Visited 23rd December 2012.
Another wedding, another weekend away and a chance to visit anther pub. Yesterday we spent the day at a friends wedding where we had a great time. Lots to eat and drink and a boogie too. Today we are moving a bit more slowly and only visiting one pub. As it turned out 'The Bell' was a bit of a mixed bag with a nice and interesting interior {check out the cool loos), a friendly barmaid and a warming log fire. So why was it so quiet? It was almost empty inside during what should have been a busy Sunday lunchtime. Could it have been due to the Sunday club roasts being £8.25 for the basic meal? Definitely more expensive than I've seen it anywhere else. I had a large Pepsi with Mrs S. opting for her usual one shot latte. Somewhat reluctantly we finally left the pub and headed home following another great weekend.
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Visited 15th December 2012.
For our final pub of the day we had to drive a bit further but at least it was in the general direction of home. We arrived in Warwick just as the market was starting to close and just as we were starting to lose the light so we hurriedly took a few photos and then went for a look around the town. We ended up buying a lot of sweets and some Christmas lights before returning to the pub for a drink. I liked this pub a lot, mainly due I think to it being a lot larger inside than it first appeared with what seemed to be lots of side rooms or "alcovey" bits. Again it was busy and it took us a few minutes to find somewhere to sit. We did eventually and I was then promptly dispatched to the bar to purchase another couple of hot chocolates, our drink of the day it seems. We sat and read the Wetherspoons magazine while consuming our drinks before deciding it was finally time to leave the warmth of the pub and once again brave the rain. It had been quite an exhausting weekend with a Christmas party and five pubs visited. I wonder where we will be this time next year?
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Visited 15th December 2012.
A short drive from the city centre and we arrived at 'The City Arms' where to our amazement we found an onsite car park with, even more amazingly one free space, which wasn't free for long. We took a few photos and then went and got a beer and some some lunch. Mrs S. had a Pepsi and I had a half of Plum Pudding. It was quite dim inside and again it was another busy pub. We couldn't decide what to have for lunch as we were still recovering from the large "full English" that we had back at the hotel so opted instead for a bag of Hula Hoops each. Another decent pub with the added bonus that we didn't have far to walk back to the car.
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Visited 15th December 2012.
Another short walk (once we were going in the correct direction) and we were at 'The Flying Standard'. An impressive looking pub that was equally as nice inside. It was also very busy but Mrs S. managed to snag us a table while went to the bar and ordered two hot chocolates along with some toffee waffles and mignon wafers (living the high life). The very polite barmaid kept apologising for keeping me waiting but didn't actually keep me waiting very long considering how busy it was and how many people were waiting to be served. So far we were doing well, three pubs and all pretty decent.
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Visited 15th December 2012.
We somehow managed to walk through the market and escape without buying anything, it was a close run thing however. Mrs S. has been looking for a batwoman costume for several weeks now and although she did find one in there it was not quite what she was looking for. We made it to 'The Earl of Mercia' and after the obligatory photo session headed inside where it turned out to be very busy. Unable to find an empty table downstairs Mrs S. ascended the stairs while I went to the bar and ordered two large lattes. I gingerly climbed the stairs, a coffee in each hand, looking for Mrs S. who had managed to find a table in the corner of the room just about as far away as it was possible to get from the stairs. Unnecessarily so, as in contrast to the room below almost every table upstairs was devoid of people. While drinking our coffees we stared out of the window at the rain as I pointed in the direction of the next pub on the list while telling Mrs S. about my uncanny sense of direction. We finished our lattes and left heading, as it turned out, in completely the opposite direction to the one we wanted! Our second nice pub of the day.
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Visited 15th December 2012.
Yesterday Mrs S. and I drove to Birmingham for my company Christmas party. We had a bit of a boogie, a few beers and spent the night in a very nice hotel. We decided to take advantage of the situation and spend to day visiting a few 'spoons (wow, I bet came as a bit of a surprise!) The first pub on my list was 'The Spon Gate' in Coventry. Actually it wasn't, the first was meant to be 'The Flying Standard' but after parking and asking a police lady for directions, she thought it would be easier to point us to 'The Spon Gate'. It was fairly dark inside and had a dance floor at the far end. It was also fairly busy with about half of its tables occupied. Mrs S. had a Pepsi and I had a Buffalo Trace and Pepsi. We both quite liked this one but had a busy day ahead of us so we were off as soon as we had finished our drinks.
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