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Just been in Yr Hen Orsaf at Aberystwyth station. Staff friendly and pub clean. Nice outdoorish seating area with views directly out onto the station platform, under the station canopy. The mixed grill (£9.99 including a pint, not on steak club day) was ok but not very big. The steak and lamb were quite small but cooked perfectly. There were approximately 12 chips which didn't seem very generous (I won't go into calculating the volume of each item).  Beers on offer included Doom Bar (£2.45) and a local(ish) beer Dragon's Revenge (£2.19). Disappointed to see no Brain's S.A. and no "Welsh" products on the menu except flaming dragon curry (seem to recall a steak+ale pie, faggots and something leek related in the past). |
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« Reply #47 on: June 19, 2016, 21:04:32 » |
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I called in at my local Wetherspoons (The Glassmaker, in Nailsea) after work this evening, at 5:45, and they'd run out of mixed grills altogether - as well as mashed potato, soup and several other things.  To be fair, it's Father's Day, so I suspect they'd been extremely busy earlier in the day.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #48 on: June 19, 2016, 21:27:16 » |
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Just been in Yr Hen Orsaf at Aberystwyth station. Staff friendly and pub clean. Nice outdoorish seating area with views directly out onto the station platform, under the station canopy. The mixed grill (£9.99 including a pint, not on steak club day) was ok but not very big. The steak and lamb were quite small but cooked perfectly. There were approximately 12 chips which didn't seem very generous (I won't go into calculating the volume of each item). Beers on offer included Doom Bar (£2.45) and a local(ish) beer Dragon's Revenge (£2.19). Disappointed to see no Brain's S.A. and no "Welsh" products on the menu except flaming dragon curry (seem to recall a steak+ale pie, faggots and something leek related in the past). Brains SA is not a regular Spoons ale but might available as guest on occasions. Spoons Ales always on tap are Doom Bar, Greene King IPA and Ruddles Bitter. Any others are guests. |
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« Reply #49 on: June 19, 2016, 21:30:40 » |
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Abbot is also a regular real ale - apparently, it's Tim Martin's favourite. We don't have Greene King IPA here in Nailsea.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #50 on: June 19, 2016, 21:37:49 » |
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Abbot is also a regular real ale - apparently, it's Tim Martin's favourite. We don't have Greene King IPA here in Nailsea. Speaking as a cider/wine drinker - Why should a Suffolk Ale be sold in Somerset or West Wales? They say around here that Wadworths 6X is at its best when not more than 30 miles from Devizes. Aren't real ales supposed to be local? |
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« Reply #51 on: June 19, 2016, 22:35:09 » |
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Abbot is also a regular real ale - apparently, it's Tim Martin's favourite. We don't have Greene King IPA here in Nailsea. Sorry, I meant Abbot as a regular not IPA. |
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« Reply #52 on: June 19, 2016, 23:05:51 » |
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New Spoons opened a few months ago virtually at Liverpool Lime St station. The Booking Office opened this week in Edinburgh just on the corner at the top of the slope leading to the Waverley Bridge. Believe Pen Cob at Pwllheli is more or less opposite. The John Wallace Linton at Newport was just across the road from the former station entrance but a little further now since the awfully designed and hopelessly thought out alterations to the station. Talk of the Town in Paignton approx 50 yards in direction of seafront. Lord Roseberry in Scarborough just across the road. The Esquire House at Anniesland just across the road after coming down to street level from the Platforms. The Samuel Romiley at Barry approx 100 yards on the opposite side of the road from the Town station. The Imperial at Exeter just across the road and up the steps to the road leading up to the city centre. The Last Post in Southend opposite Central station. The Tumble in Pontypridd across the road.The Central Hotel in Shotton next door to the High Level (Wrexham-Bidston route) Platforms.
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« Reply #53 on: June 19, 2016, 23:10:48 » |
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Abbot is also a regular real ale - apparently, it's Tim Martin's favourite. We don't have Greene King IPA here in Nailsea. Having lived in Greene King territory (Sandy, Beds) for several years, I have to say I found their IPA to be one of the most disappointingly insipid brews. I kept on trying to like it, but never did... |
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« Reply #54 on: June 20, 2016, 06:01:25 » |
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Abbot is also a regular real ale - apparently, it's Tim Martin's favourite. We don't have Greene King IPA here in Nailsea. Having lived in Greene King territory (Sandy, Beds) for several years, I have to say I found their IPA to be one of the most disappointingly insipid brews. I kept on trying to like it, but never did... I agree - they were serving it at Twickenham in the bars at £6 per pint a few weeks ago when we played Wales - pre poured and ice cold!  |
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« Reply #55 on: June 20, 2016, 09:58:15 » |
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Abbot is also a regular real ale - apparently, it's Tim Martin's favourite. We don't have Greene King IPA here in Nailsea. Having lived in Greene King territory (Sandy, Beds) for several years, I have to say I found their IPA to be one of the most disappointingly insipid brews. I kept on trying to like it, but never did... I agree - they were serving it at Twickenham in the bars at £6 per pint a few weeks ago when we played Wales - pre poured and ice cold! How they can get away with describing their bland 3.6% beer as an IPA I don't know. In reality it is a very ordinary bitter. |
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« Reply #56 on: June 20, 2016, 14:51:54 » |
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How they can get away with describing their bland 3.6% beer as an IPA I don't know. In reality it is a very ordinary bitter.
Most ones I've had are creamy, flat with a hint of vinegar. I don't like their "smooth" handled glasses either. Maybe I have just had bad examples, but I'd always tend to avoid GK in as much as I'd avoid Fullers brews and Shepherd Neame. |
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« Reply #57 on: June 22, 2016, 01:59:11 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #58 on: June 22, 2016, 06:30:19 » |
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« Reply #59 on: June 22, 2016, 08:32:21 » |
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.......and Fullers "Chiswick" tops the lot, but is very hard to find!
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