A team of charity pub-crawlers has reached its 20,000th ale house after three decades of touring pubs.
The West Bromwich-based Black Country Ale Tairsters began visiting pubs listed on a map, issued by Wolverhampton brewer Banks's, in 1984.
But on Friday, they arrived at the Knot and Plough in Stafford where they were given free drinks.
The group's co-founder Peter Hill said £24,000 has been raised for charity since their epic tour began.
He has asked landlords at each pub for a £1 donation.
"I am the Samuel Pepys of my day. On every pub crawl everything is documented - from the beers in the pub to the decor," he said.
The Tairsters - Black Country dialect for tasters - initially planned to tour just 300 inns listed on the brewer's map, but turned their focus to the 12 Midlands counties in 1991, followed by a seven-year tour of Wales in 2006.
Mr Hill, who has drunk 46,632 pints during the tour, said the milestone was "a bit emotional" after losing his father in 2014.
"Last May when we'd done 19,000 I took my lump sum out of my pension to get to 20,000 and I have spent the bloody lot.
"Today is a bit emotional to be honest because it was my dad's ambition to get to 20,000 and it would have been his birthday tomorrow," said Mr Hill,
A spokesman for Marston's, which runs the pub, praised the group.
"Pete and his friends' journey is a brilliant achievement.
"The fact he's raised thousands for good causes while having a great time is a tribute to him and the Great British pub."
It's a hobby...
It's a hobby...
We've heard about these guys before, they're still going...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
It's a hobby...
Now that's dedication to their craft.
I wonder if their livers and kidneys are complaining?
I wonder if their livers and kidneys are complaining?
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Re: It's a hobby...
In the U.S. they'd be fined for not registering to raise money for charity, for fear they'd drink all the donations.
Re: It's a hobby...
Did they drive to and from those pubs?
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No, they "crawled". 
Re: It's a hobby...
Like this?
Manson girls ca. 1969.
Manson girls ca. 1969.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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rubato
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Long Run wrote:In the U.S. they'd be fined for not registering to raise money for charity, for fear they'd drink all the donations.
In the U.S. they would be called binge drinkers and ignored except on weekends.
yrs,
rubato
It's a hobby...
Performance art can be so abstract. I think this piece was titled "A Long Way To Cielo Drive."dales wrote:Like this?
Manson girls ca. 1969.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”