bermondsey is a minor mare for me (req. bus and overground then underground plus walk if there's a walk) -- BUT happy to go with a majority tbh, esp if the mare also means we can all sit down and stretch out
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 11:21 (five years ago) link
There is a fine clutch of craft brewers - we should not go there.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
Yeah lol please.
Getting a lot of positives on Lord Clyde. Is it smaller than royal Oak?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 11:54 (five years ago) link
slightly bigger if memory serves (caveat: years since i was there)
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:01 (five years ago) link
I thought I’d been there v recently so I searched my email and the occasion I was thinking of was pals visiting from DC in...April 2006(!). But surely there was one other visit in the last 13 years. I don’t get out much.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:13 (five years ago) link
Clyde marginally smaller than the Royal Oak I'd guess, but there's surely not much in it either way.
― Tim, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:58 (five years ago) link
The Lord Clyde is often heaving in the early evenings but tends to empty out, my memory is it's marginally better for a largeish group than the Royal Oak or the King's Arms, both of which are fine pubs but awkward for groups bigger than four or five.
The Horseshoe Inn on the other side of the tracks towards Bermondsey St has a pretty big, open back room and lots of space for outdoor drinking, which is where most people will be if it's a nice day, which it looks like being.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
Aye, work go out to there a far bit - and also to the Miller further along that street, which again might be alright if there's a lot of people outside.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
beats of the field klaxon
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link
i mean beets
Happy with either the Lord Clyde or Horseshoe. I’m not convinced it’ll be all that busy. It’s been fairly quiet cos school holidays and people want to get away for the weekend. Cue pic of Fizzles’ comically squeezed face in heaving crowd at the bar.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link
Yeah I feel like everyone at work is going away or already away tbh.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:49 (five years ago) link
horseshoe sounds good (even if the one i have in my head is actually in uckington):
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0c/93/90/74/the-horseshoe-uckington.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:06 (five years ago) link
I obviously mean it'll be alright to drink inside while everyone's outside.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
Holl' you, Glesga, ye mean.
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/72/6e/a7/filename-glasgow-55-jpg.jpg
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
Happy with either the Lord Clyde or Horseshoe. I’m not convinced it’ll be all that busy.
Famous last orders words.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
theres none of this when any of ye come to dublin just sayin
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
seeing this thread regularly bob to the surface like a recalcitrant jobby for days in a row has left me with the impression that drinking in london is a challenge akin to the moon landing
― arli$$ and bible black (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
kubrick faked our FAP
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
OK, I'm calling it. Unless someone comes up with a compelling argument as to why the Lord Clyde is, in fact, the better option then in honor of the former poster extraordinaire of the same name we're going to The Horseshoe.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
Both are equally shit for me to get to from work so I don't care but outdoor spaces are nice.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
i'd long suspected thus from the cryptic hints you've been peppering through your posts for years now tbh
― arli$$ and bible black (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
237 new answers
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
fully mental anorak
― imago, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
(Disclaimer - not actually been to the Horseshoe at peak post-work pub hours)
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
They actually took place in a studio backlot in LA.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
The fact that it's in the elbow of a backstreet does help.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
I'll be in town on May 9th.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:40 (five years ago) link
So def the Horseshoe then? Anyone come up with anything better? It'll take me about an hour to get there so I should be there around 6:15-6:30. Looking forward to it!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2019 08:38 (five years ago) link
Horeshoe is cool with me.
My aspiration is to start drinking earlier than that but I probably won't make it earlier than 6. See you all later.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:07 (five years ago) link
I'm supposed to be working til 6:30 so I'll probably be there about 7, if management leave earlier then so will I
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
Horseshoe works for me. Solid unglamorous choice.
― woof, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
I'll probably be there quite early, leaving my plan to not get totally blootered before the weekend in serious doubt.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:12 (five years ago) link
If all goes according to plan I'll be there before 6 also.
(Also Tombot hooray we should have a pint or some pints, let us know where you're staying and whatnot and we can endlessly discuss where to drink and who's available.)
― Tim, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:16 (five years ago) link
And hopefully have come to some sort of decision by May 9th.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:18 (five years ago) link
Yeah well I don't want to get over-optimistic.
― Tim, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:19 (five years ago) link
i will also be aiming to avoid getting too pie-eyed. probably i will also be there quite early.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:21 (five years ago) link
7:30 at best for me, given my work schedule. I will also have a stupid backpack w/work laptop in it, which is just ideal in a crowded pre-holiday pub scenario.
Likely in Sweden when Tombot is in the country - sorry to miss!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:34 (five years ago) link
I have short hair and am wearing black pants and an olive green cardigan but if fizzles and Tom D are there early I should be able to find them. If not I will post here and say hey, who are you?!? Roberto Spiralli is also coming but prob not there until a little later. See you all soon!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:38 (five years ago) link
You might recognise me also ENBB, I reckon I'll recognise you from last time.
― Tim, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:43 (five years ago) link
I also have short hair but my black/olive green combo is reversed (shirt/kecks). Phew!
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:53 (five years ago) link
xpost - I definitely will! I just couldn’t remember who else said they’d be there early.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:56 (five years ago) link
If I am there early I will have a book, and will be all in blue.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link
itt: every fool who ever painted their face blue
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:03 (five years ago) link
my subconcious tribute to that thread!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:06 (five years ago) link
One of these days I’ll come to one of these - I’m off work early today so it’s technically possible but I probably need to give my wallet and liver a break.
― mumsnet blvd (wins), Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
obv liver and wallet are a priority (he said feeling guilty) but it would obv be great to see you for one even if it’s one lemonade.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
Agreed but also fuck a liver and a wallet imo.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:19 (five years ago) link
btw it is SO nice outside right now
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:20 (five years ago) link
it is amazing. really lovely.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link