Crawl was the result rather than the action

The pondman inaugural camden pub crawl took place last weekend and was a marvellous event indeed. Although we only completed a third of the course and didn't progress from the green zone, much fun was had by all.

A punctual arrival by the Scot guaranteed an early start, but seeing as the rest of the crew were not yet in Camden, the start was defined by a spot of breakfast in the Camden Kitchen. Very well cooked bacon and eggs were devaoured but at the cost of 10 quid per person, I felt somewhat done.

The crawl assembly point was the Edinboro Castle on Delancey st, where we were greeted by friendly staff proactively looking for feedback on the venue. I told them that the main issue was the slowness of service, otherwise it's an awesome pub. They reassured me that measures were in place to address this, including the addition of a self service beer pump in the garden. You heard it here first....

Having exceeded the allocated time in this venue by 300 per cent, we progressed to the Dublin Castle, full of teenagers, this is a camden trendy spot with matching grit and stinky toilets. A big floor allowed the Scot to bounce around like the madman that he is.

Thoughts turned to the football and eating so we progressed to the Spread Eagle where the attornery-pix had burgers that looked delicious. The availability of Red Stripe on tap was a welcome relief from the standard five per-centers, and the quiz machine provided a reason to re-engage the brain.

Crossing the road to the Earl of Camden, a table was miraculously secured to watch the football, which was a result considering there were about ten of us. The arrival of the Cynic initated the consumption of spirits, and the inevitable descent in to crawling. A sterling effort on jagger-bombs was put in by all, which saw the first leavers depart at about nine.

A hardcore crew of five people remainded to the end and then progressed to a house party, where a cab was very quickly required for my goodself.

A good first run, the pondman pub crawl saw a top group of people reunited and having a booze-filled Saturday afternoon of fun. Hard on the wallet and even harder on the liver, this may well become a bi-annual event - pencil in Saturday 1st of August for the next one.

The route will remain the same until it is completed and no man or woman is left standing. crawling is the new walking, don't you know.