Cambridge Crawl 17th June 1989

This was my first ever visit to Cambridge and first time i had ever done a pub in Cambridgeshire,so i was well looking forward to going on this pub crawl which was a Nottingham Camra crawl.
These always started from the Newmarket pub in the middle of Nottingham and there was usually a good lively crowd on the bus,no posh people and it always got more rowdy on the way back.
Most of these Nottingham Camra pub crawls were after a Forest home game,but this was what they called a mid summer crawl and it was always to Cambridge.
After what seemed like a long bus journey we were finally getting close to Cambridge and for some reason unknown to me entering it from the South,i think this now may have been something to with pubs on the outskirts of the city being in the GBG.

1: Green Man

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

 
A very nice looking pub that looked like a Chef & Brewer steak house from its signage outside.
I was not too bothered as to what it was like i went straight in as i was gasping for a drink.
There were three real ales on the bar and after looking at them it seemed to be a Whitbread tied house,i had a drink of Pedigree,which went down well,the other real ales were Whitbread Wethereds and Whitbread Flowers Bitter.
The pub was quite smart inside and comfortable.
Some of my Forest mates are sat outside the pub.

It was a short walk up the road to the next pub.

2: The Volunteer

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

 
A unsigned Whitbread tied house with three real ales on.
I had a drink of Whitbread Castle Eden Bitter,which was a very nice drink,the other Whitbread beers were Wethereds and Pedigree which was a Marstons brewed beer but Whitbread had a large stake in the brewery.
Another decent pub and comfortable inside.

We had to get back on the bus and get into the middle of Cambridge,where i would go off and do pubs others did not want to do,but i always bumped into friends while doing my own thing.
Another one of my Forest mates posing outside the pub.

3: Jolly Waterman

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

A corner pub that i think was situated just off the City Centre to the North,this is where the bus parked up and where we would stagger back onto it.
A Tolly Cobbold tied house,so i was well pleased.
There were a couple of rooms inside that i noticed,but i was after a drink of Tolly Cobbold Bitter,to be honest not the best of independent brewery bitters i have had,but it was a Tolly Cobbold tied house,i walked out well pleased.

I was now going to walk into the middle of Cambridge and try to find either Tolly Cobbold,Greene King or Charles Wells tied houses. 
It was not long before i noticed two pubs next to each other,i would give The Mitre a miss as i wanted to do independent brewery tied houses.

4: Baron of Beef

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

I thought this was a great name for a pub.
A pretty standard pub once inside,but it was a Greene King tied house,but there were no real ales on the bar,i had to have a drink of keg Greene King IPA,which was pretty poor.

Never mind i had plenty more pubs to do and in much nicer areas of the city centre.

5: The Maypole

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

You don't get nice areas like this in my home city of Nottingham,so it was great to see a nice looking pub that was a Tolly Cobbold tied house.
It was packed outside with what looked like much posher people than me,but i was not bothered and the pub was a bit quieter inside,probably because everybody was outside.
I noted that the drink of Tolly Cobbold Bitter was top notch in this pub.

The pubs seemed to be thick on the ground in this area,so it was not long before i was in my next pub.

6: Cambridge Arms

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

 
Not one of the best looking pubs i have been in,but it was a Greene King tied house,so i was well pleased.
The pub was packed inside with the bright young people of Cambridge,but i was only 28 at the time,so not that old.
The Greene King IPA went down well.

Another short walk and i was outside my next pub,which did look a bit out of place with it being a modern building.

7: Kings Arms

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

 
Another Tolly Cobbold tied house so i was well pleased.
It seemed decent enough to me inside and the Tolly Cobbold Bitter was decent enough.

8: Champion of the Thames

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

 
I liked the look of this pub from the outside and was not dissapointed once inside.
A Greene King tied house,which pleased me,i had a drink of Greene King IPA,which went down well.

A short walk and i was in my next pub.

9: The Clarendon Arms

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

Another decent looking end of terrace back street pub.
A Greene King tied house and quite nice inside,i had a decent drink of Greene King IPA here.

It was another short walk to my next pub which would probably be one of the best pubs of the day.

10: Man on the Moon

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

 
Not the best of looking pubs,but i do not mind going into grim estate pubs so was not too bothered about going into this pub.
Another Tolly Cobbold tied house and a decent drink of Tolly Cobbold bitter on the bar.
What made this pub good was the live music that was being played,i really enjoyed my time in this pub,one i could have stayed in for longer if not on a pub crawl.

It was starting to get dark and i was just walking round trying to find pubs,i ended up on a busy road for my next pub.

11: Five Bells

A Tolly Cobbold tied house so i was well pleased.
The Tolly Cobbold Bitter was a nice drink here.
A shame that i never managed to get a photo of this pub.

I carried on walking along this busy road until i found another pub,it was not long before i found my next pub.

12: Rose and Crown 

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

A corner pub situated on a busy road.
This was another Greene King tied house that was comfortable inside,i had a drink of Greene King IPA which went down well.

I walked further along the busy road until i got to my next pub which was not that far.

13: Seven Stars

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

I liked the look of this pub from the outside.
It was another Greene King tied house,which i was well pleased to do.
It was decent enough inside and fairly busy,i had a drink of Greene King IPA,which was a decent drink.

I now had to walk off the main road and back into the back streets to do pubs i had took photos of earlier on my pub crawl,but not gone in them.

14: Free Press

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

A decent looking back street pub that was another Greene King tied house.
The pub was quite nice inside and the Greene King IPA went down well.

After a short walk i was in my next pub.

15: The Cricketers

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

A pretty plain looking back street pub that was nicer inside,it was a Greene King tied house,so i was pleased,the Greene King IPA went down well.

Another very short walk and i was in my next pub.

16: The Elm Tree

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

A Charles Wells tied house so i was well pleased,set well into the back streets,the pub did not look that good from the outside but was better once inside,the Charles Wells Eagle bitter went down well.

I only had time for one more pub before closing time.
It was only a short walk to it so no problems in getting in before last orders.

17: The Hopbine

Photo taken by Alan Winfield

A decent looking pub that was busy outside,once inside it was quite a nice pub and a Greene King tied house.
I ended up having a pint of Greene King IPA which went down well.

This was an evening pub crawl and i was well pleased to get 17 pubs done,only one keg house and all at the time independent brewery tied houses.

I thought Cambridge was a great city and the weather was really nice, i did visit it again with my wife and on my own in years to come.
I hope Martin likes this post about pubs that he has visited over the years.