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South Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Hp22 6ef
ozgirl
last updated on 10-04-2009:
On some other review sites you will see glowing reviews for this dive - don’t be fooled. Never have I ever known of a pub where the reviews have been so much the polar opposite of this one. It’s horrible. Not the building itself, but the insular, unfriendly regulars. The food is terrible, the beer is kept poorly, and the staff were unfriendly. And not just to me, but to other friends who have been in there as well. In one word: AVOID.
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1 Eversholt St, Euston, London NW1 1DN
ozgirl
last updated on 22-11-2008:
Most pubs in the vicinity of big train stations like Euston are pretty grim, but the Doric bucks this trend. OK, so if you like acres of cream paint and tasteful paintings and modern furnishings you are going to hate this place, but if you are a train spotter or someone who just likes a good proper boozer then the Doric is for you! There’s quite a lot of memoribilia from London’s transport system hung on the walls which are interesting, even if you aren’t the sort of person who spends hours hanging around in your anorak around train stations!
This pub has a really wide range of tasty real ales, on tap and in bottles. This is a Fuller’s pub and their seasonal ales are always nice. The range changes regularly, lending itself to many return visits - as my boyfriend says, nothing says I love you more than joint membership to CAMRA so we travel here quite often.
To be honest, I’ve never eaten here but I’ve been told the food is reasonable honest pub grub and nicer than what you’d get in the station itself.
Well worth a visit, even if you aren’t planning to travel anywhere from Euston.
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Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 5XJ
ozgirl
last updated on 20-11-2008:
We come here at least once a year to visit the baby goats. OK, so we are all over thirty but this is OK, isn’t it?
Buy a little bag of animal feed, run past the creepy tanks full of spiders and snakes and then you’ll find several pens full of the cutest animals - if you’ve got kids be prepared for them to declare themselves veggie from now on! There are goats and pigs and even llamas!
They have a lovely cafe here as well, with rockbottom prices. We have had lovely sandwiches made fresh, followed by slices of home-made cake and lashings of ginger beer!
If it’s rainy, make sure you bring your wellies - it can be a bit muddy. And some handwipes if you get fussy about goat saliva all over your hands. But for a some time spent playing with goats that only come up to your knees - it’s well worth the visit!
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Akeman Street,, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 6AP
The Walter Rothschild Zoological, Museum
ozgirl
last updated on 20-11-2008:
This is one of my favourite places in the whole world! I’ve been here four times now, and I am still finding out new things and enjoying the greatest hits!
This is a great place to bring your kids, but you don’t need mini humans to make this a great day out. I’ve come here with groups of friends in our thirties, and I think we have more fun than any kids we could find to bring along. But if you have kids, there’s activities they can follow in each room so they learn at the same time as laughing about the funny looking birds and screeching at the insects.
A highlight for me is the Mexican fleas in the upstairs gallery (look inside the wooden cupboards by the entrance of the room) who are dressed up in traditional costumes!
My personal favourite is a seal that looks incredibly like David Gest.
The cafe is good for a snack and a cup of coffee afterwards, though normal museum prices - they have to make their money somewhere!
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Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AW
ozgirl
last updated on 20-11-2008:
I first visited this venue on a really hot summer’s day in August and there were families and friends sprawled all over the grass outside this lovely restaurant and microbrewery.
I’ve travelled all over Europe in the search for good quality beer - and I needn’t have travelled much further than Glasgow. Depending on the time of year there is such a wide range of styles of real ales to choose from, all brewed on site.
The focus tends to be towards the Teutonic, with lots of wheat-beers - they go perfectly with the German food on offer on the menu. The schnitzel was to die for, and I forget what my boyfriend had as his plate was cleared in seconds and I didn’t get a chance to taste what he’d chosen. But from the look on his face he was blissfully happy so it must have been good!
The decor is very Arts and Crafts - lots of lovely clean lines, and the venue is divided into several sections, some of which I think can be hired out for functions.
The staff here were run off their feet during our visit, but they were friendly and happy to help.
Well worth a visit!
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