2011-03-19 Sat. Quirky pubs ride / The Oakdale's Last Stand

Wow, nice writeup.

The route to the Montague was the same as we did before, through Burgess Park but at the end of the park we kept straight on, Bianca Rd, Haymerle Road (I think), Bird in Bush Rd, then onto Queens Rd somehow (Naylor Rd maybe). hoefla did that bit of navigation.

After the Montague it was Kender St, New Cross Rd, bye bye to hoefla, Ilderton Rd, Rotherhithe New Rd (should've turned right, not left!), Catlin St, Rolls Rd, Mandela Way, Page's Walk, Grange Rd, x Tower Bridge Rd, Bermondsey St, Long Lane, Crosby Row, Newcomen St, right into Guy's Hospital, Kings Head Yard and we were pretty much there at that point.

Only 3 of us left by the time we got to the George: Rowan42, medik and myself. Everyone was looking forward to some nice warm nosh by that point so we didn't hang around long and all headed off home to north London.

I still don't understand how such a relatively short distance can be so tiring though - it's hard work!

I also very much liked your route from the Grenadier to Vauxhall Bridge. It's lovely.

Old Red Lion in Kennington? Ha! Was pretty regular in there until the previous owners left and they refurbed it. It still has all the old wooden beams and stuff but most of the 'cough' charm has gone. It's ok I guess but I do miss the dodgy old crowd.

added the last bit, although not sure if we went up Pomeroy or Kender St when we left the Montague - @rhowe: I forgot about rotherhithe new road! oops.
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Cool, nice one hoefla!

just edited a bit, it had a random extra loop up rotherhithe new rd which I'm fairly sure they didn't do...

I'd also intended to emerge onto Queens Rd rather closer to the pub than we did, but missed the turnings left, so the route from Burgess Park didn't have much to recommend it over the canal route (except for marginally less mugger potential, perhaps). Should have gone studholme-asylum-clifton way-pomeroy...

Route looks accurate - cheers.

Jon (my book-laden friend) says Hi and thanks for making last Saturday rather less dull than it would otherwise have been... he did eventually find his way to Oxford.

sorry for messing you all around at the start, but as Jon also says, the power of coincidence is strong, after all if I'd got the train I'd meant to, we wouldn't have bumped into each other. plus I remembered later that we'd actually first met at the Oakdale, about 5 or 6 years ago. spooky.

let's do some more pub rides now we're into lighter (and hopefully warmer) evenings? so many pubs, so few weekends...

a real ale ride would be great! those pubs were lovely but didnt seem to have a great selection.

Well jcgarcia mentioned something along those lines....I will mention nothing more so as not to ruin his surprise. I went to the Royal Oak in Borough yesterday, which had 5 Harvey's ales on tap plus one other (HSB?), as well as Harvey's bottles. That stuff is awesome. Perhaps not quirky, but a great little pub with the old fashioned bar down the middle and two rooms either side.

HHSB was that? I think that's the one the guy I befriended in the Roebuck told me about once. SE on tours contender I reckon.

I forgot all about this thread. The ride was fun, I was sad not to make it to the Montague though. That pub still sounds amazing. How was it? Nobody actually said. Is it a Sam Smiths as discussed?

to my mind, the Montague would be better experienced when there is no music on, or at least not a mediocre blues rock outfit. they aren't a Sam Smiths as they sell all sorts of other stuff, but they do have what seemed to be most of the SS beers line up, Alpine and at least one of the bitters, maybe the lager too I don't remember, as well as stout, nut brown, cherry and a few others in bottles.

I really liked the pub, had a good feel. big, but lots of little changes in level and nooks and crannies so pretty cosy. cluttered with interesting stuff. but not great for locking up bikes.

I'd be up for a real ale ride instead of Quirky Mk II but I do want to go to the White House on green lanes - turkish pub with a resident rabbit! Actually I'd be quite keen on a Pubs with Pets ride...

Two resident rabbits!

will this ride continue long in to the evening? i have work until 6 but this looks like a larf.

This ride has already happened, but the real ale ride is yet to be planned

argh, confusion.

i'm off to find the real ale ride thread!

no ale ride thread yet, i eagerly await!