A pair on a mission to go to “each pub within the UK” plan to go to 1,500 boozers in 2024.
Dale Harvey, 37, and fiancée Holly Booth, 32, launched the Great British Pub Crawl again in 2022. Since then they’ve visited a median of greater than three boozers a day and darkened the doorways of some 1,322 watering holes final 12 months.
But the pair don’t have any plans to cease there – in actual fact they need to up the ante. Speaking to the Daily Star, Dale stated: “I reckon we can make [1,500 pubs in a year] easily. There’s loads that we want to go to.”
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Dale beforehand advised us the pair began the journey of their house county of Nottinghamshire after studying in regards to the 5 greatest pubs within the space and eager to see whether or not they measured up. There they visited a whopping 900 bars and managed to sink simply shy of 1,000 pints between them earlier than taking their mission additional afield.
“Apart from some that were closed when we went, we’ve now visited every pub in Nottinghamshire,” he stated. “After that, I just wanted to carry on.”
Some of the more strange pubs they’ve visited this 12 months have included the Garrick Inn in Stratford-upon-Avon. Thought to be one of many city’s oldest boozers, the pub is rumoured to be the birthplace of a serious bout of plague after a weaver’s apprentice, Oliver Gunn, died of a thriller illness in its cellar in 1564.
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Their mission has additionally taken them to York, Edinburgh, Macclesfield, Darlington, Birmingham and lots of extra cities and cities throughout the nation. This 12 months the pair plan to go to Hull, Whitby and Blackpool, amongst others.
The pair doc their each tipple on their Facebook and YouTube pages, the place they’ve amassed some 18,000 followers. Dale added that whereas he and Holly each get pleasure from a drink or two, the purpose is to not “go on the lash” however to discover the nation and as lots of its pubs as potential.
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“We do it for the experience of seeing the pub,” he stated. “Anybody that wants to do [a similar challenge], focus on the pub itself. Have a half, you’ll get round twice the number of pubs and get to experience so much more.
“We’re not doing it to go and get smashed. We’re doing it simply to get on the market and see what’s on the market and expertise these stunning outdated buildings.
“Honestly, it’s the best thing we’ve ever done.”
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