Let’s give the satelites some place-rating love

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Message Leighton P beers 33748 º places 1204 º 07:13 Tue 1/24/2017 Originally posted by chriso I don’t think it’s possible to do justice to Norwich on a single day trip. The pubs are quite spread out and many of the best ones are not central. It’s also close to two hours from London on the train - which I think is a bit much for a day trip. I dunno, Chris - I did a day trip there and took in upwards of 20 places. It was a fairly intense day, and as I was flying solo I only had about a half pint in each place. So, from a beer ticking perspective I could have done a lot more. But as for the places, I think j hit all the big ones. I think my crawl lasted from around 11am until 8pm or so.
Message Fin P beers 17289 º places 1653 º 07:20 Tue 1/24/2017 Originally posted by BlackHaddock Norwich City of Ale festival is in May again this year. <*))))))>< And the CAMRA NWAF is also in Norwich at the end of next month.
Message FatPhil P beers 26252 º places 998 º 09:25 Tue 1/24/2017 I did have 2 days in Oxford last weekend, managing 17 places on a Sunday, a 10 am London train should permit the same number, if well-enoughed planned as clustering is quite high. Creating a one-day crawl from those 2 days is an excercise I’ve not yet addressed, backlog typing will concretise it - it certainly fits my "satelite-town day trip" idea. St. Albans is also an easy victim for a raid, that’s one of the closest candidates too. Lots of places with only 1 or 2 reviews there.

Message Fin P beers 17289 º places 1653 º 02:40 Wed 1/25/2017 Originally posted by FatPhil I did have 2 days in Oxford last weekend, managing 17 places on a Sunday, a 10 am London train should permit the same number, if well-enoughed planned as clustering is quite high. Creating a one-day crawl from those 2 days is an excercise I’ve not yet addressed, backlog typing will concretise it - it certainly fits my "satelite-town day trip" idea. St. Albans is also an easy victim for a raid, that’s one of the closest candidates too. Lots of places with only 1 or 2 reviews there. It was great to meet with you and Anna last week (thanks for the Estonian beers btw) I am really looking forward to seeing your Oxford place ratings when you add them, I suspect that this may prompt Glen and myself to go back and re-rate a few places rather than religiously sticking to our favourites.
Message jjsint P beers 7753 º places 1335 º 03:27 Wed 1/25/2017 Originally posted by FatPhil I did have 2 days in Oxford last weekend, managing 17 places on a Sunday, a 10 am London train should permit the same number, if well-enoughed planned as clustering is quite high. Creating a one-day crawl from those 2 days is an excercise I’ve not yet addressed, backlog typing will concretise it - it certainly fits my "satelite-town day trip" idea. Cool, look forward to it... I’ve rated a couple of places there but not yet ’done’ Oxford.
Message imdownthepub P beers 26178 º places 2115 º 04:10 Wed 1/25/2017 Originally posted by jjsint Originally posted by FatPhil I did have 2 days in Oxford last weekend, managing 17 places on a Sunday, a 10 am London train should permit the same number, if well-enoughed planned as clustering is quite high. Creating a one-day crawl from those 2 days is an excercise I’ve not yet addressed, backlog typing will concretise it - it certainly fits my "satelite-town day trip" idea. Cool, look forward to it... I’ve rated a couple of places there but not yet ’done’ Oxford. I can always show you round Oxford, Fin is also close.
Message imdownthepub P beers 26178 º places 2115 º 04:16 Wed 1/25/2017 There are a number of counties that lack enough ratings to fill up their Regional Favourites list, one or two are quite surprising given their proximity to London and large cities. Bedfordshire Dorset Herefordshire Isle of Wight Lancashire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Rutland Suffolk Surrey Wiltshire I suppose the biggest surprises here would be Surrey, Lancashire and probably Bedfordshire.

Message Leighton P beers 33748 º places 1204 º 05:24 Wed 1/25/2017 Would love to do a field trip to Rutland.
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 05:53 Wed 1/25/2017 Originally posted by imdownthepub Bedfordshire. Bedford itself is a very easy train trip from London. There’s enough for a day there, although it’s not the most exciting beer destination. Like the rest of the county it suffers from a preponderance of Greene King & Wells pubs. That’s also probably, at least in part, responsible for the miserable brewery count - which doesn’t make the county a very attractive proposition for beer hunting. Luton is a dump, with not much in the way of decent pubs from my limited experience. Dunstable is quite nearby and has a couple of serviceable options although it doesn’t have a train station so it’s a bus ride from Luton. Leighton Buzzard has a handful of decent places but not enough for a dedicated day trip. For those coming by train it’s sometimes possible to construct a train crawl with stops at places on the way there & back. Don’t know much about Biggleswade - don’t think I’ve ever been there. That’s about it for reasonably sizeable towns that are not dormitory satellites or pub-light commuter settlements I think. Some of the nicer pubs are out in the sticks so largely limited to locals or drivers, but (as far as I’m aware) there aren’t any that offer much in the way of an extensive beer range.
Message jjsint P beers 7753 º places 1335 º 06:41 Wed 1/25/2017 Originally posted by Leighton Would love to do a field trip to Rutland. No. No you wouldn’t.