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Internet Marketing Meets Life…
2009
02
Jun

Leckhampton Loop Pubcrawl

I had planned on posting this pics straight from my phone as we did the pub crawl on Saturday, but had some technical difficulties, as my phone had lost my email password, so apologies for posting them “after the fact” as it were…

This is one of my favorite pub crawls, as we start just under a minute from my front door, make our way in to town and then back to end close to home again.

We forgot to take a pic of the 13th pub, the Prince of Wales, and the last pub, the Exmouth Arms.

1st Pub & lunch: The Norwood Arms

The Norwood Arms

we had a very nice Ham, Egg and Chips for lunch in the Norwood.

Pub 2: Morans Wine Bar

Morans Wine Bar

we were also somewhat tempted by all the fab cakes in Moran’s, but it was a little too soon after lunch..

Pub 3: The Beehive

The Beehive

the Beehive has been one of my favorite pub’s since I first moved to Cheltenham 5 years ago, but now I live within 10 mins walk of it as well! 🙂

Pub 4: The Retreat

The Retreat

another favorite with a cool little smokers garden hidden away at the back.

Pub 5: Montpellier Wine Bar

Montpellier Wine Bar

top spot for watching the world go by…

Pub 6: O’Neil’s

O'Neil's

can’t go wrong with a glass of the “black stuff”!

Pub 7: The Ha Ha Bar

The Ha Ha Bar

the Ha Ha is just under 20 yards from O’Neil’s, but we couldn’t resist another pavement seat and good view.

Pub 8: The Queen’s Hotel Cocktail Bar

The Queen's Hotel Cocktail Ba

I think we got a trainee cocktail waitress, she forgot to put ice in our cocktails!

Pub 9: The Slug and Lettuce

The Slug and Lettuce

we usually go to Copa across the road from the Slug, but the outside seating was full up… 🙁

Pub 10: Taylors

Taylors

this is where Col first started “whinging” that I always managed to snag the chair with the best “view”, not sure what he meant. lol!

Pub 11: The Vines

The Vines

looking forward to their annual weekend of putting real grass on the floor throughout the bar, it’s the first weekend in August.

Pub 12: The White Swan

The White Swan

um, this was out idea of a “funny” pic… too much beer, or not enuff?

Pub 13: The Prince of Wales

[No Photo, sorry]

Pub’s 14 and 15: The Bath Tavern and The Bell Inn

The Bath Tavern and The Bell Inn

yup, these two are literally next door to each other, or “in staggering distance” as it were.

Pub 16: The Exmouth Arms

[No Photo, sorry]

and to finish off the day we went for a curry at the Indus on Bath road.

all in all a relaxing day wandering around Cheltenham pubs enjoying the sunshine!

2008
10
Aug

Leckhampton Pubs

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.

the norwood arms
pub No. 1 – The Norwood Arms – closed for renovations

the Brown Jug
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.

The Five Alls
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.

The Exmouth Arms
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.

Morans Wine Bar
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
Morans Wine Bar Menu

Menu looks worth trying for a meal or two,

The Jolly Brewmaster
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 Jolly Brewmaster beer garden

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

The Tivoli
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…

The Suuffolk Arms
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.

The Retreat
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.
The Retreat bar

Good outside smoking area and wicked cartoons in the toilets.
The Retreat toilets

The Beehive
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.
The Beehive Garden

The Bell Inn
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.

The Bath Tavern
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.

The Moon Under Water
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.

The Varsit
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.

The Vines
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.
The Vines Grass On Floor

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.