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6th - Disaster struck! Sneak knows how Gordon Brown must feel - everyone out to get you. But this is worse. Our very own Branch Chairman "BB" visted the Old Slaughtered Lamb and ordered a pint of Whitstable East Anglia Pale Ale (a very light coloured, hoppy ale) in a jug. However he proceeded to drink someone else’s bitter, which was in a straight glass and decidedly different colour. Said incident was witnessed by many including 100o - who has tabled a motion for the next meeting censoring our beloved leader.
19th - Well it had to happen after nearly five years Sneak has had a complaint! "Dear Sneakie," starts the complainants email, "I was very surprised and angry when I read (several times) the nasty slurs on those nice people, Father Jack and Mr Cap that you printed [tecnically they haven't been printed - Sneak] in Sneak. As you can see from the attached photo, they can usually be seen in reflective mood (outside the Bottelje), particular in the case of Mr Cap who was properly attired wearing his smart jacket unlike the scruffy individuals who composed the rest of the Arun & Adur party. Yours Exfest in Devon". Well what can Sneak add but in the hope Sneak doesn't get sued here is the picture. You can make your own minds up.
16th - "Yo Sneakie" starts this rather lengthy missive from Cap'n K. "Transported to my favourite country over the weekend to make shure that standards were being maintained. I picked up a brouchure for the Oostende kite festival only to find that on the reverse, an advert for Radio 2 (Belgian) features what appears [surely there can not be two! - Sneak] to be Mr Cap on his way back from the Botteltje after an agreable luncheon with father Jack, the cap is on order, the buttons are working overtime but i'm not shure about the gun and truncheon (see attached)."
Cap'n K continues "On the subject of Father Jack, it would appear that all popadums are his property in the same way that all swans belong to the Queen. This was confirmed in a curry house in Ghent (when in Rome), where he insisted that all the popadums were for HIS meal and no one else could have one. After our return to the Botteltje, Father Jack went AWOL and was not spotted until midday on the Sunday." 
"The highlight of the day in Ghent had to be the visit to Tvelootje bar. Seating was on a plank stretched across two benches, cooking oil tins for tables and beer straight from the bottle, as we were told all the glasses had been broken. Madame Cyn managed two large genvers from what seemed to be cream jugs or egg cups. The interior pictures prove that the bar has been lowered for standards of cleanliness and decor, so certain pubs now have a new target to aim for. I pomissed the owner that we would add a link to his website, so here it is. Sunday was so hot that in between drinks at Noa's in Koksijde our team leader took us to the beach for a picnic on the beach." Sneak understands that Belgium is considering board controls in the near future.
UPDATE: Sneak has arranged with Herr Webmeister to put some more photos of the trip on the website ... here.
10th - Sneak has it on very good authority that Herr Webmeister (HW) was - how do you put it delicately - "merry" today. The well attended launch saw HW behind the bar of the Red Lion in Shoreham - pouring pints of, the rather nice, Adur Brewery's Merry Andrew - but a 6.2% it was to be sipped and the two halves generously donated should have been enough. However, as is the way the poor HW was offered another (and another) and announced "Oh my g*d! It's only 12.30 and I've had five pints!". Needless to say an early afternoon nap was on order.
8th - "Yo Sneakie, [you know who this is don't you?] spotted this in the 'Property Today' paper which has just been transported to my door mat - 'Local Pub On The Market, The Anchor Inn in Storrington'. If you goolge it it comes back as the best pub in West Sussex!!! The advert in the paper says the turnover is £46,000 per annum and the rent is £59,130 per annum. I know that pubcos like to get all the money the can, but isn't charging £252.50 a week more in rent than you turnover a little steep. The 15 year lease works out at just shy of £8000 per annum as well!" Live long and prosper Cap'n K." Sneak is sure that pub co's are that greedy but on closer viewing the advert is wrong and the proper turnover should be £460,000 - a profit of £390,000 a year. A bargin! Whoops has Sneak forgot something, the exorbitant cost of pub co beer, staff, utlities, etc etc. Sneak thinks gross profit will more likely be £0.
7th - 100o (again) is updating us on the Church now Ten and the Royal Coach now AL THE COY ROACH (well at least on the side of the pub)!
2nd - Sneak has yet another posting from the prolific . 100o says "I have it on good authority that Sneak [lies, lies, lies ... no really lies] may be one of the 10% of people in the country who imbibe in an alcoholic beverage at lunchtime. Recent research for Brewers SAB Miller show that the average time of the day for that first pint is 18.14. The findings also found that the average time for the last drink is at 22.37. So not so much a 24 hour drinking culture, more of a 4 hour one." Sneak can't help but worry that he has in a strange position as usually his last drink of the day is 18.14!
1st - As 100o pointed out May is here.
30th - Dutch has been absent from this column for a while. However, it seems he is on a one man crusade to drink all the mild in West Sussex. Sneak heard that he was "Sorry, finished off the Arundel Mild last night - next Moorhouses Black Cat then Dark Star , Mild for May." And it is still only April!
28th - It seems 100o is getting about a bit these days, updates to the pub guide include - Yates (closed), Assembly - now Bar Release and suspect dispense of the Jolly Greene Giants IPA at the Waterside. Go on live a little ... Oh it seems 100o is ... fresh up date from the merry Monk ...
15th - Thanks to 100 Degrees for the following web link. Just going to prove there are really brave people out there 100 Degrees starts "Please pass this link onto Sneak. He or she [obviously a new comer has he doesn't remember about Mrs Sneak] may find it interesting. www.worthingpubreviews.co.uk. Basically it is a report on pubs in Worthing from a couple of guys who intend to visit every pub in Worthing in alphabetical order. They walk to each pub and review it. They do one a week and have just started on the C’s." Sneak can't help but think that "C" in relation to Worthing pubs means something else.
14th - Whoops. Sneak appears to have mislaid March somewhere. Reminiscent of a 1980's Lloyd Cole song ... there is a feeling of a "lost month in Worthing".
