About The Crawls
The London Mensa First Friday pub crawls have become established as a very agreeable way of discovering London and its hostelries. It is unusual that there are less than twenty-five attendees, so there are plenty of people to mix with. The fluid nature (no pun intended) of moving from pub to pub ensures that you'll get to meet everyone by the end of the evening.
We want everyone to enjoy themselves and have a safe evening. For that purpose, detailed maps and directions are provided on the website for each crawl. This is particularly useful for those arriving late or leaving early (or those who need to detour mid-crawl for whatever reason).
An interesting viewpoint, reproduced below, is from Cecile Frogh, an American Mensan, who attended the Annual Gathering pub crawl:
"I truly enjoyed the pub crawl. This crawl idea is excellent. Specifically, taking a walk between each drink tends to keep the head clearer than does chatting and drinking in one place; it also tends to remix the conversational groupings. Pub crawl - a fine British cultural practice."
Some answers to FAQs
- There are no 'initiation' rites; you do not have drink a yard of ale per pub. You can drink what you want (there are some attendees - though admittedly not many - who are teetotal).
- You do not have to run naked through a freezing fountain whilst balancing a tray of drinks on your head. If, however, you feel inclined to do this, please don't mention to the police that you are a member of Mensa.
- You can arrive late or leave early if need be. We would rather you turn up for part of the evening than none of it all. The maps provided on the website will help you find your way to and from the pubs and nearby railway or tube stations.
- The crawls will hopefully be enjoyed by all: there is no age, gender, class, or ethnic discrimination.
- Disabled people may have problems given the trend that many establishments have these days of putting public toilets either somewhere near the roof or deep in basements, accessible only by seemingly endless flights of stairs.
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