Wayfarers locations

Please note that the Pubs Register now includes a layer which shows Wayfarers' home locations on the map. The data, which has been taken from Simon's new list, is anonymous which means that names and other personal details are not associated with the markers. The locations are determined by postcodes.

So, as with the A and B Group pubs information, the "Home postcodes" layer can be selected or deselected for viewing by clicking in the appropriate tick box.

Pubs Register

Back in June Simon sent me a pile of data documenting the pubs which had been visited by the A group since the beginning of July in 2012. After months of inactivity on the project I have now added the geolocation data to Simon's list and brought it all right up to date to include Paul's extremely popular ride yesterday. So there are now about 70 entries for A Group.

Over the months Google have fixed many of the original bugs in the system and it is now good enough to go live. It may even work on your tablet if you have one. Please check this link to see the result. If anyone wishes to correct or add more data about any of the pubs please send it to me.

For the A Group I have added the Elevenses location to give anyone using the map a quick idea of the range for a ride to a pub. The map will also be an aid to anyone wanting the challenge of leading to a pub which hasn't been visited lately.

- Tim

per birotam ad tabernam

Pub Register Information

OK, Folks,

I have instituted a trial for a Pub Register, you will see that there are two new links to the right of the page - one is to a form to submit information on a pub (also the post below this one), the other is to the spreadsheet created by those submissions.

I am not entirely sure that this is going to work in the way that you would like, but it is a start, and the information submitted will be available to use in whatever format we figure works best ultimately - we can refine things as I figure out what is possible.

Try submitting stuff, I am not sure what might work in terms of allowing everyone permission to edit - as there is scope for screwing the whole thing up - but this does give anyone permission to submit an entry. However anything that goes in as rubbish is not going to be difficult for me to remove.

Let me know what you think, etc.

I run the Kingston Phoenix website and I am looking to find a host for that which should allow me to do some new and cool stuff that I can't at the moment and I hope to offer some more functionality for you guys at the same time.

If anyone knows anything about this sort of thing and can recommend a hosting company, I'm up for suggestions, there are a bewildering array of choices out there, although I think I might have identified one to try.

If you want to contact me, most of you have my email address - if you don't, then I am lisa via the kprc website (I already get enough spam and don't want to spell out my email address here!).

Have fun.

Lisa 

Pub Register submission form - Test

PUB REGISTER/Mark's comments

OK, agreed re the usefulness of post codes.  Until now I had no idea of their wider utility.  However they are not 100% on the mark - if you try SW6 1BE, my local Evans Cycles, you are presented with a map of Germany!

A separate linked blog seems a simple solution.

Pub Register

Oh dear, it's beginning to sound like an IT project ...

Here's a cheap and cheerful suggestion.  Why don't we just make another blog?  They're free and it's easy.  Have one called 'CTC Wayfarers Pubs for Lunch' or some such, and link it to our current blog.  Same contributor list for making entries and anyone can read it.  Dates are automatically generated and you can search it by pub name, village name or whatever you fancy.

Also, while I understand the attraction of OS Refs, postcodes have a lot going for them.  You can Google them, and get a map and lots of info back, and your gps or iPhone will take you to a postcode but generally not to an OS Ref.  Case for both, I think.

Try the one for the Dolphin and see what I mean.

While the technology catches up I will continue to research pubs on my bicycle.

Mark

pub register

I agree with Jeff's comment re word doc and access and I trust that Jeff knows an IT guru who can do the necessary.  Second thoughts:

• date of review/comment should be added - new management can work wonders
• post codes cover v large areas in the country and so OS refs are preferable

Wayfarers' Guide to the Good Life

  Seems a good idea. How would it work?

 Any reports posted on the blog will sink out of sight before you can say: 'Mine's a pint, please'. Perhaps we might need to create a link to a Google Doc to which MWW/ C&M and Beginners all have access and editing rights -  not just blog contributors. This would need the consent and cooperation of the blog owner. I have sketched a simple and very rough draft template of the information suggested by Geoffrey and Mark that might be included. I don't know if this is legible!

Others will know better than me if this would work or indeed if it is necessary! What do you think?

Jeff

Pubs for Lunch

Good idea, Geoffrey.  Here's a contribution from me:

The Dolphin, Betchworth

On Corner opposite Church - RH3 7DW

Old pub, extended and modernised, but retaining interesting features (and a nice fire).  Good menu, frequently changed, with emphasis on local game.  Youngs beers and a pleasant range of guest beers too.  Some tables outside for a sunny day.

Mark Gladwyn

Pubs for lunch

As many of you know I am a townie and one of the great pleasure for me is the country pub.  I propose that we compile our views of those that we visit on MWW and other recommended destinations. To start here is my suggested format and comment on Ray's excellent choice for the A group on 13/02.

Charlwood, "Half Moon", next to the church, TQ 241 411.
Pros:  very good value and interesting menu; good beers - I enjoyed Hobgblin; efficient service; quiet location.
Cons: architecturally prosaic (but not ugly) and limited outside area.
Recommended/not recommended by Geoffrey Shields

If this proposal meets with approval by members may I suggest that the ground rules are

• make you own entries listed by location ie village 
• make supporting or contradicting comments on existing entries with full identity
• respect existing entries - no editing