Review of Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem by Randolph
Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, 1 Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham NG1 6AD
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Compliment Randolph (05-06-2008) •••••
Other reviewers have told you about the history and legends surrounding this place. Ye Knights of Olde were supposed to have gone about 100 yards out of Nottingham Castle before stopping off for a few pints, on their 2,000-mile trip to beat up Saluddin. Ah well, if you believe this you’ll believe anything.
Allegedly founded in 1189, Ye Olde Trip cetainly is old. So is the plumbing, and I’d recommend that you take your toilet break before going to the pub, and not in it. Most visitors sit outside or in the courtyard, and the smell of stale beer within is ample reason for this. Nevertheless, an excellent choice of real ales is available, with their own Brand ‘Old Trip’.
Clientele is mostly tourists; in a 25-minute stay I was asked by Argentinians and then Japanese to take photos of them. Bikers of the Hells Angels persuasion also seem to frequent the Trip - perhaps the smell appeals to them.
An historical curiosity, but not a place to linger.
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Haha I see your scepticism but, whatever the Trip may claim, it was supposed to be a rallying point. Lincolnshire had many Templar sites as did other places. it is logical that if a group of Knights were forming for travel to the “Holy Lands” they might have said ok let’s meet up down the pub and have a good booze up first.
Inns tended to be hostelries..a sleeping/resting place. Travelling by horseback one may need to give ones bum a rest every so often :0))
