Fenchurch St station - Pendar Sillwood 5th April 2013

 

A bit of a circular crawl this. There's not a lot of walking involved, which means more time in the pubs!

 


 

 

#1

 

6.15pm - 7.00pm

 

The Liberty Bounds
15 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4AA

- Yes, it is a Wetherspoons but as Wetherspoons go, it is definitely one of the better ones. The upstairs part has view of the Tower Of London and Tower Bridge; views that people come from all over the world to see.


 

 

#2

 

7.00pm - 8.00pm

 

Wine Library
43 Trinity Square, London, EC3N 4DJ

- We've had boats, theatres, tapas bars, vodka bars and more on the crawls before. This time it's a wine shop! The difference is that you can consume the wine on the premises for a corkage charge. By my calculations, the cheaper end of the range plus the corkage charge works out no more expensive than buying wine in a pub, except that here though, the wine has to be bought by the bottle.

This place was so well liked that a separate meeting here in its own right is likely to be organised.


 

 

#3

 

8.00pm - 8.35pm

 

Bavarian Beerhouse
9 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2AU

- Worth a visit for the novelty value. It's not as raucous as the original in Old Street but that's maybe a good thing.
The photo above shows the Bavarian Beerhouse on the left and the following pub, the Cheshire Cheese, on the right.


 

#4

 

8.35pm - 9.10pm

 

Cheshire Cheese
48 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AP

- The second pub crawl in a row that has featured a pub with Cheshire Cheese in its name.


 

 

#5

 

9.10pm - 9.45pm

 

 

The Crutched Friar
39-41 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2AE

- There's more space inside than is apparent from viewing from outside. It also has a courtyard, although given the weather, it wasn't made use of.


 

 

#6

 

9.45pm - 10.20pm

 

The Ship
3 Hart Street, London EC3R 7NB

- Incongruously sandwiched between two glass and steel office buildings, this is a traditional sort of English pub.


 

 

 

#7

 

10.20pm - closing

 

Hung Drawn & Quartered
26-27 Great Tower St, London EC3R 5AQ

- It looks enormous from outside but is surprisingly small inside.