No proper survey this week, for a change I decided to do some favourites in sunny Southport. But perhaps I'll find some new ones as well? I started in the Windmill : I began my afternoon with a fine pint of Okell's Bitter, I don't often drink this classic... See more
No survey today but as I'm in town maybe a tick or two. I started in the Scholar : I assume this one is aimed at students. In any case, it is a pleasant spacious place with a small bar area at the front and a larger space behind with long tables for dinin... See more
On a sunny Thursday I took three trains to Upton from where it was an easy walk of a mile and a half to my first target, the Wirral Hundred : I think this pub was built in the 1970s, an unusual decade for pub construction, but I could be completely wrong.... See more
Not intended to be a full blown pub survey today, but a couple of long overdue visits in a rural part of Merseyside were beckoning. A train to Garswood, where I noticed the Railway wasn't open yet, and then a very pleasant ride through the sunny fields in... See more
Avoiding the city centre on Grand National day I headed away, to St Helens for a long walk. I marched eastwards in the blustery wind to a long standing target never visited before. Would it be open this time? The Church Inn : Yes, it is. Inside the old bu... See more
