A Pub Walk by Any Other Name

A Pub Walk by Any Other Name...

I have been having a little fun on Twitter this week. Although I talk with a passion about "Pub Walks", one of my followers light-heartedly referred to these as "Boots 'n' Beer". So I thought I would invite the twittersphere to be creative and suggest other alternative names for this very British pastime.

One or two suggestions sound more like pub crawls but for me the walk and pub are of equal importance - you have to earn the indulgence after all in order to fully appreciate it! Anyway, I thought I would share the list here and please feel free to comment and let us know your favourites or any additional suggestions:

In no particular order:

Boots 'n' Beer
Peaks 'n' Pints
Ale Trails
Wine & Wanderings
Tarns & Mist (cockney)
Hikes 'n' Hooch
Hop 'n' Trail
Inn ways
Beery Bimble
Inns and outdoors
Beer Bound
BeeRamble or BeerAmble or even beeRAmble
Pub Potters
Hostelry Hikes
Maps 'n' Taps
Cask Walks
A Bar Too Far
A Snug Fit
Trip To The Bar
A Walk On The Mild Side
Get Fitter With Bitter
The Pub Trudge
The Green Green Glass Of Foam
Pale Ale Snail Trail
A Guiness When You Finish
Ales & Ambulations
Summits and Slurps



To find some great pubs with walks from their doors, click on favourite pub walks.

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The George Inn, Middlezoy, Somerset - A Traditional Village Pub

The George Inn, Middlezoy, Somerset - A Traditional Village Pub

We all know traditional village pubs that have closed down after ceasing to be viable for all sorts of well-publicised reasons (the smoking ban, cheap supermarket booze, change in social habits, etc.). The trend has been dramatic and whilst some no doubt deserved to go after losing touch with their customers' needs, others were real gems and represent a loss to our cultural history.


But there are still plenty of welcoming locals out there and last night I rediscovered an old favourite! The George Inn in the village of Middlezoy near Bridgwater, Somerset, is one such and what a pleasure it was to enter and be greeted like an old friend (the landlord certainly would not have remembered me!)

The food is good quality and simple but not gastropub which is fine with me. The fish pie and chicken korma were both delicious in good-sized servings that left little room for desert

Regularly featured in The Good Beer Guide, they offer a range of lighter beers ("couldn't give the darker beers away!") and I had an excellent Yellow Hammer brewed by O'Hanlon's of Devon which was a new discovery for me and certainly one I would repeat. We did find the red wines somewhat rough around the edges though but for me, at least, the atmosphere, food and beer made up for that.


This morning the sun has come out so a great day for a pub walk and for one from the pub door you can click on The George Inn, Middlezoy. If you are further afield, why not seek out other great pubs with walks from their doors - just click on favourite pub walks.

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