tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post8690741076637115221..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - More Ales in the Yorkshire DalesSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-40621604776585963982016-07-04T21:41:26.705+01:002016-07-04T21:41:26.705+01:00Mudge, I accept your premise but if I was going fr...Mudge, I accept your premise but if I was going from Stockport to Birmingham I'd be on the train. Direct train every half hour, although I suspect it is cheaper to change at Stoke.<br /><br />Si, enjoy the cheese, I shall try to steal some at some stage. I hear that they a planning a special Black Sheep cheddar. Why not a Black Sheep Wensleydale I'll never know, Cheddar should not be produced outside of Devon, Somerset and Dorset.<br /><br />May I propose that Thoralby have somebody looking after the gaff who is unavailable during the day but can open up at night, perhaps a pair of post grad students or something. It would seem slightly odd not to make afternoon arrangements, maybe they take less at a lunchtime so can't justify paying somebody. If it were my pub, I'd plan it better and certainly wouldn't be restricting opening in the tourist season.<br /><br />I would like to say that I am hugely sympathetic towards your injury in Grinton, and I do hope you recover and aren't limping for longer. However, I don't think I can manage it as I found the story hilarious and nearly fell off my chair laughing. If you want revenge my arm hurts slightly following my inverse blood transfusion and I suspect I will wake up with a hefty bruise. Sodding micropubs.<br /><br />I trust you remained in the Shoulder of Mutton for the statutory minimum requirement of 25 minutes.<br /><br />Thank you for reminding me of the Fox, I like the look at that place. Next time I go to Wilberfoss I may request a visit. It has a slight disadvantage in its geography, but should be within 15 minutes walk of Rougier St for maximum bus choice I reckon.<br /><br />We'll soon be back in the back streets of Torquay.<br /><br />Dolan Out!Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-80970029466924052462016-07-04T07:33:46.738+01:002016-07-04T07:33:46.738+01:00SatNav is great for the "last mile" if y...SatNav is great for the "last mile" if you're regularly visting unfamiliar places in urban areas. But it's a bit pathetic if you can't, say, drive from Stockport to Birmingham without having recourse to it. Plus it leads to people having no idea where places are in relation to each other.<br /><br />It's a good servant but a bad master.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-22571807363746626642016-07-03T23:13:11.766+01:002016-07-03T23:13:11.766+01:00Mudge is right on SatNav, as he is on all things a...Mudge is right on SatNav, as he is on all things apart from a certain "Great" pub in Ramsgate. He may be right on that too, I was just impressed by a large lady playing harpsichord in a pub.retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-14310814178767737082016-07-03T18:04:48.828+01:002016-07-03T18:04:48.828+01:00You don't need to tell me, I feel usurped as D...You don't need to tell me, I feel usurped as Dad's chief navigator these days! I got us to a backstreet pub in Torquay with just a 1990 Yorkshire Bank road atlas once..... Happy times. Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-82340470754182819272016-07-03T17:42:41.587+01:002016-07-03T17:42:41.587+01:00It is possible to get around without SatNav. There...It is possible to get around without SatNav. There are these things called maps and road signs, you know ;-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com