After having barely got in the house after the Fatherland excursion, it was time to start another pub crawl in the name of Rose Winterton and Giles Hinton's wedding. Dave, Smiley and I had decided that to maximise opportunities, we would stay in the Gloucestershire town of Tetbury for two nights. Drinking kicked off early with a pint on arrival in the Royal Oak, where we would be staying for both nights. A very good pub and as we were to find its extremely friendly landlord would organise a magnificent bit of Sunday lunch when we were feeling at our most fragile. He kept his beer well, as was displayed in his range of Theakstone's Best, Abbot, London Pride and Courage. Travelling into Tetbury, we managed to make a stop at the Crown, a slightly shabby establishment with less in the way of beer on (Greene King IPA, London Pride, Old Speckled Hen). Bar snacks were good though, certainly the pikey section of the punters was lapping them up.

We then had a curry (and a selection of Off Licence bottled beers) in Tetbury's most basic of curry houses complete with washbasin falling off the wall*, before meeting up with Rose and some of her pals for a Wedding Eve drink in the Snooty Fox. I normally hate places like this but in fact it was OK, and the quality of the beer was magnificent: Butcombe and Gem (whatever they are). Busy, but we got quite a nice table outside. Rose decided to retire early which was quite sensible, but before having another one at the Royal Oak, Dave, Smiley and I went for a couple at the Ormond's Head, a heaving pub where Tetbury's lively crowd of Ben Sherman shirted individuals would go for a night out: they even had bouncers! Atypically for a place such as this, the beer was good and interesting - Wickwar and Moles products.

In the morning before Rose's wedding (at 3pm) we thought we'd go for a little car excursion, and drove to the CAMRA recommended George at Nailsworthy which was quite an effort to find. A magnificent pub with a flagstone floor, with excellent beer at competitive prices. When we were in, they had two sorts of Uley, Tim Taylor Landlord and Moles. Very good and interesting place. The Old Crown at Uley had been also highly recommended, though this was a much quieter pub and was just not quite as excellently presented as the George, looking a little dingey - almost like a grotto - inside. The beer was very good though (Durham White Sapphire, Youngs, Uley and Wye Valley). They also seemed to have a very large number of cats doing not a great deal around the place.

An amusing drive along narrow country lanes followed until we reached the New Inn at the amusingly named Waterley Bottom. This pub achieved an record smashing 21½ points. It did this by simply ticking all the boxes in all categories. The array of bar snacks was quite outstanding, all bases covered there. They also had a good selection of beer - Abbot, two sorts of Cotleigh, Wickwar, Northern and a cider and a perry - which were frequently priced at under £2 per pint. And added to this, they tasted fantastic. Just to add to the score, the setting and interior of the pub were second to none. This place is definitely worth a second visit, if you can find it.

With the morning's events over, it was wedding time, and after the formaities of the ceremony, dinner and champagne, it was time to let our hair down at the disco. Rose and Giles had catered for our needs and obtained an excellent polypin of ale that Dave, Smiley and I spent much of the evening demolishing in the bar of the Great Tythe Barn.

The following day, we all felt wretched (Dave didn't even make it down for the gargantuan fry up that our landlord had offered). However, after stuffing ourselves at lunch, Dave and I had recovered sufficiently to attempt a couple more pubs on the way home. The Twelve Bells in Cirencester was the first stop, and though pretty good, with some excellent mild, it just had a slightly neglected air to it, and a slightly cliquey clientele. Still, OK for that sort of thing. I fancied one more after this, so we made a second stop at the Cock at Combe, a pub that is in CAMRA's good books, but for how long? They only did Abbot and Greene King IPA, although I suppose it did taste pretty good, but hardly the most visionary of beer ranges is it?

* for those interested, the water doesn't go straight down the plug hole - the tilt of the basin allows it to pond approximately one inch forwards of the plug hole. This has lead to some slight discolouration at this point.