The Moon and Cross - Waltham Cross

The Commercial Rooms - Bristol

Visited 1st April 2012.
 
We had a plan, a list of pubs, a smart phone with Google maps, what could go wrong? As it turned out Google maps walking directions is still in Beta and led us on a bit of a mystery tour before the girls said enough was enough and just started walking in what turned out to be an almost homing pigeon like example of how to get to the shops. I decided to let them have their way on this one as it seemed to have a calming effect on them both. Several shops and many bags later I was instructed to find the next pub as they wanted a drink and a rest. Google said 'The Commercial Rooms' was the nearest so we followed the directions and after only one "shortcut"  ended up at the entrance where my companion Stiggy reluctantly joined me for the obligatory photo session. If her expression in the photo looks a little strained it was because she was being wedgied. Inside was a large, high ceilinged room with an unusual yellow and orange paint scheme. Stiggy and I had a larger shandy each with Mrs S. supping on a Pepsi. I then had a chat with a friendly barman who pointed us in the direction of the next nearest 'spoons... and we're walking...

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The High Cross - Leicester

Visited 14th May 2011.
 
Sadly we only had one night booked in the hotel so today finds us making the trip home. Never mind, at least we have a perfect excuse to stop off in Leicester and take a look around, maybe even do a little shopping... We managed to stick the car in a multi-story in the city centre and set about testing Google maps walking route finder. After one or two slight hiccups (operator error) we eventually found ourselves at 'The High Cross'. Mrs S. was by now quite looking forwards to her latte, while I had a taste of 'Lady Godiva', which I didn't much like, so settled for a pint of Ruddles. A decent, 'woody' pub with more customers than you might expect at that time of the morning. Having rested up we set off in search for the next 'spoons on our list.

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