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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
(ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT)

Sunday, 11 October 2020

Pause during the pandemic

 I have not posted anything new since the start of 2020 because the new coronavirus pandemic has closed all the pubs for months. Although it is now lawful for them to open again in most of the country I'm still nervous of going into public buildings with many people in them, so there will be no pub reviews for months yet. When it becomes possible to frequent pubs again I intend to spend time over in Derbyshire (Peak District) and Staffordshire, counties I have not paid much attention to so far.

    To make up for the lack of reviews a little, I will be adding more photos to my other blog www.ups-and-downs-pubphotos.blogspot.com , if you want to take a look at that. "Normal service" might resume next spring.

Carol Laidlaw

  

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