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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    And Hope you brought some socks for the soft play!
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    AFKABartram said:
    You don’t seem to be proving much of an attraction Elfie :-) 
    Nothing changes there mate :'(
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    What you drinking and what’s the price?
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    AFKABartram said:
    What you drinking and what’s the price?
    They serve you bottles of 600ml and the custom is you share between you.  
    Anyway, we paid 15 reais a bottle which is about £2.50.  In this place they only serve lager, which is not great.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Enjoy, hope life is treating you well mate 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    Elf’s is in a different bar every bloody night !! 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    I know this thread focuses on the demise of the pub, but there are still some cracking ones about. We attempted a 27 pub crawl around the Circle line yesterday for my son's stag.  I ended up doing 17 of them before bailing out, the youngsters did 23 before running out of time. Didn't go in a bad pub all day.


  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    The bloke sitting down :D
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,840
    What pubs were on the list?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,840
    I imagine that 10+ fellas all trying to get into the Fox and Hounds in one go would've been a challenge!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Off_it said:
    I imagine that 10+ fellas all trying to get into the Fox and Hounds in one go would've been a challenge!
    It certainly was a challenge, because it was closed by the time they got there! We headed south doing the first ten, then went back to Aldgate to do the city ones before heading in the other direction so F&H ended up being the last on the schedule. 
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,256
    Which if any were notably close to a state of demise?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    swords_alive said:
    Which if any were notably close to a state of demise?
    Pubs - none, that I could see of.
    Drinkers - all of us at some point or another.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,976
    Has the abundance of pubs documented on this thread proved that pubs are not in a state of demise?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    edited June 2023
    CAFCTrev said:
    Has the abundance of pubs documented on this thread proved that pubs are not in a state of demise?
    Taken literally, demise may be too strong an adjective. Unfortunately, the decline continues though: https://beerandpub.com/data-statistics
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,693
    CAFCTrev said:
    Has the abundance of pubs documented on this thread proved that pubs are not in a state of demise?
    In London and the south east we still have plenty of pubs but there is huge swaths of the country where the village pub has gone leaving community's stranded without a watering hole and a local hub. My auntie used to live in a village not far from Kettering and there's a whole bunch of villages who have lost their pubs leaving no where to go. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    Stig said:
    swords_alive said:
    Which if any were notably close to a state of demise?
    Pubs - none, that I could see of.
    Drinkers - all of us at some point or another.
    Did you hit £7 a pint?
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,044
    Stig said:
    Off_it said:
    I imagine that 10+ fellas all trying to get into the Fox and Hounds in one go would've been a challenge!
    It certainly was a challenge, because it was closed by the time they got there! We headed south doing the first ten, then went back to Aldgate to do the city ones before heading in the other direction so F&H ended up being the last on the schedule. 
    Market pub, so early hours. Needs to be the starting point & a good Guinness Breakfast! 😉
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,141
    Stig said:

    I have met many people over the years coming up to the valley, that do that but only have 1/2 pint in each pub. One would suspect that with the crowd of your size if you did that, the first guy would be finished before the last guy got theirs. One would also assume you went into the closest pub.
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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    This place is alright for a pub out here, 3 minutes walk from Cuiabá football ground.
    Why did I start singing Whipering Grass when I see this photo?




    ;)
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,840
    TelMc32 said:
    Stig said:
    Off_it said:
    I imagine that 10+ fellas all trying to get into the Fox and Hounds in one go would've been a challenge!
    It certainly was a challenge, because it was closed by the time they got there! We headed south doing the first ten, then went back to Aldgate to do the city ones before heading in the other direction so F&H ended up being the last on the schedule. 
    Market pub, so early hours. Needs to be the starting point & a good Guinness Breakfast! 😉
    You're thinking of the F&H at Smithfield - this one's at Sloane Square.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Chippycafc said:
    Stig said:

    I have met many people over the years coming up to the valley, that do that but only have 1/2 pint in each pub. One would suspect that with the crowd of your size if you did that, the first guy would be finished before the last guy got theirs. One would also assume you went into the closest pub.
    We had a couple of pints at the beginning, but quickly switched to halves. The service was really good in all of the pubs, so there wasn't too much wasted time.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,840
    Did you have to go back and get the tube one stop every time?

    That would be annoying having to do that from the Globe/Moorgate to the Railway Tavern/Liverpool Street for example - especially if you had to wait more than 5 mons for a tube!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    edited June 2023
    No, we love trains but not that much ;) Some we walked, some we trained and some we split up and raced.

    [edit - I was particularly pissed off that I couldn't walk from The Sherlock Holmes to the Red Lion quicker than some did it on the train.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    Gribbo said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    This place is alright for a pub out here, 3 minutes walk from Cuiabá football ground.
    Why did I start singing Whipering Grass when I see this photo?




    ;)
    Had to see the lyrics before giving a lol :)
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    Stig said:
    Chippycafc said:
    Stig said:

    I have met many people over the years coming up to the valley, that do that but only have 1/2 pint in each pub. One would suspect that with the crowd of your size if you did that, the first guy would be finished before the last guy got theirs. One would also assume you went into the closest pub.
    We had a couple of pints at the beginning, but quickly switched to halves. The service was really good in all of the pubs, so there wasn't too much wasted time.
    I doff my cap to you all, a cracking effort.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Stig said:
    swords_alive said:
    Which if any were notably close to a state of demise?
    Pubs - none, that I could see of.
    Drinkers - all of us at some point or another.
    Did you hit £7 a pint?
    Don't know to be honest. I tried not to look at the prices. I suspect The Blackfriar would have been over that.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    Stig said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Stig said:
    swords_alive said:
    Which if any were notably close to a state of demise?
    Pubs - none, that I could see of.
    Drinkers - all of us at some point or another.
    Did you hit £7 a pint?
    Don't know to be honest. I tried not to look at the prices. I suspect The Blackfriar would have been over that.
    Ouch, nice boozer though.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    edited June 2023

    Tonight's entertainment.

    Paid £3 to get in but at least they have bands playing.

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