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
I wasn't intending to do a survey this week but I was reading Retired Martin's excellent blog this morning and he had a link to the National Bass Directory web site which includes a list of pubs serving Bass. I was startled to find there a pub in Hoylake ... See more
I was watching the Great British Pub Crawl on YouTube yesterday and he was visiting Liverpool. It was somewhat galling to see him do three or four pubs I've never been in. So, despite my medical difficulties (Have I mentioned my dodgy back?) I headed into... See more
