East Yorkshire day out 09/09/25

For the 2nd Saturday running,  I had a winner XC to Durham, did some shopping then the 43 to esh winning 

I found the cricket ground,  which is also the home of Deerness Valley fc. Esh Winning 1st XI v south shields 1st XI was ground 79 

And as with last Saturday,  the game was off / played elsewhere! So enjoyed so.e cricket before the 43 back to Durham then X20 to sunnyland for the metro home. 

So , then onto Tuesday. Was too knackered to do owt Sunday and Monday. 

After a winner azuma to York and dud 185s to seamer

I did a dud 170 down to Filey 

Then bus to primrose valley to tick spoons 240 - the five stones,  for a swift half tgen bus back up Filey 

Then a winner 170 to Beverley 

For a dud 155 to York 

Then GC home 

Spoons Pubs Visited !!

Pre-match or Post-match, or just a day out, quite alot of people tick off Spoons pubs aswell as sports grounds and I'm one of them ! 

The main rule I follow, is that an alcoholic drink must be consumed, which I think is very fair due to it being a PUB tick :)

I compiled this list in this order thanks to the excellent page put together by John Adams, Cheers :)

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Berkshire (6)

Maidenhead: the bear 

Newbury : hatchet inn 

Reading; back of beyond 

Reading: hope tap 

Slough: Moon and spoon 

Windsor: king and castle 

Bostonshire: (13)

Boston  - moon under water

 Brigg : White Horse 

  Cleethorpes: coliseum picture house 

  Gainsborough: Sweyn Forkbeard 

  Grantham: Tollemache Inn

  Grimsby : Yarborough Hotel 

  Lincoln: Forum

  Lincoln: Ritz

  Lincoln : Square Sail 

  Scunthorpe: Blue Bell 

Skegness -  red lion 

 Sleaford  - packhorse Inn 

 Stamford  -  Stamford post 

Cambridgeshire  (2)

Peterborough  -  college arms 

Peterborough  -  drapers arms 

Cheshire: (7)
 Chester : Bull & Stirrup Hotel

 Chester: Forest House  

 Chester: Square Bottle,

 Northwich: Penny Black
  Warrington: Friar Penketh
 Warrington: Looking Glass,
Winsford: Queens Arms

Cleveland: (10) Completed

   Billingham: Half Moon
   Guisborough: Ironstone Miner

    Hartlepool: King Johns Tavern

    Hartlepool: Ward Jackson

    Middlesbrough: Isaac Wilson

    Middlesbrough: Resolution

    Middlesbrough: Swatters Carr

    Norton: Highland Laddie

    Redcar: Plimsoll Line

    Stockton-on-Tees: Thomas Sheraton

Cumbria: (7)
    Barrow in Furness: Furness Railway

    Carlisle: William Rufus

    Carlisle: Woodrow Wilson
    Kendal: Miles Thompson
    Penrith: Dog Beck

   Whitehaven: Bransty Arch
   Workington: Henry Bessemer

Derbyshire: (4)
  Buxton : Wye Bridge House
  Chesterfield : Spa Lane Vaults

  Chesterfield: Portland Hotel

  Matlock: Crown

Dorset: (1)

  Bournemouth: Moon in the Square

Durham: (11) Completed

    Bishop Auckland: Stanley Jefferson

    Chester-le-Street: Wicket Gate

    Consett: Company Row

    Crook: Horse Shoe Inn

    Darlington: Tanners Hall

    Darlington: William Stead

    Durham: Bishops Mill

    Durham: Water House

    Peterlee: Five Quarter

    Seaham: Hat & Feathers

    Spennymoor: Grand Electric Hall

Essex: (5)

Braintree: Picture House Palace 

Brentwood: the dairyman 

Chelmsford: ivory peg 

  Southend on Sea: Last Post

Witham: Battesford court 

  Leicestershire: (2)

  Leicester: Last Plantagenet

  Hinckley: Baron of Hinckley

Gloucestershire: (1)

  Cheltenham: Bank House

Greater London: (16)

Chadwell heath: Eva Hart 
  Colindale: Moon under Water
  Cricklewood: Beaten Docket

 Farringdon: the Sir John oldcastle 

  Harrow: Moon On The Hil

Ilford: the Great Ilford spoon 
 Islington: Glass Works
  Islington: White Swan
 Kingsbury: JJ Moons
 Marylebone: Metropolitan Bar
 New Barnet: Railway Bell

Romford: Moon and stars 
 Stanmore: Man in the Moon

Stratford: goldengrove 
 Tower Hill: Liberty Bounds

  Wembley: JJ Moons

Greater Manchester: (11)
   Ashton-Under-Lyne - Ash Tree 
   Bolton: Spinning Mule

   Manchester: Moon under Water

   Manchester:Manchester & County
   Manchester: Paramount 
   Manchester: Seven Stars
   Manchester: Waterhouse

   Stalybridge: Society Rooms

   Stockport: Calverts Court
  Wigan: Brocket Arm
  Wigan: Moon under Water

Merseyside (6)
   Liverpool: Captain Alexander
   Liverpool: Fall Well
   Liverpool: Lime Kiln
   Liverpool: North Western 
   Liverpool: Richard John Blackler
   Liverpool: Welkin

Hertfordshire: (3)

    Borehamwood: Hart & Spool

    Stevenage: Standard Bearer

    Stevenage: Standing Order

Lancashire:  (10)
Blackpool: Albert & Lion
 Blackpool: Layton Rakes
  Blackpool: Velvet Coaster
 Cleveleys: Jolly Tars
 Fleetwood: Thomas Drummond
  Lancaster: Sir Richard Owen

 Morecambe: Eric Bartholomew
Poulton-le-Fylde: Poulton Elk
Preston: Greyfriar
Preston: Twelve Tellers

 Northumberland: (8) Completed

    Ashington: Rohan Kanhai

    Bedlington: Red Lion,

    Berwick-upon-Tweed: Leaping Salmon    

    Blyth: Wallaw, 14 Union Street

    Cramlington: John the Clark of Cramlington

Haggerstone Castle: Sir Thomas Haggerstone 

    Hexham: Forum

   Morpeth: Electrical Wizard

Nottinghamshire (3)

 Bingham - Butter Cross 

Retford : dominie Cross 

Worksop : liquorice Gardens 

Oxfordshire (1)

Henley-on-Thames  :  Catherine Wheel 

Scotland: (25)
 Airdrie: Robert Hamilton

  Anniesland: Esquire House

  Cumbernauld: Carrick Stone

    Dundee: Capitol

    Dundee: Counting House

 Dunfermline: guildhall and linen exchange 

    Edinburgh: Alexander Graham Bell

    Edinburgh: Playfair

    Edinburgh: Standing Order

    Falkirk: Carron Works

    Glasgow: Camperdown Place

    Glasgow: Counting House

    Glasgow: Crystal Palace

    Glasgow: Edward G. Wylie

    Glasgow: Henglers Circus

    Glasgow: Society Room

    Grangemouth: Earl of Zetland

    Inverness: Kings Highway

    Kilmarnock: Wheatsheaf Inn

    Motherwell: Brandon Works

    Musselburgh: David Macbeth Moir

    Paisley: Last Post

   Perth: Capital Asset
   Rutherglen: An Ruadh Ghlean
   Shawlands: Sir John Stirling Maxwell

Surrey  (1)

Staines: the George 

Wear & tyne: (19) Completed

    Byker: High Main

    Concord: Sir William de Wessyngton

    Gateshead: Tilley Stone

    Gateshead: Wetherspoons

    Gosforth: Job Bulman

    Houghton-le-Spring: Wild Boar

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Five Swans

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Keel

   Newcastle upon Tyne; Luthers bar 

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Mile Castle

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Quayside

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Union Rooms

    South Shields: Wouldhave

    Sunderland: Cooper Rose

    Sunderland: Lambton Worm

    Sunderland: William Jameson
    wallsend : The Ritz

   Whickham: Harry Clasper

    Whitley Bay: Fire Station

Wales: (8)

  Bangor : Black Bull Inn

  Colwyn Bay: Picture House

  Holywell: Market Cross

  Llandudno: Palladium

   Newport: Queens Hotel

   Newport: Tom Toya Lewis

   Rhyl: Sussex

   Shotton: Central Hotel

  

West Midlands: (3)

  Acocks Green: Spread Eagle

  Birmingham: Figure Of Eight

  Birmingham: Square Peg

Yorkshire (East): (7)

   Beverley: Cross Keys
   Bridlington: Prior John
    Great Driffield: Benjamin Fawcett

    Goole: City & County

    Kingston-upon-Hull: Admiral of the Humber

    Kingston-upon-Hull: Three John Scotts

    Kingston-upon-Hull: William Wilberforce

Yorkshire (North): (12) 

Filey: The five stones 

    Harrogate: Winter Gardens

    Knaresborough: Crown Inn,

 Northallerton: The Buck Inn 

    Richmond: Ralph Fitz

   Ripon:  The Unicorn Hotel 

    Selby: Giant Bellflower

    Scarborough: Lord Rosebery

    Skipton: Devonshire Inn

    Thirsk: Three Tuns

    Whitby: New Angel Hotel

    York: Postern Gate   

    York: Punchbowl

Yorkshire (South): (8)

   Doncaster: Gate House
   Rotherham: Blue Coat 
   Rotherham: Corn Law Rhymer 
   Rotherham: Rhinoceros
   Sheffield: Bankers Draft
   Sheffield: Benjamin Huntsman
   Sheffield: Sheffield Waterworks Company 
   Sheffield: Swim Inn

 Yorkshire (West): (28)

    Bingley: Myrtle Grove   

   Bradford: Sir Titus Salt

    Bradford: Turls Green
   Brighouse: Richard Oastler

  Castleford: Glass blower 
   Chapel Allerton: Three Hulats

  Cross Gates :  Charles Henry Roe 
   Dewsbury: Time Piece

 Garforth:  Briggate 

  Glasshoughton: Winter Seam 
    Hemsworth: Blue Bell
   Halifax: Barum Top Inn
    Halifax: Percy Shaw 

  Headingley:  Golden Beam 

   Huddersfield: Cherry Tree
   Huddersfield: Lord Wilson

    Ilkley: Listers Arms

    Keighley: Livery Rooms,

    Leeds: Becketts Bank

    Leeds: Cuthbert Brodrick

    Leeds: Hedley Verity

    Leeds: Stick or Twist,

   Leeds: Wetherspoons

   Otley: Bowling Green

  Pontefract: Broken Bridge 

   Shipley: Sir Norman Rae
   Sowerby Bridge: Commercial Inn 
    Todmorden: White Hart Hotel

   Wakefield: Six Chimneys
   Yeadon: Clothiers Arms

Berwick day out - 05/09/25

After the pleasure of a winner 555 from SoL to central station,  I had a short wait for a dud azuma ro Berwick.  I had an hour or so until the 13.11 X15 to haggerstone castle,  had a nice wander about,  ticking off boots for co codomal,  then had a swift half in the Leaping Salmon,  a dud spoons but next to the bus stop. 

X15 took about 15 mins and then a 10 min walk to the spoons 239 - Sir Thomas Haggerstone  :) 

I then did the delayed 14.43 X15 to tweedmouth Asda for a bog break and supplies for the journey back,  then a mini bus shuttle back to the station for a dud azuma but a decent day out nonetheless  :) 

Kelty hearts 0 v Kilmarnock 0 (Kelty won 4-3 on pens for an extra point) - new central park - ground 502 - 22/07/25

Started with the usual metro from SoL,  then winner azuma 801 221 up to Edinburgh, for a dud 170 to dunfermline. There I ticked spoons 238 - the guildhall and linen exchange 

After a nice required vodka, I made way to hotel to check in. After a well required wash and freshen up , I found the bus station and got the bus to Kelty 

Found the one pub in Kelty,  no away fans were allowed in social club due to segregation! 

Took pics at the ground before heading to the pub. 

After a few pints of magners dark fruits I headed to the away end at the ground.  

A game Killie dominated but failed to take their chances. Left a tad early so to catch the 21.21 bus back to Dunfermline 

Headed straight back to hotel for an early night . 

After a canny night kip and breakfast,  I headed to the station for the 10 01 to Edinburgh,  which was a winner pair of 158s! 

A couple of quick pics on the way 

Then had a dud azuma back home 

Maidenhead united 3 v Boston United 0 - york road Stadium - ground 500 - 05/05/25

Thought I'd get the Maidenhead spoons out the way with first - spoons 237  - the bear  The 10.33 to marlow was cancelled,  as was the 11.33. GWR put on free taxis to marlow, where we met up with 3 coach loads of BUFC fans and more that travelled by train in the donkey. 

Thankfully trains were back on the go from marlow , so did the 13.59 back to maidenhead. 

Then did the short walk to the ground 

the home team led 1-0 at HT and finished off the game in the 2nd half including a clumsy conceded penalty. Thankfully the result didn't matter as BUFC beat the heed last Saturday to secure safety  :) 
After the game i made the short train ride by to Slough to spend my last night in hotel before heading home early tomorrow. 

Tuesday 6th -  did the Betty line to Paddington , where a quick toilet break was required. Then did Betty line to Farringdon for the Thames link unit to st Pancras and the 11.00 azuma back up north  :) 

Sunday 04/05/25

Nicely rested and refreshed,  I was ready to start another day !  I made the short trip down to Windsor & Eton station.  Had a little walkabout and took this pic of a plane over Windsor castle 

then ticked spoons 233 - king & castle :)

Then went to Windsor and Eton riverside station for the train to staines. 

Where I ticked spoons 234 - the George  :)

It was then off to Bracknell 

Unfortunately the spoons pub was closed!

So headed back to the station for train to reading 

Then train to Newbury 

Where I ticked spoons 235 -  hatchet inn  :)

Then train back to reading 

And onto Slough.  I was gonna do a lasses footy game, but need a break, so Sainsbury's,  boots for co codomal and finally tick Slough spoons , 236 - moon and spoon :)