Pint anyone .. a quick tour

**Mipi** · 21st May 09, 04:34 AM

So colourful and old. Nice

**KFCarter** · 21st May 09, 04:39 AM

Great pics! Some of those places make Savannah's Historic District look positively modern!

**BEEDEE** · 21st May 09, 04:55 AM

Derek - what a wonderful collection. The one thing I miss most about leaving England was leaving the pubs behind. They try hard, but don't seem to be able to capture the atmosphere of a pub, especially the snugs!

Brian

**Standard** · 21st May 09, 05:21 AM

Great photos. Looks like some very interesting and colourful places to have a pint and a meal.

**Peter C.** · 21st May 09, 05:55 AM

Some great looking pubs there Derek. Like Brian, your pics make me feel homesick but I will be there later in the year.

I must say I am surprised how many of your pics show you outside waiting for the pubs to open.

a sign of a true connoisseur.

Peter

**GMan** · 21st May 09, 07:11 AM

It was good to hoist a few with you, with all those pictures.

**MacKay71** · 21st May 09, 07:25 AM

Wish I could down a pint in any of those pubs1

**McClef** · 21st May 09, 07:30 AM

Only one that I have been to is the Horse and Jockey!

**WARPIPER** · 21st May 09, 07:32 AM

Awesome pub, Stirs the Welsh blood in me.

:ootd:

**SteveB** · 21st May 09, 08:26 AM

Derek,
Brill photos. I envy such nice establishments being within walking distance.
I visited Ireland in 2000. Every pub I customed had great meals, character, and a wonderful Landlord or Landlady with interesting conversation. I lived in Scotland as a teen for a year (exchange student), and enjoyed the weekly outing to afternoon tea at the local as a family at one of the long tables with our neighbours. The atmosphere of the pub in the U.K. and Ireland is unique and imposable to truly duplicate here. The pace of life and the regulations of government enforce the differences greatly.
It is hard for most Americans to realize that the pub is about craic and good food, more than the alcoholic beverages. The fine meals served by the skilled proprietor in a U.K. pub are a delight to slowly enjoy, and a quite unlike the "pub grub" that is usual to this side of the pond.
Slainte