ED Pub Crawl. 26th July.

[Floating Onion]

Heck, my first date with Lady Onion was pretty much setup via PMs...

[Huguenot]

Hmm, not that I'm in any position to cast aspersions, but we seem to have lost the gore and guts of 'Drink Club' with some of the proposed routes. The following map suggests that there is a route which would really make the record books...

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I can trace a sort of mirror 'N' that starts up at the Forest Hill Tavern as follows:

FHT

The Herne

Clockhouse

The Gowlett

Uplands

The Castle

The Plough

Magdala

Franklins

Liquorish

The Drum

Palmerston

Inside 72 / The Adventure Club (??)

The Bishop

The Black Cherry

EDT

NTV

Hoopers

The George C

You could of course aim to end it at the Phoenix, but I'd hazard that Scor might be more tolerant of the EDF massive than the guys at the railway station.

More than that, it really does complete the ED manor, without imposing the Peckham/Nunhead diversions. (These could be engaged with a hardcore diverting after the Clockhouse, but I think you'd then open yourself up to challenges regarding an incomplete annex of the surrounding lebensraum.)

Likewise there may be those that challenge the inclusion of the Gowlett, but I feel this would be to adhere to strictly to the letter of the law, and suborn the spirit.

Now I know that's 19 bars, but with a half in each, at least we have a proposition to compete with the Circle Line's 27.

Apply a Saturday afternoon to this and you have a mission truly worth achieving, and a real claim to fame.

Remember the third rule of Drink Club... 'Eating is Cheating'.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Are you on holiday again? :)-D

[Ted Max]

Thread lurker notes absence of CPT between Uplands and The Castle

[Brendan]

Huguenot I certainly commend the spirit behind that route. I'm sure that the exclusion of the CPT is merely an oversight.

Although my envisaged approach to the afternoon and evening is more of the Kerouacian persuasion rather than the Kamikaze.

[Strawbs]

annaj Wrote:

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> I think Jaws and Strawbs have just demonstrated a

> whole new level of Forumitis - couples

> communicating through threads and pms!

>

> Not new.

> I can't get e-mail at work so have been getting

> PMs from BN5 for a while now...

> :-$

Damn it - I was hoping to wear that crown for a moment.. well I did until I read your post Annaj - one step ahead of me!

:))

[Floating Onion]

Way ahead of you there! By almost a year. Yikes. That's a whole different thread.

Strawbs Wrote:

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> Damn it - I was hoping to wear that crown for a

> moment.. well I did until I read your post Annaj -

> one step ahead of me!

[Huguenot]

Poldarks, yes of course. The CPT brings it of course to a round 20.

*Slaps wrist*

That's a tragedy I overlooked it. Too familiar of course. Heartfelt apologies Keef and Mockney.

So...

FHT, The Herne, Clockhouse,The Gowlett, Uplands, CPT, The Castle, The Plough, Magdala, Franklins, Liquorish, The Drum, Palmerston, Inside 72 / The Adventure Club (??), The Bishop, The Black Cherry, EDT, NTV, Hoopers, The George Canning

For those of a technical bent, this crawl is almost exactly 4 (four) miles.

This is no coincidence.

The Chinese word for four is 'si' (pronounced a bit like 'sur'), it sounds extremely similar to the Chinese word for death 'si' (yep, pronounced a bit like 'sur').

Thus this crawl is undeniably the crawl of death; may I respectfully suggest we find an appropriate name? I could volunteer:

The Mortician

The Terminator

I'm in ED on the 17th August if anyone fancies having a serious crack (or should that be craic) at it? We could name the day 'Dia de los Muertos' in anticipation?

How exciting!

[Huguenot]

But yes, Brendan, you're right. We're all too old for this kind of thing now.

May be a Campari followed by a risky Vermouth is order of the day. At least that way I'll live to see another...

PS MP, yep, back on the consultancy stuff, and working from home is such a bore, even in Singers!

[Keef]

I'd be up for having a serious crack at it, and I agree that eating it cheating! (until the kebab at the end of the night)

And frankly, it you're doing halves, then it shouldn't be too bad, 10 pints spread over an afternoon / evening, with walks in between, should be fine.

[Brendan]

Yeah but if you do about 8 pubs you can have a proper drink in each one and there's not such a sense of urgency about the whole thing.

I can see the value in both approaches. They will be very different days though.

Tell you what Keef. We do a slow stroll of 8 pubs growing slowly drunk over the afternoon on the Saturday. Then on Sunday it?s a mad dash of 20 pubs.

Then spend Monday on a drip.

[Keef]

Hmm, not sure doing them over the one weekend is the best idea you've ever had... Well I am up for joining Huguenot for "The Eliminator" on the 17th August, but I thought we'd be doing this before then anyway... Also agree it would be nice to select a few pubs and take a bit more time over it.

[Brendan]

Yeah I wasn't being entirely serious. This old liver of mine aint what it used to be you know.

[bignumber5]

Keef Wrote:

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> I'd be up for having a serious crack at it, and I

> agree that eating it cheating! (until the kebab at

> the end of the night)

At the risk of lowering the tone substantially...

20 pints in a day with no food - where do we stand on resurrecting the student behaviour formally known as "the tactical chunder" ?! :-$

I've got to say that a few less pubs and a bit more time might be for the best (although best not to start at the CPT as can see keef getting comfy and not letting us leave ;-) )

[Brendan]

I?m for this route.

1. Canning - Maybe starting with some food.

2. Hoopers

3. Gowlette

4. EDT, Bishop or Black Cherry

5. Drum

6. CPT

7. Magdala - Pizza

8. Plough

All very civilised I know but I'm sure we will find ways to lower the tone.

[Brendan]

With only 8 pubs we can drink shorts without vomiting too much.

[Keef]

Hurrah!!!!!!!!! :)-D

For the record, I wouldn't do the big one without eating all day, I'd have a dirty big fry up before hand, but once you start drinking it's liquids only!

[Michael Palaeologus]

Hmmm - not ideal for the diabetics of the Parish Keef! :))

At the risk of sounding like a nag - do we have a date for the half marathon pub crawl? rather than Huguenot's Terminator on 17 August?

I agree with Keef that 16 August seems a bit unwise, I am sure that 26 July got mentioned at some point - is this OK with folks?

[Brendan]

I think it is a toss up between 19th and 26th of July.

2nd August is the day after forum drink so probably not a good idea.

[Moos]

Iwas hoping to come along with Mr Moos and the Moosling (we're just so much more flexible during the day!) but can't make either of those dates. But since we probably wouldn't be taking full part (!) this probably shouldn't change things if those are the best dates for everyone else.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Moos - what about 17 August for the biggie? Clan-Moos could dip in as you want, if you are about.

[Moos]

Brilliant, is that fixed then? I hadn't realised. Thanks, MP. We'll see how many pints the Moosling can down.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Well I think that is what has happened.

17 August - Huguenot is over from foreign parts and is the date for The Exterminator

The shorter one - TBC - 19 or 26/7

[Keef]

I'm away 26th, so my vote goes for 19th.

[georgia]

Mine for the 26th but could do some of 19th though am busy in the evening. The 17th August is a Sunday - is that such a good idea!!??