highest pubs?

Following up to Roger

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the PYG must be reasonably high?

Just above the 900' contour according to my old 1:25000.

not as high as the caff on Leith Hill! The home Counties highest
cuppa.
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The Reids said:

Following up to beaker

Quoted message said:

Wales:

1,430 ft, Sportsman's Arms, A543 between Denbigh and Pentrefoleas

the PYG must be reasonably high?

What about The Storey Arms?

(Runs and hides in a very deep bunker :-) )

Richard Webb

(Richard Webb) said:

The Reids said:

Following up to beaker

Quoted message said:

Wales:

1,430 ft, Sportsman's Arms, A543 between Denbigh and Pentrefoleas

the PYG must be reasonably high?

What about The Storey Arms?

Is the monstrosity on top of Snowdon licensed ?

[If you go to http://www.google.co.uk, enter snowdon and restaurant, and
click "I'm Feeling Lucky", you'll get a page with a photo somewhat
reminiscent of one that was famously advertised in this newsgroup...]

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John Laird said:

Is the monstrosity on top of Snowdon licensed ?

[If you go to http://www.google.co.uk, enter snowdon and restaurant, and
click "I'm Feeling Lucky", you'll get a page with a photo somewhat
reminiscent of one that was famously advertised in this newsgroup...]

If you get this one
http://phototravels.net/wales/N0011/wales-snowdon-top-77.html

Then that looks those two at the table are drinking some
hooligan-juice from plastic glasses to me.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

John Laird said:

Is the monstrosity on top of Snowdon licensed ?

[If you go to http://www.google.co.uk, enter snowdon and restaurant, and
click "I'm Feeling Lucky", you'll get a page with a photo somewhat
reminiscent of one that was famously advertised in this newsgroup...]

If you get this one
http://phototravels.net/wales/N0011/wales-snowdon-top-77.html

Then that looks those two at the table are drinking some
hooligan-juice from plastic glasses to me.

Well spotted, sir. (My attention was, er, elsewhere.)

So, is that the highest licensed premises in the country ? I think it must
be.

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<snip>

Quoted message said:

So, is that [Snowdon Cafe] the highest licensed premises in the country ?
I think it must
be.

Snowdon summit - 1085m
Ptarmigan (Cairn Gorm) - between the 1080 and 1090m contours on the map.
The Ptarmigan _is_ licensed isn't it? (It's Scotland, it must be! :-)

Close, very close...

Anyway all this talk of pubs and heights, reminds me of a time a good few
years ago doing the Snowdon horseshoe in reverse (Crib Goch last) - a large
hipflask full of port, some fresh orange and a flask of icecubes made the
unbearable sunshine on the way round bearable. Unfortunately it clouded
over when we reached Snowdon summit, so it was into the cafe for a pint (or
it might have even been two?). Needless to say jumping from boulder to
boulder while tipsy scared the **** out of some of the people coming the
other direction on Crib Goch. :-)

Bootlaces said:

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:33:42 GMT
in <news:[email hidden]>
Richard Webb <[email hidden]> wrote :

Quoted message said:

Chris Gilbert said:

beaker wrote:

>1,730 ft, Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire
>1,690 ft, The Cat & Fiddle Inn, A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield
>1,480 ft, Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Windermere and Patterale,

Cumbria

>1,470 ft, The New Inn, Flash, Staffordshire
>1,350 ft, Warren House Inn, Postbridge, Dartmoor
>1,320 ft, The Lion Inn, High Blakey, North Yorkshire
>1,310 ft, Deerplay, A671 between Bacup and Burnley

Been in 5 of them ! 8-O

The pub at Flash Bar, just down the road from Flash, should be in
there. It's not over 160ft lower than the New Inn.

Mermaid?

Travellers Rest on the A53, near the head of the River Mermaid, just
east of Oliver Hill? Between 460-465m (1509-1525ft) according to OS 25k
contours. Nearest point from a GPS drive-by gives 465m.

There's also the Winking Man, just north of Ramshaw Rocks (somewhere
around 400-410m)

Having a close look at some OS 25k maps I also note -

A PH marked on a minor road at a place called Keb Bridge, a little north
of Todmorton. The PH appears to be between the 405 and 410 m contours,
which puts it a little bit higher than the Deeplay.

A PH between a 420 & 425 contour on a minor road just south-east of
Warley Moor Reservoir.

PH at Allenheads in th N. Pennines appears to be 400+m

Nenthead? PH on OS map which is above the 400m contour.

<aside>
I've just found another OS 'deliberate' error <g>

It's The Sportsman at Kebs, fantastic place after an evenings bouldering
on the Bridestones. Been to the one at Allenheads and Nenthead but
forget he names. I think it's The Packhorse SE of Warley Moor Res. IMHO
the Deerplay is just a shade higher han the Sportsman or The Packhorse.
I would however concede this point if proven otherwise.

beaker said:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

So, is that [Snowdon Cafe] the highest licensed premises in the country ?
I think it must
be.

Snowdon summit - 1085m
Ptarmigan (Cairn Gorm) - between the 1080 and 1090m contours on the map.
The Ptarmigan _is_ licensed isn't it? (It's Scotland, it must be! :-)

Close, very close...

Anyway all this talk of pubs and heights, reminds me of a time a good few
years ago doing the Snowdon horseshoe in reverse (Crib Goch last) - a large
hipflask full of port, some fresh orange and a flask of icecubes made the
unbearable sunshine on the way round bearable. Unfortunately it clouded
over when we reached Snowdon summit, so it was into the cafe for a pint (or
it might have even been two?). Needless to say jumping from boulder to
boulder while tipsy scared the **** out of some of the people coming the
other direction on Crib Goch. :-)

I will never forget the feeling of utter otherworldyness the first
time I did the Horseshoe - Sitting in the clag, halfway round drinking
a pint.

best bit was swimming in Llyn Llydaw on the descent. Late September
and warm...

Richard Webb

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:42:51 GMT, "beaker" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

So, is that [Snowdon Cafe] the highest licensed premises in the country ?
I think it must
be.

Snowdon summit - 1085m
Ptarmigan (Cairn Gorm) - between the 1080 and 1090m contours on the map.
The Ptarmigan _is_ licensed isn't it? (It's Scotland, it must be! :-)

Close, very close...

Certainly, England's not in the contest ;-)

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Mail john rather than nospam...

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

The Reids said:

Following up to beaker

Quoted message said:

Wales:

1,430 ft, Sportsman's Arms, A543 between Denbigh and Pentrefoleas

the PYG must be reasonably high?

What about The Storey Arms?

*Splutter* What about it? Ignoring the obvious flaw with the
Storey Arms... There's an ice cream van on the Rhigos mountain
road (at Craig y Llyn pull in) that sells tea, coffee etc as
well as icy scream. Spend enough time over the refreshment of
your choice and you may be lucky enough to see a red kite or
two; you'll almost certainly see buzzards and sparrowhawks
circling in search of elevenses(or twoses or fourses,
depending) - and of course there are always the smaller birds
hanging around for the chance of a dropped cone - *and* it's
higher up than any of the roads going over the Beacons except
perhaps the one leading to the Visitors' Centre. And when
you've had your cuppa or whatever at Craig y Llyn, drive
towards Treherbert and the Rhondda until you get a signal on
your phobile moan. That's the point where you ring me up to
see if I'm in. I've always got crash space here for visitors
somewhere amidst the chaos - but please bring your own
sleeping bag.

--
If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs...
then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

John Laird said:

Is the monstrosity on top of Snowdon licensed ?

[If you go to http://www.google.co.uk, enter snowdon and restaurant, and
click "I'm Feeling Lucky", you'll get a page with a photo somewhat
reminiscent of one that was famously advertised in this newsgroup...]

If you get this one
http://phototravels.net/wales/N0011/wales-snowdon-top-77.html

Then that looks those two at the table are drinking some
hooligan-juice from plastic glasses to me.

Complete with a choccy vending machine that resembles a rather
archaic juke box.
--
If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs...
then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you get this one
http://phototravels.net/wales/N0011/wales-snowdon-top-77.html

Then that looks those two at the table are drinking some
hooligan-juice from plastic glasses to me.

Well spotted, sir. (My attention was, er, elsewhere.)

So, is that the highest licensed premises in the country ? I think it must
be.

Depends what you mean by 'country'. If you mean Wales, then
yes. Obviously. But you'll need a mortgage and no sense of
good taste. If you mean the UK, then not necessarily because
there's a similar abberation in Scotland that is probably
licensed because it makes money so to be.
--
If you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs...
then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the
situation.

<snip>

OK, latest list of highest pubs in England (still struggling a bit with rest
of UK)

1,730 ft, Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire.
1,690 ft, The Cat & Fiddle Inn, A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield.
1,500 ft, Traveller's Rest, nr Flash on A53 between Buxton and Leek.
1,480 ft, Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Windermere and Patterale, Cumbria.
1,470 ft, The New Inn, Flash, Staffordshire.
1,470 ft, Royal Cottage, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton.
1,440 ft, The Mermaid, on the A53 near Leek, Staffordshire
1,440 ft, Winking Man, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton (close to
Royal Cottage)
1,350 ft, Warren House Inn, Postbridge, Dartmoor.
1,320 ft, The Lion Inn, High Blakey, North Yorkshire
1,310 ft, Deerplay Inn, on the A671 between Bacup and Burnley.
1,310 ft, Sportsman's Arms, Bride Stones Moor, NW of Todmorden

In message <[email hidden]>, beaker
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

<snip>

OK, latest list of highest pubs in England (still struggling a bit with rest
of UK)

1,730 ft, Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire.
1,690 ft, The Cat & Fiddle Inn, A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield.
1,500 ft, Traveller's Rest, nr Flash on A53 between Buxton and Leek.
1,480 ft, Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Windermere and Patterale, Cumbria.
1,470 ft, The New Inn, Flash, Staffordshire.
1,470 ft, Royal Cottage, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton.
1,440 ft, The Mermaid, on the A53 near Leek, Staffordshire
1,440 ft, Winking Man, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton (close to
Royal Cottage)

As mentioned earlier, there is one pub in Nenthead, Cumbria, at about
1430ft - if there are any more pubs in Nenthead, they'll be higher
still.

--
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

"Philip Powell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In message <[email hidden]>, beaker
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

<snip>

OK, latest list of highest pubs in England (still struggling a bit with
rest
of UK)

1,730 ft, Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire.
1,690 ft, The Cat & Fiddle Inn, A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield.
1,500 ft, Traveller's Rest, nr Flash on A53 between Buxton and Leek.
1,480 ft, Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Windermere and Patterale, Cumbria.
1,470 ft, The New Inn, Flash, Staffordshire.
1,470 ft, Royal Cottage, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton.
1,440 ft, The Mermaid, on the A53 near Leek, Staffordshire
1,440 ft, Winking Man, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton (close
to
Royal Cottage)

As mentioned earlier, there is one pub in Nenthead, Cumbria, at about
1430ft - if there are any more pubs in Nenthead, they'll be higher still.

oops, missed that (and the Allenheads one)

1,730 ft, Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire.
1,690 ft, The Cat & Fiddle Inn, A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield.
1,500 ft, Traveller's Rest, nr Flash on A53 between Buxton and Leek.
1,480 ft, Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Windermere and Patterale, Cumbria.
1,470 ft, The New Inn, Flash, Staffordshire.
1,470 ft, Royal Cottage, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton.
1,440 ft, The Mermaid, on the A53 near Leek, Staffordshire
1,440 ft, Winking Man, on the A53 halfway between Leek and Buxton (close to
Royal Cottage)
1,410 ft, Miners Arms, Nenthead, Cumbria.
1,350 ft, Warren House Inn, Postbridge, Dartmoor.
1,320 ft, The Lion Inn, High Blakey, North Yorkshire
1,310 ft, Deerplay Inn, on the A671 between Bacup and Burnley.
1,310 ft, Sportsman's Arms, Bride Stones Moor, NW of Todmorden
1,310 ft, Allenheads Inn, Northumberland.

Richard Webb said:

The Reids said:

Following up to beaker

Quoted message said:

Wales:

1,430 ft, Sportsman's Arms, A543 between Denbigh and Pentrefoleas

the PYG must be reasonably high?

What about The Storey Arms?

Licensed?

or the Drover's Arms on the Eppynt?
(beer was supplied recently IIRC, but I doubt very much that it's still a
"licensed premises"😉

Best in Sth Wales I know of are the Lamb & Fox, (ex village of Pwll-du,
above Blaenavon)
and the Horse & Jockey, both look to be between 420 and 430m. The Whistle
Inn is just about bang on the 400m contour. The "top" pubs in Blaenavon
itself are the Rifleman's at 390 and then the Pottery at c. 350.

The pub in Trefil above is only at 400m, but is pretty isolated.
nearest pub to the Brecon Mountain Railway at Pant is c. 400m.

Sorry, is there some rule to use feet, only maps these days are marked in
metres. EMNTK.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What about The Storey Arms?

Licensed?

<g> If only!
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Quoted message said:

Sorry, is there some rule to use feet, only maps these days are marked in
metres. EMNTK.

The numbers are bigger - makes the height look more impressive ;-)

"beaker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sorry, is there some rule to use feet, only maps these days are marked

in

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

metres. EMNTK.

The numbers are bigger - makes the height look more impressive ;-)

I guess serving the beer is harder, there being less air pressure at those
heights, still an eclectic pump would work (there I said it!) fine.

Mike Jones said:

I guess serving the beer is harder, there being less air pressure
at those heights, still an eclectic pump would work (there I said

it!)

Quoted message said:

fine.

In my experience there is an inverse correlation between bar
altitude and beer quality. This is based on the fact that three
of my favourite bars are Bannermans and The Tron in Edinburgh,
both with underground vault bars, and Llanthony Priory in the
Black Mountains. Again, a vault bar and which serves not only
Flowers Original but also Bulmers Original (so many fabulous
choices of ways in which to poison yourself!).

Chris