Abraham Darby - Brierley Hill

Visited 17th October 2012.

In complete contrast to the previous pub I am now in 'The Abraham Darby'. It is on the edge of a shopping centre and I have just spent a considerable amount of time wandering around the lanes looking for it. For some reason there didn't seem to be any maps or signage for where the various shop were and I eventually had to resort to asking people. Nobody seemed to know until I asked a security guard who didn't know but did ask a cleaner who from somewhere on his cart produced a map which he kindly gave to me. Map in hand I then walked almost the entire length of the centre (again) to the pub. I treated myself to a large Pepsi, after all the walking I felt that I had earned it. Another moan here, if a pint of beer was pulled and there was 3/4 of an inch gap between the top of the beer and the top of the glass there would be a huge fuss created (as there was when Wetherspoons tried to introduce oversize glasses). So why do so many bar staff think it is OK to do the same with Pepsi? 

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The Imperial - Exeter

Visited 28th July 2009.

Today is the last day of our mini-break, but before we leave Exeter we have just one more pub to visit. As it turns out it is just a short walk from the guest house, in fact it's even in the same road. The Imperial is a huge pub set in a large, well cared for garden and it even has a free car park, although you are limited to three hours. Inside it was a strange mixture of dark panelled walls and a large green-house type structure with several bars tucked away. Look out for the statue on the stairs, I loved it!
Time for a moan. People that know me will find it difficult to believe how little of this I have been doing in this blog but... dirty cutlery... enough said.
I was reading a letter in the June/July 2009 issue of wetherspoonnews about getting your coffee card stamped and how often the stamp was lost or unavailable and the staff would just initial the cards. Our card was initialled so we will see how well the system works at the next pub we visit.

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