The only mistake I've made ticking of the Good Beer Guide Pubs of Bridgnorth is not doing them on a full day, 6 Centre pub crawl. I could have arrived/departed on the Severn Valley Steam Train, feeling more sanguine about the high fare as I chugged back into Kidderminster for Bathams at the King and Castle.
Instead of this epic day out, I have been visiting the pubs one trip at a time. My latest excursion, an Adventure Lab Geocache. For the uninitiated, this is a virtual treasure hunt, using a mobile phone and finding hidden gems in an area. A wonderful piece of psycho-geography, that often points out lesser visited spots within an urban location.
Five stages, and I walk from low town, to the cliff railway, the town hall and the previously unvisited castle gardens.
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Low Town - A climb to come
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Or I could have taken Public Transport
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The Town Hall - which always contained a physical geocache
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What remains of Bridgnorth Castle
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But this is only only four locations, I hear the still awake cry.
As if by design, the final GZ is the Railwayman's Arms - one of my three remaining Good Beer Guide Ticks. I could not have planned the visit better myself.
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At last - I find a good pub with Railway in the name
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Its located at Platform 1 of the SVR. As you would expect, its full of railway paraphernalia and posters that make Aberystwyth look more beautiful than the the Malcom Pryce novels.
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Like Kidderminster, the Bathams is usually available - but not today. Covid, of course, is blamed.
Hobson's Town Crier is an able substitute.
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