Pub 9, Day 3 – Fox & Duck

By Rob

A Bit of a Pause...

Now, it's definitely fair to say that there has been a bit of a break between this blog and the last one. A break of about a year, to be exact. The sad fact is that Andy, for paltry reasons like his job and life prospects, moved away from Sheffield. As such, the whole thing hit a bit of a slow-down.

However, Pubquest is back in action and, admittedly on my part, there has been a little laziness in play. There are some posts that have sat in My Documents, covered in digital dust and waiting to be uploaded. Posts such as this little treat for instance!

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At this time I lived in a small, two-bedroom flat in Broomhill. I was blessed that day with a visit from Andy and, after a brief discussion, we came up with a special session of Pubquest. You see, we were worried that since Pubquest required us to drink somewhere in the region of five hundred pints, it was a near-inevitability that we would get a little fat in the process. Of course, five hundred pints of beer come replete with other, arguably more serious, health concerns that we didn't really dwell on. It says a lot about our priorities at the time that we were primarily troubled over the prospect of a beer belly.

As such, we made the decision to walk from my flat in Broomhill to my parent's house, visiting every pub we found en route. This, we had cleverly deduced, would burn off the calories that we consumed from the drinks. The walk was about five miles, hardly a marathon, but given that a great deal of it was uphill we certainly felt that it was a clever move. 

The first pub, the Fox & Duck, looked very much like an old man's drinking den that was, strangely, a place owned by Sheffield Students' Union. We ordered a pint of Broadside, which was a decidedly average pint. The pub's "bring your own food" policy makes it a perfect spot for cash-strapped students, who can just nip across to one of the many local takeaways and enjoy their food in the reasonable comfort of a not unpleasant establishment.

Pub: Fox & Duck (223-227 Fulwood Road, S10 3BA)

Rating: 6.5/10

Beer: Broadside

Brewery: Adnams (Southwold, Suffolk)

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