The Beer and Burger: May 2014

Saturday 31 May 2014

The William Peverel - Bulwell

Visited 19th May 2014.

More to follow.

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The Portland Hotel - Chesterfield

Spa Lane Vaults - Chesterfield

The Woodseats Palace - Woodseats

The Sheaf Island - Sheffield

The Francis Newton - Broomfield

The Rawson Spring - Hillsborough

The Liquorice Gardens - Worksop

Visited 18th May 2014.

More to follow.

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The Ernehale - Arnold

The Samuel Hall - Nottingham

The Woodthorpe Top - Mapperley

The Free Man - Nottingham

The Gooseberry Bush - Nottingham

The Trent Bridge Inn - West Bridgford

The Butter Cross - Bingham

The Kettleby Cross - Melton Mowbray

The White House - Leicester

The Sugar Loaf - Market Harborough

Visited 18th May 2014.

I have decided that I've been a little lazy so far this year and not really been making much of an effort to keep up with my pub visits so I have booked a hotel for Sunday night. It's in Worksop so it's a decent drive away and should give me a fair crack at packing in a few stops on the way. I managed to get up fairly early (for me, on a Sunday) and was out of the house by nine and in the first pub of the day just after eleven leaving plenty of time to order breakfast. The pub was fairly busy and it took a while to get served. When I was eventually served I ordered the traditional breakfast and a large latte and then went and sat in a booth while waiting for it to arrive. And wait and wait and wait. It did eventually arrive and although it looked fine when I tried it everything on the plate was cold. I then sat waiting for someone to come and ask me how my meal was but that turned out to be a wait in vain. I then became a little proactive and went in search of my waiter who was very happy to replace my meal for a hot one but didn't offer to refill my coffee which had long been drunk while waiting for the breakfast to arrive. I realise he was under no obligation to do that but given the circumstances I thought it might have been a nice gesture. It was a nice looking pub with an attractive curving bar and the general feel of the place was very pleasant. Sadly, I left feeling quite dissatisfied over the meal, not a good start to the day but hopefully it would get better.

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Saturday 24 May 2014

The Queen Hotel - Aldershot

Visited 11th May 2014.

It's been a bit quiet this weekend, one of those weekends where we really haven't felt like doing much apart from vegging out. We also don't feel like cooking and are getting hungry so I have proposed a short road-trip. A new Wetherspoons opened last month in Aldershot so that automatically makes it to top of the list. About forty minutes later and we are looking for somewhere to park. This is where we find out that there are not very many free places to park in Aldershot even on a Sunday so when we eventually find a bit of free parking we are left with a bit of a walk to the pub. But the weather is dry and the walk just helps build our appetites. It turns out that the pub is very busy with lots of people eating but we manage to get a table and I am swiftly dispatched to the bar to order our fare. I order a mixed grill with a pint of one of the guest ales and for Mrs S. a jacket potato with the BBQ pulled pork filling and a pint of Pepsi. Our food took about twenty minutes to arrive but considering how busy it was that was pretty quick. We stayed a while after finishing our food, mainly to give us time to mentally prepare ourselves for the walk back to the car, which as it turned out didn't seem to be as far walking back, possibly as we knew where we were going! Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

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