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DRAFT PINT - BEER CRAWL LRR

For anyone that misses a nice cold draft pint of lager and wants to avoid the queues at Spencer, it's nice to spread the business around -You can do following stops1. Hudsons - Peroni pint (nice little decking outside) good quality pint. Hope they haven't run out again2. Pappa Cuccia - Peroni pint £5.50, good to support them. They also do a glass of beer and pint for £5.003. Chook Chook Indian - Pint of Cobra £4.50 from memory, I've had a few so forget as he sometimes gives me a discount.4. Spencer Arms of course.On the way home pop into every off licence and buy one can each.Make sure to take your rubbish with youThanks Nick

Nick Gulliford ● 2330d12 Comments

Pappa Ciccia were selling toilet rolls at an extortionate and opportunist price during the loo roll panic buying period. They're done with any custom from this house.

Freddie Francis ● 2330d

Well said Freddie Francis! What’s your real name though

Nick Gulliford ● 2330d

What an odd comment. Did my post upset you in some way?  I sense a bit of a snarkiness.

Freddie Francis ● 2330d

Can I reiterate that last point.We were at The Spencers last night and we took all our litter home with us.  This was not the case for many; if a bin is full don't just throw your crap next to it.  Have some pride in the beautiful part of London we are lucky enough to live in.On a separate note;  I have an embarrassing number of Chook Chook take away bags...

Mike Hodgson ● 2327d

Nick.  I have no idea because I don't drink, but I thought that you had to take your phone and register etc when you now went into a bar.  What exactly is the current situation?  Do you have to register at every pub you stop at?

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2327d

Hey Barbara, based on my knowledge (which may not be accurate): from 4 July any bar or restaurant that you want to go to / sit in they are being encouraged to only do a table booking system hence giving your name number to help track any flare ups. For takeaways like offered currently on the crawl you won’t need to as you’re just picking it up and wondering off!Happy to be challenged!I actually just booked in at Hotaru in Putney for 4/07 and they deliberately asked for name and number and said they’d have reduced tables

Gabrielle O'Mahoney ● 2327d

Just what we want. Pub crawls. Not.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2327d

I’m not necessarily advocating it I’m referring to the original post which had crawl in it and discussed 3 places in one road!

Gabrielle O'Mahoney ● 2327d

It was the original post which jarred with me. I might have got involved in the occasional pub crawl in my distant youth but right now when we are seeing too much antisocial behaviour even before the pubs fully open it’s the last thing we should be encouraging.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2326d

I wonder, if one has to book a table table and then order drinks from an app, could you put your planned crawl into a spreadsheet and then let Uber and pub apps convey you through the evening and safely back home? 😷 (Not that I'm advocating crawls, Jonathan; an academic question.) An interesting conundrum: I know several people of a similar or older vintage to me who like the value of Witherspoon pubs but refuse to have a smartphone; how will they order without a phone to run the app?

Michael Ixer ● 2326d

I somehow doubt I will be testing the system any time soon. The only pub I used to go in was the Fox and that was just to watch the footie.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2326d

I have a feeling the collection of pub and restaurant  patrons' names and addresses may provide opportunities for lawyers. This was posted on LinkedIn by a data protection lawyer I know ...https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/24/businesses-face-privacy-minefield-contact-tracing-rules-england-campaignersA couple of serious points:Why hasn't our government been as competent as others and requested the ICO provide guidance now, not just assess it? More woolly, winging it from Johnson?As a mutual contact pointed out, without guidance to these establishments from the ICO, how can she be sure the barman who takes a fancy to her won't  have access to the phone number and address she provides as contact details for Covid tracing purposes. (For the interests of equality, one assumes men may have similar concerns.)

Michael Ixer ● 2326d