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The Waterloo Inn

Bangor, North Wales:

We’d set off into town in search of lunch and a few drinks. Either our pub mojo was playing up, we gave up too soon due to hunger, or Bangor’s city centre has no decent pubs (unless you’re after lager, cheap). We’d walked past The Skerries, and the closed White Lion, and dropped in here in the hope of food and a decent drink. Thankfully there was no food. There was no cask ale either, and my Kronenbourg wasn’t pleasant, as wasn’t the pitch-black interior (pubs should be atmospheric, but this was darker than a Goth’s wardrobe), or the sticky tables and floor. We left, and had a sausage roll in the High St, returning to The Boatyard.

The Park Tavern

Sutton-on-Sea, lincs:

*enters*

*regrets it*

*looks along bar at pumps, makes hard choice*

“Pint of Stella, half of Bud, please”

“Sorry, they’re not on. I’ve got Stella in bottles”

“OK, two Stella”

“It’s warm, I’ve switched the fridges off”

“OOOOOkaaay…Pint of Carling, half of Strongbow *shudder*” [the lowest common denominator of alcohol].

We sit down. It’s dark, and the Mos Eisley Cantina is looking quite desireable by comparison. There’s a reason it’s only 150k and the Bachus over the road is making good money.