East Beers - Wednesdays - The Chesham Arms E9 6DU

I'm on my way now. don't wanna miss the quiz

I'm on my way now. don't wanna miss the quiz

Natch. Off in a minute.

I'm out this week too....bit scared of ending up in a gay bar again! cheeseballs.

I'm out this week too....

Wise move. Save your energy for Saturday.

fuuuudge. Saturday. I know. I'm going to try to get there!

Not good enough. I promise no gay bars. OK, no bars.

just a bit too far north for me tonight.

maybe next week.

when and where is easts xmas party ?

I'm out this week too....bit scared of ending up in a gay bar again! cheeseballs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTN6Du3MCgI

So which Wetherspoon's did people go to afterwards?

Having local knowledge, rhowe and I of course went to the Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington High Street. Did everybody else go to the Coronet? In which case, local knowledge FAIL to you. :)

Great evening, though! Loved it.

We went to the Jolly Butcher. Local Knowledge win, Wetherspoons fail, going to a decent pub WIN!

Quiz WIN!

Easts is in profit by £13 or so. Next easts (or the next time I go if not next time) first round uses up that £13.

Great evening guys and gals. I cannot adequately express just how much I needed that.

Ha, as I said to Russell, I walked past the JB and heard someone say 'Do a skid!' (not to me). I'm afraid to say I didn't follow it up, though, and I suppose the problem is that there is so little cycle parking outside the JB that I didn't see any bikes close to it. Everybody was saying 'let's go to the Wetherspoon', so that I thought that was what would happen. Never mind, we had a lovely pint in sedate surroundings. :)

So, if this is always going to be a mini gay bar pub crawl I suppose I won't turn up on foot again. :)

bike fail on your part.
To be fair, we passed the place, it was open, it looked way better than a wetherspoons, and so it turned out to be.

You're right about the lack of bike parking. That's why such a good pub never made it to the tour.

EASTS IS NOT DEAD

there, I said it.

(It's me that died. bleargh.)

The Jolly Butchers is all kinds of win. Best beer/ale/cider selection for miles.

EASTS IS NOT DEAD

there, I said it.

(It's me that died. bleargh.)

There you have it people.

The Jolly Butchers is all kinds of win. Best beer/ale/cider selection for miles.

If it only had decent bike parking it would be perfect.

EASTS IS DEAD

there, I said it.

(It's me that died. bleargh.)

There you have it people.

Shame.

Niall was instrumental in the quiz win this week... well done :)

Also, the Rochester Castle? and you had sedate surroundings you say? Lucky man, every time I go there (which is when I don't feel like cooking dinner and fancy a £5 burger/beer) there's always some elderly women having a stand-up screaming row.

If it only had decent bike parking it would be perfect.

And some way of keeping the cold out... Was freezing in there on Sunday afternoon.

If it only had decent bike parking it would be perfect.

And even more north than east. ;)

Also, the Rochester Castle? and you had sedate surroundings you say? Lucky man, every time I go there (which is when I don't feel like cooking dinner and fancy a £5 burger/beer) there's always some elderly women having a stand-up screaming row.

Not this time. In fact, I've never seen that. They must put it on especially for you. :)

It was a very nice end to a lovely evening.

I hope I will be free to come up next week.
If I'm allowed to cycle only few days before the holidays.

Last year, when I broke my hand before Christmas, I had to drive 2000 miles wearing a cast. Awkward. And I was supposed to go skiing.

A quality of the pub that is now the Jolly Butchers (and I think has had about four or five different incarnations since I've lived there) is that it is very open onto the street--large windows, etc. I think as the street is so traffic-choked, that hasn't worked to its advantage. It looks as if this incarnation will be a success. I should think that if the Lawrence Buildings rat-run is sorted out that the ambience outside the pub will increase a lot.

EASTS IS NOT DEAD

there, I said it.

(It's me that died. bleargh.)

There you have it people.

It's ALIIIIVE! Owen, I never thought I 'd hear that. What happened?

I saw a lone hipster weaving his way through Bangkok traffic jam last night, I don't know how he handles the farking choking, stinky, fluid that is Bangkok air. Makes London's air seem like that of a mountainous retreat.