The39thStep
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Staff go round spraying tables and toilet door handles etc here, normally there's hand sanitiser on the bar and toilets have paper towels and soap.
Pubs want to halve the two metre rule
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Also the same in literally 2% of other UK pubs
The39thStep
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The bar down the road gave me four disposable masks last nightAlso the same in literally 2% of other UK pubs
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Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
There's something-or-other spoiling that lovely view, in the second picture
Can’t be a lager lout drinking that muck you like
Also the same in literally 2% of other UK pubs
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Reaching out
Is it time to start a thread about pubs with gardens (and a decent pint). They will be few and far between in London. Also, having a fully open garden is totally different, I imagine to one that's nearly covered with awnings. Guess I might have to spread my wings down towards Surrey, which will help from keeping the virus spreading in London.
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More than 30,000 pubs and restaurants 'may not reopen after lockdown'
Coronavirus crisis could prove final straw for some businesses in hospitality sector, poll finds
Wetherspoons to reopen 875 pubs with these social distancing changes
Wetherspoons is set to reopen 875 pubs across the UK - and will install social distancing measures at a cost of £11million.
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Back in the UK I have been to more utterly shite beer gardens than good ones tbh. No idyllic views of the countryside or the smell of fresh cut grass or the sound of barges on canals. Tarmac, car parks, industrial bins, rotting tables , noisy air con machines and metal beer cannisters stacked up, normally walled in.
We need some photos
We need some photos
Couldn't quote this the other day but I agree totally. Pubs for good or ill, are basically my social life. My place to go of an evening to unwind. I live in a flat, no garden, not one for sitting in parks so in the summer, I'll have a pint outside a pub.
A hugely Spoons PR puffpiece, thatWetherspoons to reopen 875 pubs with these social distancing changes
Wetherspoons is set to reopen 875 pubs across the UK - and will install social distancing measures at a cost of £11million.
But anyway.....
Setting aside the usual and justified general anti-Wetherspoons/anti-Tim Martin stuff, their 'spokesperson' quoted in that article appears to be assuming that pubs across the UK will be able to open employing a uniform approach to cleansing, distancing, etc.
But an awful lot depends on how Scotland/Wales/NI continue (correctly, IMO) to take a different, more cautious approach than England.
I also notice that the article doesn't at any point mention timing, so the headline is misleading in that respect too.
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radio eros
Much as i like the idea of pubs re-opening I concluded it'll be a bit crap even if they have a big beer gardens. It'll be swamped with people and the queues for the bar & toilet with social distancing will make it feel like a badly organised festival.
Brockwell park is like a big piss up these days so I think parks and BYO is the way forward.
Brockwell park is like a big piss up these days so I think parks and BYO is the way forward.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
As much as dislike Tim Martin the measures to protect both staff and customers proposed at least offer a starting point for union negotiating.A hugely Spoons PR puffpiece, that
But anyway.....
Setting aside the usual and justified general anti-Wetherspoons/anti-Tim Martin stuff, their 'spokesperson' quoted in that article appears to be assuming that pubs across the UK will be able to open employing a uniform approach to cleansing, distancing, etc.
But an awful lot depends on how Scotland/Wales/NI continue (correctly, IMO) to take a different, more cautious approach than England.
I also notice that the article doesn't at any point mention timing, so the headline is misleading in that respect too.
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Being a Londoner finding a pub with a view other than the obvious riverside pubs is not easy. Two of my most memorable would be The Botley Hill Farmhouse near Tandridge and I think the other is The Spotted Dog out Edenbridge way. The SD is a Bastard to find but the views out the back over the world of Kent is something else. Both do good food and are both independent, but much more importantly, both do a nice drop of ale.
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Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Have noticed some cafes/restaurants have reopened locally - is that allowed now?
Bond
Coin-Operated Boy
That's my concern too.
A mate has just told me of some that are open but for take away only. One effectively has no inside as it's just a hut with some benches outside.
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Half of two metres could be facilitated, roughly, by use of special glasses.
Giant sombraros. I'd be up for that.
Raheem
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Compulsory hula-hooping.Giant sombraros. I'd be up for that.
Haha!Half of two metres could be facilitated, roughly, by use of special glasses.
. You know, I'm slightly surprised that there aren't certain little groups seriously suggesting this. After Brexit, give us back out proper yard of ale!
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I had a go at one of those once complete disaster .Half of two metres could be facilitated, roughly, by use of special glasses.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Tried another bar tonite , tables much further apart but sat next to Antonio whose a lovely old bloke . 
Re yards of ale :
I don't think I've seen a yard in action since myself and some fellow youths (all 18 or 19) took it in turns to have a go -- full one for each of us four!
(Fuck knows why the landlord allowed it and served us four of them!
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Results : predictably and utterly embarassing for each one of us
Yards are an utter nightmare to get right.
I don't think I've seen a yard in action since myself and some fellow youths (all 18 or 19) took it in turns to have a go -- full one for each of us four!
(Fuck knows why the landlord allowed it and served us four of them!
)Results : predictably and utterly embarassing for each one of us
Yards are an utter nightmare to get right.
William of Walworth said:A hugely Spoons PR puffpiece, that
But anyway.....
Setting aside the usual and justified general anti-Wetherspoons/anti-Tim Martin stuff, their 'spokesperson' quoted in that article appears to be assuming that pubs across the UK will be able to open employing a uniform approach to cleansing, distancing, etc.
But an awful lot depends on how Scotland/Wales/NI continue (correctly, IMO) to take a different, more cautious approach than England.
I also notice that the article doesn't at any point mention timing, so the headline is misleading in that respect too.
Good point, but I really hope the unions have some actual say in this -- I've no idea whether/to what extent Wetherspoons staff are unionised??
The39thStep
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Few and far to be honest but if the unions can seize upon a vital opportunity to advise and recruit on health and safety good on them .
Bob Hawke world record holder for yard of ale (1955) at Oxford and later one of Australias best PM's. Gough Whitlam also good PM looks on.Half of two metres could be facilitated, roughly, by use of special glasses.
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