I already do! I get a lot out of it - it's very cathartic - and there's a circular logic to it. I find it a bit weird to sit in a pub on my own not doing anything, so writing makes sense. Writing about pubs gives me a reason to visit more pubs, completing the cycle. Hate typing it all up though.

Wales v Barbarians: Twickenham to host double-header in July Wales men and women will face the Barbarians in a double-header at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham in June.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Presumably there's concerts on in Millennium that mean Wales can't play there, but I can't imagine many ticket sales for Twickenham. Might have been better if they'd filled out the Liberty or Park Y Scarlets.

Didn't RCK say yesterday that foreign players in Wales were a waste of money? So we lose Welsh players overseas, don't recruit foreign players... I think that would take us down to two professional teams.

Genuinely can't believe that a club would be willing to employ him. But glad they have because I'm enjoying the booing.

ITV's M6N coverage to be hosted by Ant & Dec, which doesn't actually make it worse.

WRU to build "world class" entertainment/retail/hospitality complex on Westgate Street. Core concept "a Rhyl Sun Centre for the 21st century." Appoint the bloke who used to run the meat raffle at Tonmawr RFC to oversee the project.

#SCAvPAU Briefly thought I was watching one of those games that gets talked about for years to come. And they fucked it.

I'll need to visit, but usually in Teddington I just get to The Roebuck and stay there.

Taking a few translation liberties here, maybe, but I like the sentiment…

The Cider Barn, Draycott

We're only 7 days into 2026 and I've already typed up one of last year's pub reviews!

This one is for The Cider Barn, Draycott. And may the lord have mercy on your souls.

#cider #pubs #beerwriting
@ciderreview.bsky.social

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I just want to say Terry’s Chocolate Oranges are available from Rawlinsons.

Rules of the pub 104: If you're going to have free WiFi for patrons - and it's completely fine if you don't by the way - how about publicising the password? Perhaps even more than once. I don't really think that a post-it note in a dark corner behind the scampi fries is very helpful.

Special places in hell, reservations:

1. DJs in rugby stadia.

We have a winning streak to maintain. NZ are on a losing streak.

How did he get there? There's only about three flights a week.

Former Rhondda roofer Harri Deaves to make Wales debut against the All Blacks Flanker Harri Deaves will run out for Wales on Saturday to complete ‘an amazing story’ from club rugby player to international

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...

Pontyclun is not in the Rhondda. It is in Rhondda Cynon Taff, the local authority area, but this is not the same as being in the Rhondda valley. Like saying London Luton Airport is on Pall Mall.

For a moment I thought this was being reposted by Jamie Roberts.

Clearly read the manual Walting With Confidence. Was he the Second Man on the Balcony?

@brainsbrewery.bsky.social I loved having dark Mild on cask in Cardiff last weekend! Also had it on keg. Meh. Please inform bar staff that the beer they sell branded as Dark is a Mild, and to serve patrons who ask for a pint of Mild appropriately, rather than looking like static tasered guppy fish.

Given the stuff that's already publicly known, the rest of Dallaglio's anonymous confessions are going to be fucking horrific.

This is absolutely incredible - of all the times I've been to Cardiff to watch the rugby I reckon this is the first I've heard of extra trains. Shame that we're so shit at the moment that the stadium's going to be half empty, but I like the intention.

Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature: Aberystwyth Ceredigion joins global network of Creative Cities | UNESCO in the UK Today, 31 October 2025, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, has become Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature…

The glory that is my hometown—Aberystwyth. Wales’s first UNESCO City of Literature. Y peth gorau!

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The Old Bakehouse, Welshpool

Right, I've finally done it. I've got my laptop out and typed a pub review. Now I know how that bloke felt after he'd painted the Mona Lisa. Knackered.

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Rules of The Pub: 21 - 30

I know it's taken me a while, but as much as I love writing pub reviews I hate typing them up. There about five in my notebook ready to go, when I can be arsed. Until then, I've got some more Rules of The Pub...

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I think a lot of people standing for the Labour deputy leadership need to look up 'humbled' in the dictionary. It doesn't mean what you think it means.

The WRU: "New Optimal Solution: Lions tour to Wales in 2029"

Blakeney Reds.

The men are shit, the women are shit, the Union’s full of cunts, your club’s about to be cut, and it honestly feels like it’s only going to keep getting worse. Welsh Rugby in 2025 is the pits.

Like the t&cs when you buy any product, what if you had to abide by this contract every time you entered a pub?

The Bell was the subject of my most recent review. This is hugely distressing to learn.