£7.40 a pintCN211276 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:53 pm Have not been in a pub for over month. Went to Cheltenham for the Christmas drink up two weeks ago in the knowledge that it would be day light robbery at the racecourse, £7.40 a pint.We did not have many. Instead we got blasted on the train up with our own cocktails.
It was cans at a Tesco Extra for the journey back.
Pubs in the suburbs of Cardiff are closing right left and centre, but the ones in town seem to be holding up. The pub nearest to me is on borrowed time and four others near by, two under new ownership, never seem busy. It seems Covid hit the industry very hard and prices have gone up a lot since. Far cheaper to drink at home.
No thanks, I'd rather stay at home or buy some expensive foo fuses 
My nearest pub is now a purveyor of over priced food in small portions. The bar is secondary and the only decent beer is Shipyard which luckily for me is their cheapest. I have to be dragged into that place kicking and screaming. I feel offended every time the bar person asks for the money.
Not in the Christmas spirit i know but I am not the only one in my group of friends and acquaintances that feel like this, 99% of them agree. The pub only opens Thursday to Sunday so the people are obviously staying away. But then we have prices rising at ridiculous rates . I don't know where this is all going. Even the nearest spoons was quiet. The Sam Smiths pub looked relatively busy but it is tiny like going in someone's front room.
Merry bleeding Christmas
I miss my mum so much and I think without my family and friends I would have drunk myself into an early grave by now.