Off Topic Beer prices

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Can I hijack this thread for a short while & ask for some good wholesome advice that can only be found on here?

I’ve done two things today.

Hinted to the other half before she went to work that we may go away for the weekend tomorrow.

Sorted out a decent 2nd hand lens for my camera that I can pick up tomorrow or Sunday from Retford or for £20 he can post it to me.

What’s Retford like for a weekend away? Is there much to do? What’s nearby?

Will the joy of the lens outweigh the earache?

Am I playing it right or should I take her elsewhere & cough up the £20 for delivery.

I didn't know Retford existed before Hull Trains.
 
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Can I hijack this thread for a short while & ask for some good wholesome advice that can only be found on here?

I’ve done two things today.

Hinted to the other half before she went to work that we may go away for the weekend tomorrow.

Sorted out a decent 2nd hand lens for my camera that I can pick up tomorrow or Sunday from Retford or for £20 he can post it to me.

What’s Retford like for a weekend away? Is there much to do? What’s nearby?

Will the joy of the lens outweigh the earache?

Am I playing it right or should I take her elsewhere & cough up the £20 for delivery.

Personally, I've never been to Retford (only past it), but based on Trip Advisor's 'Top Ten Things To Do In Retford', I'd cough the £20 for delivery.
 
Retford has nothing to do to pass the time. Been there many times and there's not a weekend's worth of entertainment to be had. There's barely an hour's worth to tell the truth. Stay in Nottingham and pick up the stuff on the way back up?

Beer in London. I live in the place and generally pay £4 to £4.50 for a pint of real ale. Lager a little more. The £6-plus places are more confined to the touristy areas in my experience.
 
Back in 2005, four of us went to the Denmark v England friendly in Copenhagen.
(Ferry to Amsterdam, flight from Amsterdam to Copenhagen).

Of course we lost 4-1 because David James had been up all night playing Sonic the Hedgehog, or some other console related crap.......

It was £10 a pint in Copenhagen for Carslberg lager in 2005 !!!!!!
When it was my mates round, he gave me his wallet, "I'm off for a piss, get the round in"......
So of course I got the blond barmaid a drink too, and she took a tenner, the price of a drink.....
On his return he found he had just paid £50 for four pints of Carlsberg!!!!

Needless to say, this was the end of my England away days.
 
Can I hijack this thread for a short while & ask for some good wholesome advice that can only be found on here?

I’ve done two things today.

Hinted to the other half before she went to work that we may go away for the weekend tomorrow.

Sorted out a decent 2nd hand lens for my camera that I can pick up tomorrow or Sunday from Retford or for £20 he can post it to me.

What’s Retford like for a weekend away? Is there much to do? What’s nearby?

Will the joy of the lens outweigh the earache?

Am I playing it right or should I take her elsewhere & cough up the £20 for delivery.

Bad news, I'm afraid. Either she'll top herself because you took her to Retford or you'll top yourself for suggesting it.

Either way, someone's dead.

To avoid unnecessary tragedy, I'll donate towards the postage.
 
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Back in 2005, four of us went to the Denmark v England friendly in Copenhagen.
(Ferry to Amsterdam, flight from Amsterdam to Copenhagen).

Of course we lost 4-1 because David James had been up all night playing Sonic the Hedgehog, or some other console related crap.......

It was £10 a pint in Copenhagen for Carslberg lager in 2005 !!!!!!
When it was my mates round, he gave me his wallet, "I'm off for a piss, get the round in"......
So of course I got the blond barmaid a drink too, and she took a tenner, the price of a drink.....
On his return he found he had just paid £50 for four pints of Carlsberg!!!!

Needless to say, this was the end of my England away days.

It hasn't changed, my daughter went to Copenhagen between Christmas and New Year and couldn't believe the prices, so high they spoiled the trip.
 
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JHC
FFS

I’ve just bought a pint in a boozer in London.
Not central London
Not a tourist hotspot
In fact positively suburban on an overground line
Normal boozer
Pints, sandwiches, blokes in work gear rolling their own cigs

£6.05

Six ****ing pounds and five bastard pence!!!!!
That is a right royal piss take.
However when in York a couple of months ago I was certain the locals had different tariff to the 'tourists'
 
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JHC
FFS

I’ve just bought a pint in a boozer in London.
Not central London
Not a tourist hotspot
In fact positively suburban on an overground line
Normal boozer
Pints, sandwiches, blokes in work gear rolling their own cigs

£6.05

Six ****ing pounds and five bastard pence!!!!!
I'e just had 2 pints of Bitcoin ( seriously ) in Hawked.
£3.30 a pint.
Very nice Dennis.
London makes Belgium look cheap
 
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It hasn't changed, my daughter went to Copenhagen between Christmas and New Year and couldn't believe the prices, so high they spoiled the trip.
Yes its crazy, there is the huge Carlsberg brewery right in the middle, and one bar actually had a pipe from the brewery coming through the wall. Still £10 a pint though
 
Back in 2005, four of us went to the Denmark v England friendly in Copenhagen.
(Ferry to Amsterdam, flight from Amsterdam to Copenhagen).

Of course we lost 4-1 because David James had been up all night playing Sonic the Hedgehog, or some other console related crap.......

It was £10 a pint in Copenhagen for Carslberg lager in 2005 !!!!!!
When it was my mates round, he gave me his wallet, "I'm off for a piss, get the round in"......
So of course I got the blond barmaid a drink too, and she took a tenner, the price of a drink.....
On his return he found he had just paid £50 for four pints of Carlsberg!!!!

Needless to say, this was the end of my England away days.

Not trying to ‘one up’ but when I went to Copenhagen for a weekend it was full of Swedes, when I asked one why they were there they said they come to Denmark to drink because it’s so cheap. After paying £9 a pint I was stunned.

Then I went to Stockholm in October just gone and everywhere I went it was £9 for HALF.

They only sold halves, Kempton.
 
Enjoy, love Amsterdam.
A good bar with cheap prices (3 euros last time there), was Susies saloon, they have happy hours during the day.
A decent, clean bar, bang in the middle should you want to go "elsewhere".
Also have the footy on too.
http://www.susiessaloon.nl/index.html
Thanks will give it a go. I usually go to the tourist traps like 'old sailor' and one of the bulldogs. But will go with your suggestion.
 
Not trying to ‘one up’ but when I went to Copenhagen for a weekend it was full of Swedes, when I asked one why they were there they said they come to Denmark to drink because it’s so cheap. After paying £9 a pint I was stunned.

Then I went to Stockholm in October just gone and everywhere I went it was £11 for HALF.

They only sold halves, Kempton.

I can believe it.
It gets worse as you go further north in Scandanavia too.
Try Finland and Northern Norway.

My dad was in the merchant navy, and often had a run carrying timber from Scandanavia to Germany.
In Germany they used to fill the ships cabins with bottles of spirits bought in Germany, and sell them in the northern extremes of Scandanavia.
Lets just say the money the crew made from selling booze far outstripped their wages!!!!
 
Thanks will give it a go. I usually go to the tourist traps like 'old sailor' and one of the bulldogs. But will go with your suggestion.
Basically roughly from memory walk down from the train station down the main street to Dam square. Turn left until you reach the canals, then turn right.
It is on the same side of the canal as dam square, dont go over the bridge.
 
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