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Plenty of biers on offer down at the bar. 20 miles from Leicester, there's been talk of roadblocks and pitchforks. But there's enough dirty wheezy locals who go down the pub, and that's just the ones I know, so domestic delights only.
A couple of observations whilst out on the bike this morning: no queue outside my local barbers which was a surprise. There’s a note saying Bookings: 02..... i guess it’s bookings only.
All of the country pubs had chalkboards with various versions of “if your names not down you ain’t getting served....” Again it guess discouraging the masses by being a bookings only offering.
Bars in Rawtenstall look busy at 11:30 this morning, it's the same mentality that's sees people drinking well over priced ditch water in the airport 'pub' at six in the morning. I just don't understand.
It still bemuses me that they are restrictions on gatherings between friends indoors (probably sensible), yet randoms are allowed to gather in their masses in sweaty pubs to spend hrs getting smashed..
As for those pics of folks queing to get into a pub at 8.30 in the morning.. what kind of sad loser is so desperate to get back to the pub that they do that??
Some people want to support their favourite drinking holes… especially if they served cooked breakfasts. Try not looking down on them…
Surprisingly there was no queue outside my local wetherspoons and only one person in the smoking area.
Queue outside my spoons, the dodgy cokehead pub is totally rammed with people spilling out into the street drinking and smoking
A mate messaged to say "come to the pub" but as I want to see my 73 year old mother tomorrow, without worrying what I might pass on, I am not going.
Just driven home from work, passed a couple of pubs, people sat outside drinking...Fosters!
You waited all this time & your first drink is Fosters!!
Pubs in my hometown (Dunstable) were busy at midday, it'll be messy by dinner time,
Could hear shouting as i drove past
Contact tracing in Texas has shown bars are those likely places to catch it
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1279120957031034884?s=19
I’ve just driven past my local. They’ve set up a bar outside and filled their large car park with tables and gazebos.
There’s not a single person there other than the unimpressed looking landlord
Every time I catch a whiff of cigarette smoke I realise that I am probably breathing in recently exhaled air and wince.
Pubs. No chance. There is no logic to the order in which lockdown has been lifted.
Just had a lovely couple of pints at the local. All very well organised, no issues with space and worked well.
May well repeat later.
Just had lunch at our local. Small village pub.
Such hard work and planning had gone in to their opening and they weren't busy. Hugely grateful for us booking in for lunch. The landlady chatted to us and said she was half glad it wasn't busy as it gave them a chance to test the procedures and rules put in place, but without customers returning, they'll have to close.
Yep, don't know what your worrying about, I'm sitting in the beer garden a couple of beers down, waiting for my cheesy chips 😁
Jealous.
We rode past 6 pubs @ 1pm, 2 not open, 2 very quiet, 2 with a few punters including both 'spoons.
Did a 14 mile ride & got to a favourite country pub @2.30 it was very pleasant, about a dozen drinkers all keeping distance - very civilised.
Just had lunch at our local. Small village pub.
Such hard work and planning had gone in to their opening and they weren’t busy
I suspect, as many on this thread prove, that people need to get comfortable with pubs and restaurants again, that they can be well spaced and well organised, and that this weekend was never going to be the absolute madness that The Daily Mail promised.
At least 50% of the populous aren’t comfortable with going so it’s going to be hard work getting the volume of people through the door. But it’ll happen, it’ll just take time.
I’m debating going back later and I’ll certainly pop back tomorrow, if only you offer some support to a struggling industry.
The Red Lion in Huntley was offering a pint and a bacon roll for £4.50 this morning. If I hadn't been running late I'd have taken them up on that!
Never mind
Had a few pints at my local this afternoon. A small village pub in the Peak District.
All measures are in place and sensible. There was a steady stream of singles, couples and families with a mix of food and drink, split between indoors and out.
All very pleasant and it was nice to both support my local and see that customers were willing to come - and happily abide by the regulations.
Farage is/has, except he was apparently in the US less than two weeks ago and that breaks the quarantine rule...
We have a table booked for dinner tomorrow evening in our well-run local. Lots of measures in place. Booking only (staggered timings), food served outside when possible, table service by app only, you must stay seated at your own table, one in/out on the toilets, don't be a dick.
I'm really looking forward to it.
The local rough arse pubs smoking shelters were shoulder to shoulder rammed earlier when I drove past.
went to the pub post ride today wasn't intending too but to be honest it was absolutely dead. Had to sign in giving our name, phone number and date we were there (track and trace app would make this way easier.) there was about 6 or 7 people inside we sat outside and the 5 of us were the only ones in the garden with about 7 or 8 picnic tables.. i think people are just still too scared / worried to be in a pub with loads of people.
Back to the local this evening. Dead quiet, 15 people there max, got a seat outside so it was like being in the garden but with better beer.
Will be back tomorrow, I've missed it.
stumpyjon
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Bars in Rawtenstall look busy at 11:30 this morning, it’s the same mentality that’s sees people drinking well over priced ditch water in the airport ‘pub’ at six in the morning. I just don’t understand.
Have just walked the dog round Rawtenstall for a piss-n-sniff, Police riot van cruising round, Tigerbar and coke hangout next to the cinema rammed. Gonna be carnage at kicking out time.
So, very different experiences at very different pubs? Who’d have thunk it…?
From the bastion of middle class respectability that is Mansfied...
https://www.chad.co.uk/news/crime/pubs-close-early-mansfield-and-ashfield-amid-reports-major-disorder-2904263
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Quiet rural village. Social club opened today...
So far tonight we've had reports of a fight, clambering over people's cars, mooning, and pissing on peoples' gardens. Hate to think what the situation is in more heavily populated areas...
So no, I'm not planning on a trip to the pub any time soon.
So, very different experiences at very different pubs? Who’d have thunk it…?
Was always going to be the way.
Was watching TV news reports last night and was astonished that none of the reporters asked "so as you are obviously less than 2m apart, what exactly is the nature of your household?" A lot of "wrong messages" being shown
Well I had an ounce of hope that the nation would be a bit more restrained.
Seems that hope was ill judged. #cry
Went for a run last night and ended up at a pub by chance.
Very civilised, and relatively quiet.
I went to collect take away fish and chips.
It looked like a concentration camp. One way systems, all in gloves, masks and shields, separators etc.
No thanks, not for me. Pubs are for socialising.
From the bastion of middle class respectability that is Mansfied…
Drove through Mansfield last night, alot of police around.
Who's have thought some would get carried away there😁
Village local looked quite busy.
Scottish pub beer gardens can open from tomorrow.
Except I have pub-taps with my own beer kegs in my house and a terrace to sit in... Means I get the beer I like and it costs about 50p a pint...
So the predictable headlines with London, Hampshire and Essex seeming to be the hot beds of debauchery. It Was always going to happen though.
As always, we are focusing on the exceptions. The authorities say the majority of people were sensible.
Police Federation talking about the problem being drunk people. It's always been illegal - and a breach of licensing - to serve people who are drunk. A lot of the trouble with the easing of lockdown, and general poor behaviour in normal times in town centres, would go away if that one rule was followed properly.
IS it any different to pre-covid though ? THere were plenty of day to day incidents but other things were reported more as more things going on in the world.
Went out for dinner, restaurant was half full, most of the idiots that I saw earlier in the day had gone home. All in all pretty quiet compared with the lunchtime surge
Yourguitarhero
so its all round to yours then?
Pubs still closed here but went to shop yesterday for some bread and milk...... The block of flats the shop is in had the music thumping and a rabble outside in an enclosed gazebo outside..... As I was leaving the 5-0 were arriving.
Quick look on the local Facebook page shows mass outrage.
Probably would have been less hassle had the pub with large open beer garden across the road been open.
The divisive nature of the lockdown has been confusing for the masses.
Especially with the beeb largely covering the English rules, then there's those choosing to listen to bono because it fits their narrative
No thanks, not for me. Pubs are for socialising.
Unfortunately they still are...which may not be the greatest idea :-(.
The initial opening was always going to be a cracker.