Well the experiment of posting pics and summaries of the pubs we visited on the pub crawl yesterday was a bit of a failure.

For some reason the emails just weren’t sending correctly, only one managed to get sent out successfully and it didn’t show up
as a post until almost 24 hours later, so I guess I’m going to have to figure out what went’ wrong, but in the meantime, here’s the photos that didn’t get posted.

We had a drink in 16 pubs in all, missing out the Norwood Arms as it’s closed for renovations, so a fairly full days work. We hit the first one shortly after 1pm and left the last one sometime around 10:30pm ish.

pub No. 1 – The Norwood Arms – closed for renovations

pub No. 2 – the Brown Jug

Good choice of beers, real ale, Guinness and Newcastle Brown ale. Good menu and cheap with themed menu’s every Wednesday for under £5.

pub No. 3 – The Five Alls

no real ale on, although 2 usually available, and no Newcastle Brown Ale, so a Pint of Guinness.

Good snacks including Pork Scratchings and Scampi Fries.

“old schools” pub with a good selection of heavy metal on the JukeBox.

pub No. 4 – The Exmouth Arms

Good selection of beers with 3 Real Ales, Guinness and Newcastle Brown Ale.

Friendly staff and huge beer garden, but crisps expensive at £1 a packet.

Also have papers available for reading, if they haven’t already been grabbed.

pub No. 5 – Morans, technically more of a wine bar than a pub, but we couldn’t miss it out.

Good seating area outside, although perhaps a little close to the road.

First pub with White Beer on offer

Menu looks worth trying for a meal or two,

pub No. 6 – The Jolly Brewmaster

One of my favourite pubs, with the biggest selection or real ales (7 in all), as well as Guinness and Newcastle Brown Ale.

Laid back, relaxed atmosphere, with a good range of snacks and papers to read.

The kinda pub it would be easy to spend all day in.

The beer garden is also the best with large wooden tables and a covered area.

pub No. 7 – The Tivoli

2 real ales and Guinness on offer, but no Newcastle Brown.

First pub with pickled eggs so far, so a winner on the snacks side.

Also has lots of TV’s for watching sports, as well as a pool table, and Thursdays are Poker night apparently…

pub No. 8 – The Suuffolk Arms

A new pub for me and Col and a bit quiet when we arrived.

3 real ales, Guinness and Newcastle Brown on offer, no food and no “smoking area” (other than the pavement) that I could see.

pub No. 9 – The Retreat

bit of a students bar, so always lively and fun.

Only one real ale, but made up for offering Guinness, Newcastle Brown Ale AND Hogaarten, which we ended up on.

Food smelt good, but didn’t spot a menu to check out.

Good outside smoking area and wicked cartoons in the toilets.

pub No. 10 – The Beehive

Another long time favourite of mine with an excellent atmosphere and great smoking area outside.

Also has a wide selection of Real Ales, Guinness and Newcastle Brown Ale.

Good snacks and having eaten here before I know the food is also top notch, although not cheap. Friendly bar staff too.

pub No. 11 – The Bell Inn

another new pub for both Col and I, and while it was a bit quiet I’d happily visit again, with friendly bar staff good real ale, although limited choice, Guinness and unfortunately new Newcastle Brown Ale.

Second pub with pickled eggs on offer.

No smoking area other than the pavement that I spotted.

pub No. 12 – The Bath Tavern

literally next door to the Bell and yet another new pub for Col and me. 2 real ales on offer, and Guinness, but no Newcastle Brown Ale.

Busier than the Bell next door, but also no smoking area other than outside on the pavement.

No food on offer, but usual snacks and good music.

pub No. 13 – The Moon Under Water

a popular and always busy pub, it is Wetherspoons after all, so cheaper than many.

Real Ales and Guinness, but no Newcastle Brown.

Covered smoking areas out front and back, good menu and lost of snacks to choose from.

pub No. 14 – The Varsity

a fairly scruffy students bar with lots of alcopop style bottles’s on offer.

3 real ales and Guinness, but no Newcastle Brown, no food and limited snacks on offer.

Lots of TV’s again for watching sports.

Another pub with the pavement outside as the smoking area.

pub No. 15 – The Vines

a cool bar with real ales and Guinness, but no Newcastle Brown Ale.

But more importantly they also had Grass on the floor of the bar.

Yup, real live grass.  On the Floor.

I had to take my shoes and socks off to walk around on it just to make sure.

They also had live music and the food here is excellent.

pub No. 16 – The Prince of Wales [No Photo as I was too "tipsy" to remember by this point]

more of a wine bar style than a pub, but friendly staff and a good atmosphere.

Can’t remember if there was real ale or Guinness, or even what we had, apart from I had a glass of water that I had to drink backwards to get rid of the hiccups.

Thanks to the barmaid Kayleigh for that.

pub No. 17 – The White Swan

another favourite of mine that’s always lively and has a friendly atmosphere.

Real Ales and Guinness, but no Newcastle Brown on offer.

Not sure if there was food available.

End of the road, we managed to stagger out of the Swan at around 10:30pm and head back to Leckhampton to grab a Kebab on the way home.

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