It
feels a bit strange starting a blog of our year aboard when we haven’t
even set off. Just thinking about writing a blog makes me realise how
many topics there are but I have also realised that I don’t have the
supporting material (just as well probably).
For example - canal side pubs.
We are fortunate in that our leisure time enables us to visit a greater variety of pubs than most people. We have seen all extremes and I now wish I had recorded the good and the bad for fun and memories.
Sometimes we find a pub we are at home with so we stay in the area for a while. We love rural pubs that still have local clientele rather than those converted to chic food establishments.
Watching and mixing with locals is fun as each character often reminds us of a particular character in our village local back home, sometimes even down to the type of dog they have.
We have been to our fair share of grotty pubs. I remember going through Banbury in Oxfordshire. For some reason Banbury sounds like it should be a lovely place and, indeed, it does have some redeeming features. We went to a pub one evening - Chiltern stone and thatch - the sort that looks inviting. It was a bit dark inside and the guys at the bar were pretty rough. My pint was under £2 and Karen’s lager just over - should have realised then I suppose. Anyway we sat down and noticed that everyone sitting down were girls. Then we saw the posters: ‘Karaoke every week night 9.00 - 1.00’. It was five to nine - we drank up and fled!
We were in Bristol harbour two summers ago and found some really great pubs; however, the area shown below was alive each and every night with hen and stag parties.
So we moored further down in the harbour opposite the SS Great Britain.
I take a picture of each lock we go through for a personal record and to help prompt memories in the future. I now wish I had recorded the pubs we visited.
For example - canal side pubs.
We are fortunate in that our leisure time enables us to visit a greater variety of pubs than most people. We have seen all extremes and I now wish I had recorded the good and the bad for fun and memories.
Sometimes we find a pub we are at home with so we stay in the area for a while. We love rural pubs that still have local clientele rather than those converted to chic food establishments.
Watching and mixing with locals is fun as each character often reminds us of a particular character in our village local back home, sometimes even down to the type of dog they have.
We have been to our fair share of grotty pubs. I remember going through Banbury in Oxfordshire. For some reason Banbury sounds like it should be a lovely place and, indeed, it does have some redeeming features. We went to a pub one evening - Chiltern stone and thatch - the sort that looks inviting. It was a bit dark inside and the guys at the bar were pretty rough. My pint was under £2 and Karen’s lager just over - should have realised then I suppose. Anyway we sat down and noticed that everyone sitting down were girls. Then we saw the posters: ‘Karaoke every week night 9.00 - 1.00’. It was five to nine - we drank up and fled!
We were in Bristol harbour two summers ago and found some really great pubs; however, the area shown below was alive each and every night with hen and stag parties.
So we moored further down in the harbour opposite the SS Great Britain.
I take a picture of each lock we go through for a personal record and to help prompt memories in the future. I now wish I had recorded the pubs we visited.
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