I'm not quite sure what provoked Steve to design a fixed ride that would take us to ten pubs. Maybe it was a lack of time that made him think condensing that many establishments into 3 or 4 hours was a good idea, or maybe he's just crazy! Whatever the cause, we did it!

At 4:30 on Thursday night we met at Debacle. A pale ale was devoured before moving on to All Bar Nun. Once Steve decided on a beer we drank and headed to The Front in Lyneham to enjoy beer, coffee and some great art in the gallery.

A bar that was not on the original itinerary was the Old Canberra Inn, we couldn’t miss that, and it was on the way to Trinity Bar so we had our traditional scotch on ice and were on our way. Ed met us at Trinity Bar for a beer and we watched the sun fade away while we enjoyed our cocktails.

Next stop was Edgars for $15 beer and pizzas, that went down super well and by the time we left it was dark enough that we attached lights. Unfortunately we stopped at the fluorescent shirt wearing bogan club house, commonly known as Olims. Couldn’t drink our beers quick enough! From there it was over the bridge an into Kingston for martinis at the B-Bar. And any real ride would be incomplete without a stop at The Phoenix.

 Steve then introduced me to one of my favourite new bars in Braddon, called Knightsbridge Penthouse. Simon the barman makes the best Mojito I have had in years and no matter how much we tried would not accept our tip. So we had to have another, then a martini……..the rest is history.

As we had broken Steve’s parole requirements (stayed out passed his curfew) we had to stop by the servo for some home supplies to try and smooth the situation over. Once we reached the house our efforts at silence ended in the usual elephantic noises, dropped bikes, tripping over on the stairs, loud kitchen banter etc etc etc. We finally settled down to a green tea then it was time to retire home. At least the next morning I didn’t have to go to work……..looks like Steve battled through though.

I honestly think that a lunch time start could see us visiting 15 good establishments in one day. I’d love to be proven wrong, and there’s only one way to do that!!!