On Tuesday I had a Wetherspoons mini pub crawlette. I thought you would like to know.
Met one friend at Waterloo and after the statutory argument we travelled via Northern Line and Central (was it?) to Holborn and walked to The Penderel's Oak in High Holborn. Where we met friend number two.
The P.O. is very pleasant and quite busy. We commented on the complete mix of ages, genders, races etc. Coffee in there - no alcohol. Then we walkled along High Holborn and down Chancery Lane to The Knight's Templar on the corner of Carey Street. A very nice steak with all the trimmings and honey glazed sauce with a pint of best bitter for fifteen quid. We relaxed in the K.T. for some time before dragging ourselves along Carey Street and into Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Wonderful! It's like going back in time. No wait - it is going back in time. It is a superb location. Do you know that you can get a burger and a beer in the JCR (Junior Common Room?) in Lincoln's Inn Fields for £16 - in the middle of London - and it's not 'spoons! After a number of blind alleys and an argument, we made our way to Kingsway. The original plan had been to go to The Shakespeare's Head in Kingsway - another 'spoons, but the elderly gentlemen were getting tired, so agreed to go to Starbucks coffee bar in Kingsway. The students from the LSE were admired and then we trudged to Embankment tube, parted company with one, to Waterloo and home.
You do know that it is often cheaper to just use a contactless credit or debit card rather than buy a ticket on TFL, don't you?
A successful day. I fancy The Crosse Keys next.
Last edited by: Duncan on Sat 4 Mar 23 at 09:12
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