Who in ****ting crikey calls it Wethers? I've never heard it abbreviated to anything other than Spoons.
Speaking of gay bars...I've just been by Albion hotel down Caroline st area and it's painted bright pink!!!
If you fancy a change from downing pints then I've had a few pleasant evenings in the London Cocktail Club in Oxford Circus. They do have them right across London though They are pretty much as described on their website "A serious drinkers cocktail bar...Don’t expect the usual contemporary chic cocktail bar, what you can expect is dark, down and dirty…" We've started there during happy hour though, which is 4.30 - 7 Tuesday to Sat, it might be pricey later on http://www.londoncocktailclub.co.uk/
I wouldn't go out of your way, but if your passing at the right time it's a good atmosphere when I've been in
If the monopoly board sounds like a lot of work then you can always do the circle line pub crawl (bit more difficult since they extended it to Hammersmith).
You'll see different variations but here's one: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d...don/articles/The-ultimate-Monopoly-pub-crawl/ Just get a pic at each. Done.
Now there's a thing. Is the soon to be father -in-law going because this can always put a downer on such occasions. Not a good start to married life when your wifes dad has seen you being noshed off by a tranny in Soho.
I'm going on an Army reunion in September in London. We're kicking off ( hopefully not literally) in the The Lord Moon of the Mall near Trafalgar Square. It's a Wether's and there's 25 - 30 of us meeting up. My mate ,who has done the recce, reckons they're fine with large groups of rowdy blokes. A bit like Frankies Vauxhall Tavern then.
