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10 glorious places to enjoy a beer in Cambridge 

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The Green Man in Grantchester. Picture: David Johnson

f you’re dreaming of the sunshine on your face and a cold glass of something in your hand, then we have picked 10 of the most glorious places the area has to offer.
Source: 10 glorious places to enjoy a beer in Cambridge – Cambridge News

Take a look at a great English pub buried in the Yorkshire Dales

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It’s well worth the (rather arduous) journey

Let’s get straight to the point. The CB Inn, buried in the depths of the North Yorkshire Dales, is a great English pub.

After four or five hours of tedious driving along the country’s beleaguered roads, this was not what I was expecting to find.

I was tired, angry – I wanted to be nowhere more than I my own home.

But then there was the CB Inn – tucked away 20 miles or so from the A1 in a tiny, almost unpronouncable place called Arkengarthdale.

Continue Reading: The CB Inn – take a look at a great English pub buried in the Yorkshire Dales (warning – you might not want to leave) – Lincolnshire Live

Horses throw toads to win quirky British pub championship 

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LONDON: With the final brass “toad” nestled at the bottom of the hole, team members from the Black Horse club jumped in the air to chest bump after becoming world champions at one of Britain’s more obscure pub games.Toad, which is said to have originated in France hundreds of years ago, involves throwing four large brass coins, or “toads”, at a small hole on a lead square nearly eight feet (2.44 meters) away.Two points are awarded for throwing a toad in the hole, with one point awarded for landing it on the lead table.”Is toad skilful? Absolutely. You’ll see players with varying techniques and skills that they’ve honed over a period of time,” competitor Bryan Vaananen told Reuters.

“You can’t just rock up and chuck it in the hole.”The Black Horse came out victorious at Wednesday’s championship at a hall in the team’s home town of Lewes in southern England. More than 50 teams vied for the title, an increase on last year’s entrants.The game is hugely popular in the East Sussex town, having waned elsewhere in English pubs amid competition from darts and pool.

Source: Horses throw toads to win quirky British pub championship – Channel NewsAsia