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You're lucky you didn't wind up in Morpeth!
morpeth's marginally nicer than bacup, mind...
the closed motorway
We ended up with Google maps trying to send the van down a cycle path, and then doing half a mile along a random potholed farm track for some reason. Didn't get home til nearly midnight.
Worth it though, great to see folks, cracking ride, good to be out again. 🙂
The pub the old git ran into didn't seem enthused when I told them he'd been kicked out of the Church Inn and started throwing stuff at cars. I hope no one ended up decking him, he seemed like he was having a bad time and probably just needed someone to sit and listen when he sobered up.
dazh - Member
We're you following me? Sorry about the funny route home. I got north of the m60 and realised I had no idea where I was so kept going!
Yeah for a bit, we turned off at Rawtenstall though. Google Maps kept trying to put us on routes with closed roads… that were helpfully marked on Google Maps.
well for what it's worth, none of the roads i needed to use were closed and i got home in 20 minutes (which makes a change, to be fair).
The pub that he went into wasn't The Forrester's by any chance? If so, he'll be dead by now.
Back in my youth I did spend the occasional evening getting absolutely smashed in there on Joey Holt's finest and cheapest beer. The day after felt you had been given an enema with a golf umbrella.
Curiously there used to be a piano in the toilets. But I digress...
He went in the Red Lion, which has this Yelp review from 2011: "Great if you like punch ups"
Ah. He'll be in the road works now.
Did he damage the car or did his missiles fall short?
Mr Cantercerous old sod has given me some purpose in life. I aim to be even more ill-tempered and anti-social than him! 🙂
The lady behind the bar didn't look like him being an arsey git was an altogether new experience for her
God I'm going to miss this place
even prestwich artisan market? we dipped in for a second or two on sunday; it was HtS heaven. jewelry made from old guitar strings, the lot.
Artisan... Fartisan
I've just seen the state of Chipps' car. Erk!
Want me to call the pub and see if they know who he is?