retiredmartin
retiredmartin
Martin
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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.
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BASS CLICKBAIT AT THE DOLPHIN 2025-12-31 02:27pm
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THE STADE 2025-12-31 07:40am
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TURKISH DELIGHT 2025-12-31 02:05am
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HARVEYâS CHRISTMAS ALE 2025-12-30 12:47pm
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ON THE BEACH 2025-12-30 08:18am
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NO PLACE ELSE IâD RATHER BE (ON MY BIRTHDAY) THAN ST LEONARDS ON SEA 2025-12-30 12:46am
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A DASH FROM ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL 2025-12-29 01:10pm
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STEELFISH BREWERY â COME FOR THE HAZY PALE, COME FOR THE COB 2025-12-28 04:29pm
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FLAT TRACK BULLIES 2025-12-28 09:40am
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âBY âECK ITâS GORGEOUSâ. THE STEELWORKS, BREDBURY. 2025-12-28 02:01am
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THE CHRISTMAS TURKEY 2025-12-27 12:05pm
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RESISTING THE 10% JAIPUR X IN THE HALLAMSHIRE HOUSE 2025-12-27 02:33am
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CHRISTMAS JUMPERS 2025-12-26 01:33pm
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IS THE BATH HOTEL GOING GASTRO? 2025-12-26 03:50am
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A QUIET START TO BLACK EYE FRIDAY AT THE FARGATE 2025-12-25 11:48pm
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BEER TASTES BETTER IN A PROPER GLASS Pt. 244 2025-12-25 01:16pm
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MRS RMâS BRITHDAY SOUP AND A PINT. THE SHIPWRIGHTâS ARMS, HOLLOWSHORE 2025-12-25 08:58am
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UP THE CREEK 2025-12-24 02:39pm
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MRS RM CANâT WALK PAST THE ELEPHANT 2025-12-24 02:39am
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PERSEVERING WITH MASTER BREW IN THE SUN, FAVERSHAM 2025-12-23 05:00am
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THE PUB, HERNE BAY. GOOD NAME, GOOD PUB 2025-12-23 02:12am
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A HERNE BAY DELAY 2025-12-22 01:01pm
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OYSTERS IN WHITSTABLE 2025-12-22 09:48am
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FABULOUS FAVERSHAM FRONTAGES 2025-12-21 01:09pm
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FABULOUS FAVERSHAM PART 1 2025-12-21 09:27am
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ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!! THE WATERWORKS, RYE 2025-12-21 05:49am
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ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 2 â THE SEADOG 2025-12-21 04:01am
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ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 1 â THE JOHN LOGIE BAIRD 2025-12-20 11:53pm
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BOTTLES IT IS THEN 2025-12-20 06:44am
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PASTY AND PASTORE 2025-12-20 03:38am
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THE TRUE START OF CHRISTMAS 2025-12-20 01:11am
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A DIVERSION TO GRAVESEND 2025-12-19 05:48am
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IS SPOONS CASK QUALITY GETTING BETTER ? BEXHILL THINKS SO 2025-12-19 01:20am
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TOP 100 PUBS. THE RUDDY DUCK, BEXHILL-on-SEA 2025-12-18 11:38am
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THE ALBATROSS 2025-12-18 03:47am
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FUTURE FOLKESTONE FROLICS 2025-12-17 01:22pm
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FINALLY ! AN UNSCUFFED HARVEYâS GLASS. THE MARINER, FOLKESTONE 2025-12-17 08:11am
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WHY DID NO-ONE TELL MRS RM ABOUT FOLKESTONE HARBOUR ARM 2025-12-16 02:06pm
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âFOLKESTONE IS AN ART SCHOOLâ 2025-12-15 12:44pm
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THE TOILET AT THE BURGESS HILL SIGNALBOX 2025-12-15 07:26am
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âLower your expectationsâ. ChatGPT prepares me for bucolic Burgess Hill. 2025-12-14 12:18pm
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TOAD IN THE HOLE AT BN6 CRAFT BAR 2025-12-14 07:03am
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IS KEYMER PART OF HASSOCKS, OR VICE VERSA ? 2025-12-14 01:34am
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THE JOY OF BURGESS HILL SPOONS 2025-12-13 11:32am
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WHY, WIVELSFIELD ? 2025-12-13 01:47am
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A PINT FOR MUDGIE 2025-12-12 11:48am
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YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FRIENDS. NOW, MORE THAN EVER 2025-12-12 05:33am
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REINDEERS AT THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE 2025-12-11 02:21pm
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MILL ROAD WINTER FAIR 2025-12-11 10:42am
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NATIVITY 2025-12-11 01:55am
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PUTTING UP THE TREE IN OLD HARLOW 2025-12-10 12:30pm
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE IN TANKERTON 2025-12-10 02:47am
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OYSTER BEDS 2025-12-09 12:46pm
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SUNSET OVER THE OLD NEPTUNE 2025-12-09 12:49am
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MRS RM SITS OUT SITTINGBOURNE IN SPOONS 2025-12-08 09:33am
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THE PARK TAVERN, SITTINGBOURNE. AN OLD MUDGIE SORT OF PUB 2025-12-08 02:53am
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PETER 2025-12-07 08:49am
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ALL SHIP SHAPE AT THE SHIP CENTURION 2025-12-07 12:29am
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TOP 100 PUBS â THE FOUNTAIN, WHITSTABLE 2025-12-06 09:35am
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TANKERTON SLOPES 2025-12-05 12:06pm
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THE WAITING ROOM 2025-12-05 02:20am
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MURK, MATES, MANCHESTER 2025-12-04 01:41pm
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PRAY TELL, IS THE CASK DRINKING WELL IN SALE ? 2025-12-04 05:54am
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THE 18:48 FROM RYE IS CANCELLED 2025-12-04 02:17am
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A TRIP DOWN LITTLE TRODGERS LANE. MAGICAL MAYFIELD. 2025-12-03 11:18am
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MAYFIELDâS ROSE & CROWN. A WEALD PUB 2025-12-01 09:46am
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TâOTHER BATEMANâS. DONâT ASK FORE AN XB 2025-12-01 09:40am
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MRS RM IS UNABLE TO WALK PAST RYEâS QUEENâS HEAD. ITâS A GOOD DECISION 2025-12-01 06:09am
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NOVEMBER â25 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW 2025-12-01 01:56am
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ALL THE PUBS IN RYE. THE GLOBE INN MARSH 2025-11-30 09:27am
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SIMPLE PLEASURES. THE TRAFFORD ARMS, NORWICH 2025-11-30 01:21am
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NEW IN NORWICH. THE HOP ROCKET 2025-11-29 03:54am
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN NORWICH 2025-11-28 01:29pm
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PLATFORM 1b, SHEFFIELD STATION 2025-11-28 08:52am
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ANNAHSTASIA AT THE BRUDENELL. AND THE PROBLEM WITH Chat GPT 2025-11-27 12:17pm
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TALKING TIDES. FROM MARSKE-ON-SEA TO LEEDS 2025-11-27 09:10am
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NO WAKE AT THE HEREWARD FOR THE REV 2025-11-26 10:35am
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WHEN A CARLSBERG WILL HAVE TO DO 2025-11-26 04:43am
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CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, NORTH WALSHAM (NCSS 3.5) 2025-11-25 02:01pm
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TOP 100 PUBS â THE PEASANTSâ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM 2025-11-25 06:57am
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NEXT STOP, NORTH WALSHAM 2025-11-24 09:39am
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19 MINUTES BETWEEN TRAINS AT NORWICH STATION ? COACH & HORSES THEN⊠2025-11-24 01:44am
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ALL THE CHINESE TAKEAWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE No. 1 â LAN HONG HOUSE 2025-11-23 10:51am
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TOWN OR GOWN ? THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES 2025-11-23 05:49am
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THE HANDSOME PRINCE, CAMBRIDGE 2025-11-22 01:16pm
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SUPPING SUSSEX IN THE SWAN 2025-11-21 02:19pm
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A HARVEYâS OLD IN NEWHAVEN 2025-11-21 05:59am
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A FAREWELL TO GRUBBS 2025-11-20 06:28am
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PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN 2025-11-20 01:14am
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BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only ÂŁ2.25 a pint) 2025-11-19 06:39am
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A MODERATE MASTER BREW IN RYE HARBOUR 2025-11-18 12:19pm
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âAre you joining us for lunch ? Fabulous !â 2025-11-18 03:29am
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SISSINGHURST 2025-11-17 01:56pm
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RYE HARBOUR. LIVING IN THE PLASTIC AGE 2025-11-17 02:35am
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THE DELICIOUS CLAM 2025-11-16 07:28am
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FATHER TO SON, HEART TO HEART 2025-11-15 09:49am
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SHEFFIELDâS CASTLEGATE 2025-11-15 02:06am
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THE KINGS ROAD, ST LEONARDS 2025-11-14 01:00am
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SUSSEX BY THE SEA. EASTBOURNE PIER IN AUTUMN 2025-11-13 08:32am
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THE JOY OF EASTBOURNE SPOONS 2025-11-13 01:13am
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LEFFE AND SPICE BAG 2025-11-12 10:10am
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MAN OF KENT. OR KENTISH MAN ? 2025-11-12 04:41am
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GATECRASHING A 60th BIRTHDAY IN TONBRIDGE 2025-11-12 02:02am
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THE UBIQUITOUS HARVEYâS 2025-11-11 11:18am
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BACK IN RYE, STRAIGHT TO THE YPRES CASTLE 2025-11-11 07:21am
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LURCHERS AND CHESTERFIELDS. THE BLACK HORSE, THURNHAM 2025-11-10 02:16pm
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WOBBLY DAGGER REVISITED 2025-11-10 11:26am
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ROSIE AT THE GRACE 2025-11-10 08:15am
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PUB DOGS OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH 2025-11-10 03:49am
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LADYBARN SOCIAL CLUB 2025-11-09 01:00pm
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âBRING YOUR OWN VINYLâ. THE STATION HOP, LEVENSHULME 2025-11-09 05:48am
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STATION TO STATION. HEATON CHAPEL TO LEVENSHULME 2025-11-09 01:09am
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CHOICES, CHOICES. đș TICKING IN TICKNALL 2025-11-07 04:36am
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CALKE AND THE MILKING PARLOUR 2025-11-07 02:40am
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JIMMY EAT WORLD, RETIRED MARTIN EATS AT THE GLOBE 2025-11-06 02:44pm
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IN SEARCH OF KINGS (AND CAR PARKS) 2025-11-06 09:54am
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LEICESTER CASTLE 2025-11-06 03:15am
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LOOK UP ! 2025-11-05 04:02pm
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INEVITABLY, THE ALE WAGON 2025-11-05 11:31am
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BACK ON THE DESI TRAIL. THE BLUE PETER, LEICESTER 2025-11-05 08:08am
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SOARING â LEICESTER STREET ART 2025-11-04 07:03am
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HIGH TABLES, LOW TABLES. THE CLARENDON, LEICESTER 2025-11-04 03:27am
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36 HOURS IN LEICESTER. 2025-11-03 04:03am
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A JUG OF PRIDE IN BOROUGHâS TRINITY 2025-11-02 01:46pm
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LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE 2025-11-02 01:49am
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THE OLD SHADES, SW1 2025-11-01 03:34pm
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TOURIST PUB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE 2025-11-01 10:49am
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WALKING IN LONDON 2025-11-01 01:34am
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OCTOBER â25 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW 2025-10-31 02:27pm
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AN ANGEL IN YARWELL 2025-10-31 09:31am
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A LOOSE CANNON IN NEWARK 2025-10-31 01:13am
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A BASS AND POPPADOMS HALT IN CHADDESDEN 2025-10-30 08:49am
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TUTBURY TICKING 2025-10-30 03:10am
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WHEN YOU JUST NEED AN ORVAL 2025-10-29 03:30pm
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THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE 2025-10-29 11:31am
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A RARE STOP ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD. YE OLDE BELL IN BARNBY MOOR 2025-10-28 01:01pm
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A RAINY NIGHT IN ST ALBANS 2025-10-28 07:17am
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THE FUSSPOT OF FANCOTT 2025-10-26 01:25pm
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TODDINGTON PUTS THE BANNERS OUT 2025-10-26 01:49am
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SHEFFIELD BEER FESTIVAL (NBSS 3.72). 2025-10-25 11:39am
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WATERBEACH OR BRADFORD ? WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF CURRY ? 2025-10-25 05:23am
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A SURPRISE GBG WINNER IN COVENT GARDEN 2025-10-25 03:12am
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THE GENTLE CHARM OF THE LADY OTTOLINE 2025-10-24 11:41am
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âA SYMPHONY IN BROWNâ. THE DUKE, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON 2025-10-24 02:39am
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HOMEBREW OR BASS ? A MOOT POINT IN MATLOCK 2025-10-23 01:27pm
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IS THIS THE REAL LIFE ? IS THIS JUST FANTASY ? THE REMARKABLE HARE, MATLOCK 2025-10-23 08:06am
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NEW AND SHINY IN SHEFF. THE FARGATE 2025-10-22 08:10am
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MEANWHILE, BACK IN WATERBEACH⊠2025-10-22 01:06am
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FINALLY ! YOUR AUTHENTIC TRANSYLVANIAN CASTLE 2025-10-21 12:57pm
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A NERVOUS PINT IN GASTHAUS ALTEPOST 2025-10-21 08:47am
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Top 5 Transylvanian Bed & Breakfasts â Casa Cositorarului, Sighisoara 2025-10-20 07:12am
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A rainy night in SighiÈoara 2025-10-19 12:28am
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CONTRADICTORY ADVICE ON SURVIVING A BEAR ATTACK 2025-10-18 03:44am
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BEANS IN BREAD AT LA CEAUN 2025-10-17 07:36am
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TOP 100 PUBS â SZIMPLA, SFANTU GHEORGHE, ROMANIA 2025-10-17 06:54am
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THE JOY OF GETTING YOUR NAME ON THE UNTAPPD SCREEN IN AFTAR STUBE, BRASOV 2025-10-16 03:54am
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BEAUTIFUL BRASOV 2025-10-15 12:01pm
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CASUAL SEXISM IN SUBURBAN BUCHAREST 2025-10-14 11:12pm
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ADMISSION : I ACCEPTED A TASTER AT HOP HOOLIGANS 2025-10-14 06:00am
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Bucharest Café society 2025-10-14 02:03am
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BUCHARESTâS IRONIC TAPROOM 2025-10-13 10:21am
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TURNING STRAWBERRIES INTO BEARS. TICKING BUCHAREST 2025-10-13 01:10am
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Caruâ cu Bere. Your must visit for pork knuckle in Bucharest. 2025-10-12 01:38pm
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MEETING YOUNG BOYS (BERN) AT GROUND ZERO 2025-10-12 06:54am
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Grand Café Van Gogh, Bucharest 2025-10-11 02:59am
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THE SHEFFIELD HALF PINT MARATHON. A BIT OF A SPRINT AT THE END 2025-10-10 01:10pm
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TO CASTLETON, IN HOPE RATHER THAN EXPECTATION 2025-10-10 06:50am
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YOUR CLOSEST GBG PUB TO THE CAMBRIDGE PUNTS 2025-10-09 07:53am
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ATHERSTONE â A SLIGHT RETURN. (iii) HAUTE CUISINE 2025-10-09 05:03am
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ATHERSTONE â A SLIGHT RETURN. (ii) MAID OF THE MILL 2025-10-08 10:06pm
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ATHERSTONE â A SLIGHT RETURN. (i) HERITAGE 2025-10-08 10:56am
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MUSICAL DIFFERENCES 2025-10-08 12:25am
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PIE NIGHT đ„§ AT THE PUNCH BOWL 2025-10-07 11:39am
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INTO BATLEY 2025-10-07 06:38am
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GATECRASHING BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN THE PETERBOROUGH SUBURBS 2025-10-06 11:16am
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HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE âCâ WORD YET ? 2025-10-06 05:56am
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AN NBSS 4 GREENE KING IPA (HONEST). THE MASONS ARMS, BURY ST EDMUNDS 2025-10-05 10:14pm
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NETHERGATE GET A FOOTHOLD IN BURY ST EDMUNDS 2025-10-05 05:38am
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CHRISTIE GOES TO BRINKLEY 2025-10-05 02:46am
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BODDIES v BASS. WHO WEARS THE CROWN IN STOCKPORT ? 2025-10-04 12:25am
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GETTING TO THE SOUL OF SALE 2025-10-03 12:32pm
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LOUNGE-ING AROUND 2025-10-02 09:58am
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A DEE-DAR IN ROTHERHAM 2025-10-01 08:00am
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PSALTER LANE 2025-09-30 11:06am
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SEPTEMBER â25 STOCKTAKE + OCTOBER PREVIEW 2025-09-30 02:49am
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FIRST TICK IN THE NEW GBG. ITCHY PIG (2), SHEFFIELD 2025-09-29 01:25pm
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THE SUN SETS IN WATERBEACH 2025-09-29 08:36am
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ELY GOES âCRAFT AND BURGERSâ 2025-09-29 01:52am
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TOP 100 PUBS â THE MASONS ARMS, TEDDINGTON 2025-09-28 03:36pm
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TOPING IN TEDDINGTON 2025-09-28 11:37am
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OOH, NICE GLASS ! THE MILL, CAMBRIDGE 2025-09-28 03:08am
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BASS AT THE FREE PRESS 2025-09-27 01:27pm