As summer 2008 slowly appeared (and promptly disappeared far more quickly), we decided to set an evening to finish off our first hundred pubs. Corstorphine was the location chosen for this task.
Agenda (St. John's Road, 12/26/31/X48/100) is a trendy cafe-bar/restaurant which could easily be mistaken for the foyer of an hotel or – in some areas – the reception of a large office complex. Anyway, they had some good deals on bottled lagers as part of a Euro 2008 promotion. Our stay was brief, and our departure coincided with half-time in the ongoing game.
The Centurion (St John'sRoad, 12/26/31/X48/100) was chosen as our 100th pub for obvious reasons. We took up our positions in the lounge bar, joined by Neil McDonald and Grog Bingham, who seemed to have forgotten his gripes regarding the constant mis-spellings of his surname. A pleasant enough if forgettable joint, we stayed to watch Sweden round off their victory over Greece, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring a cracking goal in the process.
The Toby Carvery and Pub (St John's Road, 12/26/31/X48/100): You don't honestly expect me to write a full appraisal of every Toby Carvery or Brewer's Fayre we pass do you? What? You do? Tough.
The Corstorphine Inn (Corstorphine High Street, 1) provided our last point of call for the evening. Maybe my memory is playing up, or perhaps it was just the late hour, but the place seemed unnecesarily cavernous, which left it completely devoid of atmosphere. Redeeming features came in the shape of a good selection of real ales and an hour or so whiled away at the quiz machine.
After just over a month's break from participating in the Pub Challenge, The Management reconvened in mid-July to set out a game plan for the rest of the summer. Whigham's Wine Cellars (Hope Street, 1/3/4/10/11/12/13/15/16/17/19/22/24/25/26/30/31/33/34/36/37/41/44/X48/100) was the chosen meeting place, based on Nick's recommendation. Apparently this place is incredibly lively after office hours (and I can see why), but by the time we arrived at 10-ish only a few stragglers remained. Thankfully there was a rather attractive barmaid on shift, who successfully managed to distract me from listening to anything which Nick was trying to tell me about bus routes, statistics, or why Adam Johns should come out drinking more regularly.
Until the next time, when we shall have the benefit of the Fringe Festival and extended opening hours....
CUMULATIVE PUB COUNT: 103
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