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London Ale Trail April 2009
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The Dick Whittington Ale Trail around pubs of London has proven a very popular feature since being incorporated into the pre-game rituals before England matches at Wembley. With days off for McCarthy, Lloyd and Jones thanks to the Easter holiday, we decided to take things a step further by completing an entire trail as well as some other pubs, in a mammoth 13 pint marathon |
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| The day begins in Wetherspoons London Victoria, where naturally beer and burger was on the cards | Jones uses a ludicrous amount of mustard on his |
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| McCarthy enjoys his burger | Coors Light was the first drink of the day due to its light qualities |
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| The London Eye comes into view | As does Robin van Persies house |
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| Ye Olde Watling is pub two of the day - and the first of the Ale Trail | The Golden Fleece is pub three |
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| Old Speckled Hen was the tipple of choice here | Pub four is Williamson's Tavern, were sandwiches and prawns were consumed |
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| Jones visits St Pauls Cathedral for the first time | Lloyd pulls off a Hogan |
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| This statue was of John Wesley, as opposed to John Lesley | Jones fiddles with a water fountain within in the graveyard |
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| Lloyd looks worryingly happy to have his photo taken with two small, naked children | The Ale Trail proper begins, as we follow the Theatreland Route, with nine pubs to complete. Pub five for the day is The Bear and Staff |
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| Pub six becomes De Hems Dutch Cafe | Lloyd is not happy, as his round totals £12.90, and was consisted of purely strong continental lager |
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| McCarthy enjoys his Dutch strawberry beer | Pub seven for the day is The Cambridge |
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| Pub eight is The Porcupine | We were unable to find the muffin man on Drury Lane |
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| Pub nine is The While Lion, where Lloyd recieved his five pub stamps achieved t-shirt. McCarthy and Jones were denied theres as the bar made refused to hand one over following the purchasing of Strongbow's | T-shirts for McCarthy and Jones were finally achieved in pub ten, The Opera Tavern |
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| Pub eleven was The Wellington, where Jones unfortunately left his t-shirt | Pub twelve was The Coal House, in which McCarthy managed to convince the bar man to hand over four stamps, meaning Jones only required one more to gain a replacement t-shirt |
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| Jones and McCarthy complete the day with their thirteenth pint, with another t-shirt secured | We catch the tube from Embankment back to Victoria |
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| Proud owners of Ale Trail t-shirts | Jones looks ridiculously happy to be at such a prestigious station as Embankment |
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| The day ends with a Burger King consumed in true tramps style, namely on the floor at Victoria |
