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#100pubs2015: The Home Straight

Despite a hangover (from all of four pints, FFS) on Saturday, I managed to get my errands done in time to get out by bus and meet Andy in Walsall for the start of another push at 100pubs2015. The start was going to be what used to be The Pen and Wig, but it is now The Lounge, and was shut. We considered a diversion to Arbor Lights, but the beer didn’t inspire us, so off the The Wheatsheaf it was, as it fitted our route- Brimingham, via The Bartons Arms. After that, we did a few Birmingham City Centre pubs, which will appear on PubBlog if previously unvisited, and will appear over on Andy’s blog (link above) once he gets a chance to log them.

Usual target is 5 pubs per trip, so we were pleased to see off 7 in this trip, leaving us at 99 completed. Now we have to pick pub 100, and try to reassemble as many of our companions on some of the trips together as possible for a final episode between now and Dec 31.

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Pelsall Pub Crawl

It was time to push up the pub count for #100pubs a bit, so a meet up with Andy and his good mate JC and his neighbour saw us in Pelsall for a few drinks, and in our case, a curry.

One aborted visit to The Queens, a curry, and then a wait in The Old House before meeting at The Scratter– which surprisingly both my better half and I had never been in before- it’s a pleasant, surprisingly large club, with decent beer.

On to business: push up the pub count: back to The Queens- amazingly packed- and then the Railway, now, I reckon, the undisputed best pub in Pelsall. After that, taxi home before the locals set up the wicker man on the common; even being in the company of three natives is no guarantee of safety.