3. Wimbledon Wednesday, 2 January 2002

Mr. David Wacey had hurried back from an audience at the Houses of Parliament just for a trip around Wimbledon. And how rewarding it was too. On this trip we elected to consume whole pints, as opposed to the halves consumed on the Haydon’s Road excursion. We broke ourselves in with a pint of Murphy’s at the O’Neills near the theatre, although we could actually have been anywhere. Avoiding Chumley’s, we milled across the road to the Wibbas Down Inn, a Wetherspoon’s of giant proportions with two bars. On this particular day, the fine array of beers was supplemented by pints of Courage for 50p - get in there!

The Prince of Wales followed, a big South London style boozer with a high ceiling. We then ventured up the hill to the village to a revamped Dog and Fox which had a very underpopulated disco and expensive beer, thus securing it the lowest points of the evening.

Fed up with poor surroundings, we tried the Brewery Tap across the road and were pleasantly surprised by what we found. With 19 ¼, the highest score recorded thus far. This pub had a little of everything, and above average. The pub is pleasant and clean inside with good pissers. Beer is varied and of good quality though the price leaves a little to be desired. The TV was on, but was not obtrusive. But the thing that this pub does well is bar snacks. A chalk board displays the range and price, revealing a cornucopia of crisp flavours, nuts including several sorts of peanuts and cashews, Bombay mix, and a personal favourite of mine, olives in a small porcelain tray. I remember that we plumped for pork scratchings.

After this we nipped down to the Alexandra near the station, a pleasant enough Young’s pub, though nothing special.

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