Even I'm not that bad when it comes to witty sayings. Sheesh<br /><br />"I constantly felt like I was waiting for something to happen, which was never going to."<br /><br />Yes but, around you something usually does!<br /><br />"What's he worth do you reckon?"<br /><br />Half a broccoli?<br /><br />"Join me on Sunday for my overdue month end review, preview and I'll show you a few green GBG maps so we can see what progress is being made. "<br /><br />I might be able to be on time for that one!<br /><br />CheersRusstovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-48466273769535634742020-09-11T21:46:42.065+01:002020-09-11T21:46:42.065+01:00Well, that's weird, I LOVED the Black Lion las...Well, that's weird, I LOVED the Black Lion last December.<br /><br />https://retiredmartin.com/2019/12/10/tell-me-something-interesting-about-surbiton/<br /><br />And it wasn't just the drunk locals, the Surrey Hills was good too. <br /><br />Let Simon be the final judge.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-50594693133440385532020-09-11T21:22:32.608+01:002020-09-11T21:22:32.608+01:00Richards right, The Black Lions not all that and a...Richards right, The Black Lions not all that and as good as the Lamb is I spend a fair bit of time in The Antelope, It's a beer thing.Citrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931208325160466560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-3711193433261409552020-09-11T21:15:43.643+01:002020-09-11T21:15:43.643+01:00I did all of the Surbiton GBGs last year and the B...I did all of the Surbiton GBGs last year and the Black Lion was definite runt of the litter - loud, noisy, expensive, blunt staff, rubbish beer quality. Very much a case of "how on earth does this place get in the GBG". Mind you in this new era of pubbing it might be utterly stunning now.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569402885474137913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-17936111471100910162020-09-11T21:11:34.510+01:002020-09-11T21:11:34.510+01:00Oh, I remember the Surb Spoons now. Magic.
I did...Oh, I remember the Surb Spoons now. Magic.<br /><br />I did that St Pepper Pot thing preemptively 2 years back when they had two newbies on Canary Wharf, before walking under the Thames. Good call, I thought.<br /><br />What was it like staying in the Docks ? Very quiet ?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.com