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Alternative London Pub Crawls

Babb

Asked by Babb 3 months ago for 1 kudos
Best answer by iSleepDiagonal
Last active 1 day ago 34 responses

The nice people at Londonist* came up with this Scientific Pub Crawl as an alternative to the boring Circle Line or Monopoly routes that a lot of people, ummmm, crawl around.

Science is ok but I’m sure we at KCL can do better. There have been a few posts on this subject before but having scrawled through them, they’re all a bit boring (boring being relative of course, how could one be truly bored when there’s booze involved).

What exciting London themed pub crawls can you come up with?

*I don’t work for them or earn commission or anything. I just read it, innit, and thought it was a good idea.

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34 responses

Jingle

How about a “places we’ve been chucked out of”.

If we go en masse, will the canny staff realize that they’re serving barred people? Will you have the guts to reenact the offense again? Will you get away with it this time? Will you now have witnesses with which to validate your claim that throwing up down the manager’s tie is perfectly acceptable behaviour in a pub? Will the return visit allow closure to all concerned? Will there be tears before bedtime? Sooo many questions. So so many questions.

Posted 3 months ago by Jingle tipped with 1K

TerryB

I’ve never really seen the attraction of a pub crawl, myself.

Posted 3 months ago by TerryB

Babb

You’re doing it wrong, Tel. You need to have a ready supply of booze, covertly decanted into soft drinks bottles, to keep you well oiled as you make your way to the next place.

That said I’m not sure that I’ve ever actually been on a pub crawl, other than around Camden Town, which I’m pretty sure doesn’t count.

Posted 3 months ago by Babb

Floatykatja

I’ve done the Monopoly Board pub crawl. In fact, I met a man who became my boyfriend for the next four years on it, so beer goggles aren’t necessarily always bad.

I also used to work in the Stanhope Arms, which is opposite Gloucester Road tube station. I would regularly get proposals of marriage, which I felt free to accept, knowing that these men were about to be hustled out of the pub and on to the next one, and would be so drunk in a few hours’ time that they wouldn’t remember any of it.

Neither of these are helpful suggestions in terms of the subject of the thread.

Posted 3 months ago by Floatykatja

pottytimepremium online

How about pubs you haven’t been barred from – with the intention of seeing how many more you could get barred from?

I was also thinking about a biological pub crawl (i.e. body organs) but I could only think of the Queen’s Head, The King’s Arms. I’m sure there are many others, though

Posted 3 months ago by pottytime

iSleepDiagonalonline

The Golden Heart? followed by the Bleeding Heart Tavern. Then the Pig’s Ear.

Posted 3 months ago by iSleepDiagonal

My_Left_Foot

Let’s not forget (to lower the tone by including) The Cock Tavern in Smithfield Market (and in many other places, I guess – there are pubs with Cocks in them all over the place. Not to mention Dirty Dick’s near Liverpool Street…

I can’t lower the tone of this conversation any further than that I’m afraid – not off the top of my head anyway – but I have enormous faith in KCL people, so I’d be amazed if that’s not beaten by someone on here…

Posted 3 months ago by My_Left_Foot tipped with 1K

Babb

The Queen’s Minge

If that’s not a pub it should be.

Posted 3 months ago by Babb tipped with 1K

My_Left_Foot

I agree, absolutely. I knew I could rely on you particularly, even if it was only to come up with a suitable make-believe pub. Would it have set opening hours? And a regular changing of the guard?. I doubt it would be open to the public – more likely a “members only” club.

If it hadn’t closed down a while back, we could have ended up catching a gig at the Town and Count-ry Club (which was, fittingly, in Kuntish Town), I suppose.

Posted 3 months ago by My_Left_Foot

TerryB

I’d love a quick one up the Queen’s Minge. Mine’s a Bloody Mary.

Posted 3 months ago by TerryB

Babb

I knew I could rely on you particularly

Well shucks, MLF, you say the nicest things.

a regular changing of the guard

Yes, unless she’s got the painters in.

Posted 3 months ago by Babb

iSleepDiagonalonline

There’s a Famous Cock by Highbury and Islington tube, and a Cock and Woolpack in the City. And a plain old Cock in Fulham. Actually I bet there’s loads of those around. There’s a Fanny On The Hill in Welling, is that too far?

Maybe one could pop into the Bunghole or go up the Coal Hole too.

Posted 3 months ago by iSleepDiagonal

flippypremium

‘De Hems’ is Dutch for ‘The Ovaries’.

Posted 3 months ago by flippy

Jingle

Old Dr Butler’s Head first?

Posted 3 months ago by Jingle

Babb

I like the idea of a cock and fanny pub crawl. I like it a lot.

Posted 3 months ago by Babb

iSleepDiagonalonline

Maybe we could finish off by going up the Oxo Tower

Posted 3 months ago by iSleepDiagonal

BraveNewMaldenpremium

If there is a pub at each end of London’s bridges, you could have a west to east pub crawl crossing each bridge as you come to it and having a drink in the nearest decent pub.

If you think that’s a stupid idea, you could instead have an east to west pub crawl crossing each bridge as you come to it and having a drink in the nearest decent pub.

Posted 3 months ago by BraveNewMalden

iSleepDiagonalonline

I still want to do this one – drinking London dry from the top down.

Posted 3 months ago by iSleepDiagonal

MonkeyBoy

I used to take part in a three-legged pub crawl with friends which was always fun.

I chose friends to accomplish the route with as tying my leg to a random stranger in the street then attempting to drag them from pub to pub might get me in trouble.

Posted 3 months ago by MonkeyBoy

Ifield

On 31st October we’re organising a Halloween Treasure Hunt around East London, following in the footsteps of the Krays, that will include a few pubs en route…

Check it out and register here:

http://www.urbaneer.net/node/1365

Posted 2 months ago by Ifield

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