Pubwatch 2012 (no.2) - The Mallard, Derby

Hot on the heels of yesterday's pub review comes another. Just like buses then, in many ways - nothing for ages, and then the heavens open and while you're stood there, soaked through in the driving rain, the bastard, twenty-minutes-late bus driver drives straight past because he "didn't see you, mate"

Or maybe that's just me. Hmmm...

Pubwatch 2012 (no.1) - Queens Head, Ockbrook

I wanted to do a pub guide last year, really - a bit of a guide to pubs I'd visited over the year, where they were, what I thought of them and the beers they served - and never really got round to it. A shame really; for one thing, I can't remember many of the pubs I visited (and I went to a few, for the pub-quizzing and such if nothing else) - sure, there's the Centurion in Bicester, but this apart I really have to have a bit of a think to remember...

So here's Resolution Number Seven (maybe - I forget exactly):

• Go to pubs. Take notes. Remember the good ones...