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« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2011, 23:13:39 » |
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Providing they've run any stale beer through the pipes it's usually worth a second pint.
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« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2011, 23:18:57 » |
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Spoons do a pint for ^1.50 I think - what it tastes like I do not know  : rats' pee.  |
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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 #17 on: April 17, 2011, 23:19:59 » |
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I must admit I did wonder but didn't wish to show my potential ignorance!
As for Oxford Inspector Morse appreciated a decent pint....
I did recently visit Oxford and called in to one of the Wetherspoons there. The Four Candles. Dunno whether they had the choice of handled pint mugs because, despite it being the first day of the latest 'Wetherspoons Real Ale Festival', all the decent ales were off. I had a vodka and cranberry juice instead! And the name the ' Four Candles'? Named in honour of a former resident of Oxfordshire, Ronnie Barker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbvCRkl_4U  Spoons do a pint for ^1.50 I think - what it tastes like I do not know : rats' pee. Agreed. Ruddles Best is not the 'best' pint out there. Am quite partial to Ruddles County though. |
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« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2011, 23:49:20 » |
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As for Oxford Inspector Morse appreciated a decent pint....
Although, apparently, John Thaw wasn't actually a real ale buff, so he didn't enjoy his quaffing on set half as much as his fictional character would have done ... |
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« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2011, 00:10:50 » |
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Will have to look again when I am in Bristol this week. They do some good guest ales so a mug would just top it off.
The 'Knights Templar' Wetherspoons very near Bristol TM‡ is good for a pint or two of ale. Definitely have mugs available there. Also Bonaparte's Bar on platform 3 at Bristol TM have recently introduced real ales. Currently Butcombe Best and Green King IPA. No handled mugs though and a bit pricey unless you have a BiTE discount card. |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2011, 09:11:47 » |
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Ah yes... I've had many a veggie breakfast there, and the coffee is fairly good too (and reasonably priced) Can't comment on alcoholic beverages though because I don't drink  |
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« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2011, 09:36:52 » |
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I've had many a pitcher of pimms over a sunday lunch at the templer - my OU study group meet there on sundays.
I just get an earlier train from nailsea before my connection to london
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2011, 00:20:37 » |
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As this is alcohol related I have put this here rather than start a new thread. I thought this bus service would be ideal for an evening pub crawl but not eight in the morning!! http://www.net-inform.co.uk/CourtneyDownloads/BBB.pdf |
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« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2011, 01:34:33 » |
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All rather bizarre - most of the pubs featured on that route don't open until 11:00am, or even 12:00  |
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« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2011, 01:58:52 » |
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Don't really understand the timings for the early service, but the later ones, in combination with other Courtney Coaches services in Maidenhead, do offer opportunities for return trips to the various pubs listed. The 'beer by bus' scheme is run in conjunction with CAMRA. Oh, and is there anywhere I can get a nice glass of crisp, Italian white on Frascati Way, Maidenhead? |
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« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2011, 07:35:22 » |
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Bignosemac, in short the answer is No.
Frascati Way is basically part of the Inner Ring Road dual carriage way. It was punched across the top of the High Street so went across the existing roads.
Two sets of traffic lights and a roundabout at one each end.
It is also the main bus stop for most buses terminating in Maidenhead now there is no longer a bus station.
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« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2011, 10:14:55 » |
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Whilst we're on the subject of beer, has anyone ever tried one of these?  |
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« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2011, 12:42:10 » |
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No, but (appropriately) I have had a pint of Deltic Diesel, from the same brewery!
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« Reply #28 on: April 19, 2011, 22:02:52 » |
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« Reply #29 on: April 20, 2011, 08:23:07 » |
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Specially labled beers from micro brewaries is becoming a feature of preserved railways.
Swindon and Crickalde have a couple and I've seen others.
UK▸ railtours has Pullman in the Buffet car and dining cars.
So as well as vicars does the railway preservation scene attract beer buffs?
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