I didn't want the 'Books' thread to run amok since we entered pub talk, so here's a thread dedicated to our favorite hangouts.
The Lamb and Flag in Oxford, UK is indeed where Tolkien and CS Lewis used to sit, smoke, drink, and read each others ideas and stories on Middle Earth or Narnia. Anyway, the other cool thing about The Lamb and Flag is that it has these one man drinking booths, so if you just fancy a pint on your own one afternoon and want to read the paper, you can just sit in this booth and chill. The only problem with the pub is that it's on the beaten track and so there's too many people coming and going.
The absolute best drinking place for us was The Turf Tavern in 'old' Oxford. It's a 17th Century pub, found down a tiny cobbled alleyway, with really low tudor ceilings, and a nice beer garden. At christmas, when everything is cold and snowy, the pub sold mulled wine and you can smell the aroma down the streets. It reminds me of how much fun the holiday season is in England.
The alleyway is found just under the Bridge of Sighs - if you don't know it's there, you aint finding it! And so the people who go stay there for the entire night, and you don't get dodgy tourists coming and going.
This is the bridge:
And this is the beer garden / courtyard round the back - you would never even realize its down there from alley way:
Chief B and I drank many a pint of Tetleys bitter in that pub when we were at college. :Smokedev:
Anybody else got some cool places they like to hang out in? Or places they'd like to revisit one day? :Spin:
The Lamb and Flag in Oxford, UK is indeed where Tolkien and CS Lewis used to sit, smoke, drink, and read each others ideas and stories on Middle Earth or Narnia. Anyway, the other cool thing about The Lamb and Flag is that it has these one man drinking booths, so if you just fancy a pint on your own one afternoon and want to read the paper, you can just sit in this booth and chill. The only problem with the pub is that it's on the beaten track and so there's too many people coming and going.
The absolute best drinking place for us was The Turf Tavern in 'old' Oxford. It's a 17th Century pub, found down a tiny cobbled alleyway, with really low tudor ceilings, and a nice beer garden. At christmas, when everything is cold and snowy, the pub sold mulled wine and you can smell the aroma down the streets. It reminds me of how much fun the holiday season is in England.
The alleyway is found just under the Bridge of Sighs - if you don't know it's there, you aint finding it! And so the people who go stay there for the entire night, and you don't get dodgy tourists coming and going.
This is the bridge:
And this is the beer garden / courtyard round the back - you would never even realize its down there from alley way:
Chief B and I drank many a pint of Tetleys bitter in that pub when we were at college. :Smokedev:
Anybody else got some cool places they like to hang out in? Or places they'd like to revisit one day? :Spin:
