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Saturday 3rd July 2004

"MONOPOLY PUB CRAWL VI"

A note from Tanya
"A few girls from work are going on the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl
- and I am going too!
It looks like good fun!
Tanya"

......and there is another email from Tanya below
(sent after "The Crawl"!!!)

......and heaps of photos!!!

"Tim The Tourman" is running the sixth official Monopoly Pub Crawl on July 3, 2004.

This tour will visit the majority of the famous landmarks featured on the Monopoly Board as well as a few other important bonus spots.

This Monopoly Pub Crawl is organised with the full encouragement and cooperation of each pub we visit.
You can expect express free entry to each pub and fun bar staff providing fast service.
Some of the pubs even provide free shots or something similar when we arrive.

On top of this it has been arranged for you to get a free buffet dinner in the second last pub.

Finally when we arrive at our last bar you will be provided with a wrist band that will entitle you to drink specials until 3am!

The previous Monopoly Pub Crawls have been loads of fun.
Hundreds of people have now attempted this legendary route and succeeded.

A lot of people talk about attempting this pub crawl but very few ever do it.
Now it’s your turn to become part of the legend.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?
------The legendary Monopoly Pub Crawl
------Souvenir t-shirt
------Drink specials
------Buffet dinner
------Official entry card
------Services of your experienced pub crawl leader

COST - £15
BOOKINGS CLOSE - June 18, 2004

Tanya's day "in-and-out" of London's pubs!!!

After cooking myself a massive big brekky (to line the stomach) and having a milkshake (also to line the stomach) I met Paula at the station and we headed to Whitechapel.

We got there about 11.00am and the pub was already packed.

We had our names ticked off and collected, then changed into, our t-shirts.

Stacey was already there and she had a drink in her hand.
I also ran into Kylie who 'temped' at Capsticks for a while.

Tim had a hooter that he blew everythime we had to leave a pub.

The tube rides were quite funny because 100 of us piled into a carriage in our blue shirts and then piled off.
The poor people who were already on them must have wondered what the hell was going on!!

At the second pub we went to (The Elusive Camel) we were given free shots (which I avoided as I was pacing myself) and laybacks. (which I did - it makes a good photo)

Then they did boat races which I also avoided because of the fact that you had to skull a bottle of drink like a relay with your team mate and I knew I would be useless at that!!

Not everywhere we went had a tube station or a sign so I didn’t get photos of all the spots on the board but definitely a lot.

I met some really nice people - Ainsley, Carrie and Adam - and I going to catch up with them soon.

We got to the last pub and Karen met me there with a friend Damo.
We had two more drinks and then took the bus home together.

I was very proud of doing all fourteen pubs and having an alcoholic drink at every pub and still being totally fine. (maybe a little tipsy!!)
Most importantly there was no hangover!!

Tamara couldn’t believe it.
She said that she was going to check my pulse when she got home from her shift at the hospital but I was up and cleaning and washing!

I will confess however that I drank half pint lager shandy’s all day so I was actually having a quarter of a pint of alcohol at each pub which after fourteen pubs meant I had only had three-and-a-half pints all day!

Is that cheating?

Now that you have read the story, click on the "Money"

to see a full description of the route taken,
the "Monopoly Names" visited, the names of each pub
......and 29 photos!!!