Get yourself down to that Greek resort on the Lincolnshire coast....Clee-eth-or-pees to the Trawlerman near Pleasure Island.
A full carvery for only £3.49 Monday to Saturday and real ales such as Jennings and Hobgoblin.
Paradise.

Was in Thirsk at the new Wetherspoons lodge yesterday.....very nice...loads of real ales.

Saltburn at the Ship Inn .....only Tetley Cask.

Runswick Bay the Cliffemount Hotel....Black Sheep.

Popped into the Kelham Island Tavern this afternoon;

Nimbus 2009 (Cottage Brewing Co) 4.7%
Black (Pictish Brewing Co) 4.4%

I love that pub!

Last night ...

Oldershaw's Newtons Drop 4.1% and
Wentworth Oatmeal Stout 4.8%
(in the Church House at Wath).

Can't fault you there.

Had some stonking beers this evening. Jarrow Caulker, a light, refreshing and tasty beer, a Black Country beer whose name I forget but was very tasty and the irrepressible Ashover Coffin Lane Stout. As my kids would say Mint

Sunday after the game ... The Old Angel

Asked a pint of Thorne Best Bitter ... What they served me was bright amber in colour ... it was of course refused!

Sunday - The Old Angel after the game.....asked for some Ruddles at 99p a pint....they had run out.
Settled for Abbots....bumped into three rather interesting people.....

1)Did you bump into each person separately?
2)Did the Abbots cause you to Bump into them?
3)Did the three individuals find you interesting?

1 No...they were a group.
2 No....although I was tiddly.
3 No.....I'm a boring b@stard.

1) Yes we were although I sort-of became a splinter (so to speak).
2) Really - wasn't that obvious.
3) Not true ... How Long (has this been going on)

Real ale trek in West Yorkshire last Thursday ...

Dewsbury ...
Kletswater 4.0% (Anglo-Dutch Brewery) in the West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms on the Railway Station
(off the train to Hudddersfield at Dewsbury, quick pint and then resume journey).

Huddersfield ...
Excelsior 5.2% (Ossett Brewery) in the Rat and Ratchet - [size=12512[/size real ales to choose from.
Winkle Picker 4.5% (Whitstable Brewery) and Zeitgeist 4.9% (Brewdog) in the Grove - [size=13418 [/sizereal ales to choose from.
Barn Owl 4.5% (Cotleigh Brewery) in the Cherry Tree (Wetherspoons).
Welland Valley Mild 3.6% (Great Oakley Brewery) in the Kings Head at Huddersfield Railway Station.
Old Brewery Bitter 3.9% (Samuel Smith) in the Head of Steam at Huddersfield Railway Station.

Holbeck, Leeds ...
Best Bitter 3.9% (Thorne Brewery) in the Grove Inn.
Cock & Hoop 4.3% (Nottingham Brewery) in the Cross Keys.
Midnight Bell 4.8% (Leeds Brewery) in the Midnight Bell.

A great day out and apart from those on Dewsbury and Huddersfield stations, pubs that I had not visited before.

The Rat and Ratchet and Grove in Huddersfield are well worth the effort to check out on the edge of the town centre.

Pint of the day ... the Midnight Bell (but then it is a favourite of mine and a fantastic way to end the day).

Settled for a few beers in Donny yesterday afternoon ...

Summer Swallow 3.9% (Batemans) in the Tut & Shive.
Landlord 4.3% (Timothy Taylor) in the Masons.
The Rev. James 4.5% (Brains) in the Red Lion.
Middle Wicket 4.4% (Batemans) in the Gatehouse.
Abbot Ale 5.0% (Greene King) back in the Tut & Shive.

Not a bad pint amongst them. The Middle Wicket deserves a mention as being in the same league as the Rev. James and the Abbot.

No Thorne Bitter then Gary

Didn't spy any.

Another real ale trek in West Yorkshire yesterday ...

Leeds ...
Midnight Bell 4.8% (Leeds Brewery) in Wetherspoons on Leeds station.

Bradford ...
Best Bitter 4.0% (Timothy Taylor) and two pints of Red Imp 4.2% (Cathedral Ales) in the Fighting Cock.
Cask 3.9% (Mansfield) in the Castle Hotel.
Sovereign Bitter 4.1% (Samuel Smith) in the Shoulder Of Mutton.

Leeds ...
Gunpowder 3.8% (Coach House Brewing Company) in the Scarbrough Hotel.

We also visited the Cock & Bottle in Bradford which is one to avoid as it no longer has real ales available.

Pint of the day ... the Red Imp was a real find.

Have you retired mate ?

Only to bed.

Using some Annual Leave.

Good for you.

That's his way of saying he thinks you look old Gary

I thought that but thought I'd leave it.

Sampled Ossett's Treacle Stout 5.0% today (New Inn at Walton).

Nice but rich. You wouldn't want too may.

Couple of pints of John Smiths Magnet in the Mallard tonight. I know, it's expensive but I do like it.

Followed by a pint of (non-discounted) Hobgoblin in the Sun Inn.

Popped in the Gatehouse for an hour last night ...

Pint of Jack O' Legs (Tring Brewery) 4.2%
A touch cloudy but hadn't had it before so went with it and it tasted fine.

Pint of Freckled Warrior (Hambleton Ales) 4.0%
Another winner from Nick Stafford's stable.

at the baxters arms fenwick last week,the guest ale was" betty stogs" by cornish brewers skinners.full bodied, alan put a nice head on it unlike the cornish do.all round a very pleasant pint

The Gatehouse struggle to supply beer that is not cloudy.