Hang on a minute, whats the Steve? We've actually gone 8.9 miles?! Well alright then, that'll do just fine.
Destination was The Mug House in Claines, one of only two English pubs to reside in a graveyard!
It's also extremely old, a good 700 years. If you like reading about old pubs and stuff I'd recommend having a read here: http://themug.co.uk/history.html
It contains gems like this:
It is known that Puritans closed most of the ale houses locally because of the drunken and lewd behaviour of the populace at the time but the Mug survived. In 1638, the Constable of Claines had closed six filthy public houses in Claines, in an attempt to quell the plague, but again not the Mug House!
How awesome is it having a drink at a pub that survived a plague-pub-cull!? And in the walls of a graveyard of all places!? But I digress!
We travelled here with a guest companion, Mr Tom Rogers who came down from Oswestry to join us on our quest! Thanks Tom!
Rattling along the canal in the opposite direction to the Eagle and Sun/Boat and Railway, we headed off first towards a pub that wasn't the actual destination. A quick stop-off at the 5 mile point at the Hadley Bowling Green for a refresher! As ever, click any photos on this blog that you'd like to see in full size for some reason.
Plowing on from there we headed towards The Mug House. Me and Tom did some awesome bike tricks but Steves bike-cam cut out just before it so you'll just have to imagine awesome bike tricks in your head and then imagine me and Tom being the ones doing em. Pretty awesome weren't they!?
Here's a video of the journey I've prepared for your amusement! Well when I say the journey, I mean a little bit of it between Hadley and the Mug House. Included are 2 poo-jumps from Tom and a kidney punch. Enjoy.
And so that leads us to our destination, The Mug House!
Here are the photo's we need to count this as hit number 3!
Hey who's that crept in the last photo!? Well on hearing of our journey, me dad joined us in his Capri!
Thanks Tom for biking with us and Dad for joining us for a lovely pint!
Stay tuned as the distance increases and I gradually start to look more fatigued and confused. Not Steve though, Steve owns lycra.
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