Mr GigFound <a href="http://www.mrgig.com/venues">mrgig.com/venues</a> while searching for details of <strong>The Happy Frenchman</strong>, it lists venues, bands, and gigs in the East <strong>Kent</strong> area...Derelict London pubsJust what it says, London, that is derelict... I found this page of derelict pubs when searching for the Finsbury Park Powerhaus, the abandonded venue near Finsbury Park tube. Noticed going past it yesterday on the bus that some windows upstairs were... Folkestone PubsBeer in the Evening have made some changes to their site, you can search for a pub by all sorts of things now, including customer comments... I can't remember all the details, I deleted the mail now, but go there, and have a look...There's a good lis... Kent GigsGot lots more local gigs <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/">on the homepage</a> and more details of <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/cgi-bin/venue">local venues</a> now, thanks to <a href="http://www.kentgigs.com">kentgigs.com</a>...How to Brew Beer in a Coffee PotHmm, "Make sure everything you are using is as close to sanitary as possible. Use a dishwasher if you have one". I hope that guy doesn't work in a hospital.Folkestone PubsAh never mind other sites, check out my very own list of Folkstone pubs, or search by criteria (Does it have a pool table? Real ale? Live music?) on the interactive Folkestone pub map...... Squirrel plants super walnut treeA lovely gardening story, not that much squirrel content actually. Now onto the weekend review!We went to Rye, and it is nice. We mooched around some very very old buildings and shops and things, and had a look inside [abe]Henry James[/abe]' house, a... Get it over with...Football was disappointing, but probably where we deserved to get to. Knocked out by Manchester United though, who'd have thought it. The rest of the weekend was fabulous, here we go.Saturday had some friends visiting, so we headed out for a GREAT lu... There's a nice run of pubs right by WhitehallI'll look up the names of them, there's four in a row that we went in one day, when we were staying in London because of Clare's work, they're on the road running straight down from Trafalgar Square I think... I'll have to look them up. Last cool pla... Top weekendGreat weekend visiting, eating, and drinking, very nice indeed, cheers. Not such a bad journey down to Fareham as it might have been, considering it was the bank holiday and traffic was supposed to be monstrous. Normal holdups around Hindhead and the... Wagamama todayGoing to spend a fairly lazy day around the pubs of Canterbury, starting with a lunch at Wagamama, and HEY, we got a voucher: That's from this feature that a friend alerted us to, we'd be going there today anyway though, nice.Had a good week, felt bu... Fareham to become a dry townPolice hope a blanket ban on alcohol throughout Fareham from June 1 will also cut anti-social behaviour in the town.Signs will soon start appearing in hot-spots across the area, warning residents about the new powers.This really does apply in pubs, r... Weekend goodThe rugby was obviously attrocious, what a poor start to the weekend, but hey at least it was the weekend from that point onwards. As usual we headed to Canterbury, Clare on a slightly earlier bus than me so she could do some shopping, then Wagamamas... Fullsome weekenderWell I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c... The White Hart is now closed apparently :-(I thought this one might survive with its outside bar and all, what a shame.got lots of non folkestone venues on hereGot lots of venues in Kent, mostly venues people who might go to Folkestone might also go to, Hastings isn't so far away! This one's probably been listed because of a local band playing there. I do have lots of venues in further away places like Lond... Michael Howard was in The Guildhall last nightIt says here. It's proud of pubs week apparently. Why The Guildhall though? Guess The British Lion would be too small for the massed crowds he would attract.... pubs and clubs in kentDear someone,I think the Leas Club and Weatherspoons are similar to the old fashioned proper pubs and then the only pub that I have not been to for years is Jolstons but I don't even know if that place is still open and if it is, I think it is now ca... RE: pubs and clubs in kentThe Leas Club is meant to be closing at some point, it's to be redeveloped as flats and maybe a gym?Jolsons is a sort of a club bar, is it called the Party Bar now? Is it even still open? I haven't been there for years either!Wetherspoons is still th... RE: pubs and clubs in kentbritish lion is full of nazis Find Good Beer Guide Pubs on your iPhone / iPod Touch£1.19 for CAMRA's iphone app initially, but then an "in game" payment of £8.99 to keep it, sounds a bit much to me. Only the same sort of price as the book, but still. Should make the initial app free if you're going to do something like that.After a... Lovely long weekendGreat long weekend. Took Friday off so we could travel to and from Fareham in the mornings without it making the weekend too short. Got there at lunchtime without too much grief. Usually we come back Sunday afternoon, but if Harry's awake the whole j... The rest of our Folkestone Saturday (evening)After my best vegeburger in town and Clare's fajitas, and a couple of drinks in Chambers, we walked home, quite a distance, but we did it with stops in Harvey's, The Providence, and The Clarendon. All quite quiet really. The Clarendon was very nice, ... Other pubs we went to at the weekend: The HopeAs Mum and Dad were here all weekend, and knackered from a full day of Harry on the Saturday, Clare and I thought we'd go out after dinner. We're used to being knackered all the time. Got Dad to drop us in Hythe so we could crawl back. We started at ... Other pubs we went to at the weekend: The White HartNext we headed to The White Hart on the high street, nice, nicest of the four pubs we went to on our little crawl, but pretty quiet. They had one real ale on, we discussed things that were in the free papers in the pub, and looked at the old map of H... Other pubs we went to at the weekend: The BellDidn't expect much from The Bell but it was at a fairly convenient stop on the walk home. It was pretty busy, lively, too lively for me, lots of noisy people. Could have been worse, felt a little bit rough this night. Not sure why the people were the... Other pubs we went to at the weekend: The FountainWe're nearly home now, The Fountain is the closest pub to home. It's a big pub, too big for the number of people who are generally in there. It's quite good, but there was a noisy crowd up at the pool table end. Again I thought why are you here inste... Other pubs we went to at the weekend: The Five BellsNot part of our Saturday night crawl, but lunch this time, at the Five Bells in Braborne Lees. It's a lovely pub in a lovely spot, we booked in for dinner. Not masses of vegan choice, but they do their own pizzas in there so I had one of those, and m... Portsmouth pubsStudying best alehouses in Portsmouth as I'm off there tomorrow. Seems The Leopold Tavern is now pretty highly rated, it was not last time I was down that way. Also The Fifth Hants Volunteer Arms. Not sure either of these venues are part of the Alber...