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The North think that Surrey/The South
Aye
Cough Guildford 😆
[i]It's amusing how people in [b]the other bits of[/b] The North think that [b]Cheshire[/b][s]Surrey/The South[/s] is just CHOCK FULL of rich peope who drive 4x4's, attend ghymkanas, keep domestic slaves and so on.[/i]
For every Hale Barnes and Knutsford, there's a Stockport and Widnes.
Its how approachable you look I suppose.
Farmers Arms may be the best pub in Britain but it's not the best pub in Swaledale.
Mattig your from Surrey what can you possibly know about beer. 🙂
Binners
I'd see something similar if it wasn't dark when I set off on a morning.
Best thing about the north for me is it's mainly Rugby league rather than kick & clap.
mt, go on then, give us a clue!
Stayed next to the one in Gunnerside last year, that was a cracker.
Full of Bankers, Footballers and *s in expensive carsSo which one are you mattjg?
I may be a *, but none of the others.
Mattig your from Surrey what can you possibly know about beer.
Not a thing.
http://www.surreyhills.co.uk/
http://www.hogsback.co.uk/
http://www.dorkingbrewery.com/
rocky trails and even the odd mountain!
and its a bit cheaper
I think you'll find those beers are rubbish because they haven't been "smoothed" and made foamy by injecting nitrogen. 🙄
Aye up Rusty. bad news the pub in Gunnerside is closing down.
The Buck, Reeth.
Mattig, it being Surrey, your speciality should be champagne or Denbies finest.
I've never had a Denbies I've enjoyed. It makes for a nice view from my office window tho.
Bugger.
The folks who were running it last year seemed to be doing a good job too.
Won't be staying in Pretoria Cottage again then.
Thanks for the tip about The Buck - will give it a go.
Wait.. erm hang on a minute..
Nope.. nope it's gone..
Oh.. no I have it.. Northumberland.
Now thats a nice County.
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I've always had the north-south divide as being the boundary along the Danelaw. I reckon it's that the changed the cultures, accents etc.
Can I just throw in for the sake of fun that I was born in the Eastern part of the UK, ie right of the Greenwich meridian? That makes me a proper Southerner!
For you then
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he's from Cheshire, thats not the north unless you are from Stockport. on second thoughts parts of Macclesfield are proper dumps so he's in.
one of my favourite things from "The North"
One of the best things about the north is surely Mark E Smith...
[url= http://pitchfork.com/news/40459-the-falls-mark-e-smith-attacks-mumford-sons/ ]Throwing bottles at Mumford and sons[/url]
gah look what you started. class. and closer to Spinal Tap than Spinal Tap.
On the Hacienda reference -it wasn't that great. Just a sweaty open old warehousey-type place really over 20yrs ago since it closed. It gets bigged up a bit in some quarters.
On the Hacienda reference -it wasn't that great.
In your opinion maybe. Depends what you'd necked, really. And what nights you went to. Oh... and some of the bar staff were incredibly good looking 😀
Anyway... I'm not having criticism of the Hac from someone who listens to Nickelback!
While we're on beer, do those chaps still make that John Smiths and Boddingtons stuff pop North?
While we're on beer, do those chaps still make that John Smiths and Boddingtons stuff pop North?
Isn't all that stuff made at the Courage brewery by the M4. Reading. Technically is on the north side of the M4 tho.
Hilarious: http://www.johnsmiths.co.uk/ of the 9 menu items on that site, "Beers" is relegated to 8th!
Sadly, neither John Smiths or Boddingtons can really be classed as beer any more 🙁
Anyway we're OT here, we're here to talk abut the good not the bad. There's plenty of rubbish all over the country.
Ooooooooooooooooooo - good call there fella
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and pie heaven....
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I should probably say at this point the best northern things I know are 50% of my daughter and 100% of her mum. And she's properly northern too, not like some of you north-Midlander wannabees.
While we're on beer, do those chaps still make that John Smiths and Boddingtons stuff pop North?
Boddy's used to be a fine session pint, then they closed the Strangeways brewery...
Both Boddingtons and John Smiths taste like they've been strained through an old mans pants
The best pie I've ever eaten was in the most southern part of mainland England. Lizzad to be precise. Well, technically it was a pasty, but by god was that lush.
Beer. I could list probably dozens of southern breweries. Indeed the head brewer of on of them is a STWer. 🙂
(I'm a midlander BTW. I can remain aloof and impartial) 🙂
Best thing about the North? Swaledale.
Oh, and the Wensleydale Creamery cheese shop in Hawes.
NB, best Swaledale pub? My vote would go to the Bridge Inn in Grinton
Best thing about the north?
The roads.
Bye bye South. Wanna talk best techy roads? Leave the south..
[i]Farmers Arms just down the road in Muker, next time you're there.
Possibly the best pub in Britain.[/i]
Naa, that's the Black Bull in Boroughbridge (North Yorkshire)
& I wouldn't say The Bridge in Grinton either, (didn't get a reply about accommodation for 6 MTBers & it wasn't that welcoming on a different occasion)
Anyway... I'm not having criticism of the Hac from someone who listens to Nickelback!
Bloody hell, I'd missed this.
Hora you tasteless goon. You sicken me.
How do I block someones post........
Best thing about the north for me is it's mainly Rugby league rather than kick & clap
Once you get past the war of the roses land Union is the game of choice.
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The Lake District yesterday (not my pics).
Unfortunately I live in Stoke. I've always considered myself a northerner....I was told by someone in Runcorn today that I am not. On the plus side, even if I do live in Stoke, at least I don't live in Runcorn!
Glitchybumpy
£1 for a large toblerone at quid shop( where else)
Depends what country you're from. I'm Scottish so the north is Caithness and the South is Dumfries. England is full of soft southern pansies.
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