On a sunny Thursday I took three trains to Upton from where it was an easy walk of a mile and a half to my first target, the Wirral Hundred:
I think this pub was built in the 1970s, an unusual decade for pub construction, but I could be completely wrong. Anyway, inside it is very pleasantly decorated, one open room partly split into two halves. If it is older than the 70s it will have been knocked through, it's hard to judge from the interior whether that has happened.
Just a handful of regulars were inside, more of them were enjoying the weather on the pleasant terrace.
I stayed inside with a pint of Strongbow - I have decided to reduce my consumption of Carling, and in any case they don't serve it so it would have been Fosters here. Factory cider is, I think, more refreshing and certainly sweeter than factory lager!
Next, a short walk to the Swan:
This is very much a "cookie cutter" bog standard dining pub inside. The Landlord handpump was "back soon" so I had another cider, Thatchers Gold this time, in a Thatchers Gold glass.
At half two on a Thursday the pub was ticking over well, I think most of the other customers were eating. There was plenty of room for more, though. The background music was completely drowned out by multiple conversations.
The menu, under the Sizzling brand, looks good, and good value. That'll be why the place is popular.
Next, a long bus ride to Liscard. And it was a long bus ride! I don't know why my taxes are wasted on buses and trains around here when everyone gets in their car and jams up the roads!
At long last I reached Scrap Yard:
A rather strange place this, I really like it. A concrete floor and bare brick walls are softened by nicely done quirky decor and colourful sofas. The other chairs have been stolen from Wetherspoon (Only joking but they are exactly the same as the plastic chairs Wetherspoon use outside, perhaps they bought these when the Moreton one closed.)
The service was a bit disorganised when I arrived, with people wandering about but no one serving me, but soon enough I had selected a gorgeous Vocation Chocolate Orange from the twenty keg brews on offer, there were quite a few others that looked tempting, it's really a good range.
Last time I was here, in 2018, everyone else was on coffee - for which there is a separate little counter - this time it was about 50/50 coffee to booze.
There are quite a few other pubs in Liscard, but only two are overdue for a visit. I checked Apres Ski but it was shut as expected, opens 19:00 on Thursday. So, skipping the Wetherspoon and the Wellington I headed on to the Tower:
A proper classic boozer this one, full of (mainly) blokes drinking mostly lager. I reverted to Carling in order to fit in, but a Strongbow would also have worked. There were two handpumps on the counter, I bet they haven't been used for many years. Someone has put some effort into polishing them, anyway.
One big open room knocked through, I suspect, with an l-shaped counter in two parts where two barmaids were kept busy serving lagers and ciders and the occasional Guinness. Sitting quite near the counter, I noted a Carlsberg being poured in a Carling glass, tut tut.
As is standard in "plain" boozers nowadays the whole place was clean, tidy and well maintained. (And so were the majority of the customers!)
Four required ticks is pretty good at the moment, I'm finding it very difficult to get a cluster of wanted pubs within walking distance, hence the long bus ride. Never mind, today puts my pubs visited in the last five years up to 1,005.
Beer of the day: Vocation Chocolate Orange
Miles walked: 2.5
Maybe coming soon: Undecided
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