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#49407 - 02/08/09 09:20 PM Alston - Pubs?
durhamwasp New Member Registered: 02/08/09 Posts: 2	Hello guys, me and 5 others are doing C2C in a couple of weekends, and spending a Saturday night in Alston or Nenthead. Does anybody know any pubs here that show live sports on tv, like Sky Sports? Thanks in advance!
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#49409 - 02/08/09 09:47 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: durhamwasp]
Lounge Lizard Full Member Registered: 07/05/06 Posts: 2013 Loc: Stafford	Originally Posted By: durhamwasp Hello guys, me and 5 others are doing C2C in a couple of weekends, and spending a Saturday night in Alston or Nenthead. Does anybody know any pubs here that show live sports on tv, like Sky Sports? Thanks in advance! A bit north of the usual route, Alston and Nenthead aren't they ? Common sense to seek out pubs on the way but surely the whole point of such a walk is to get away from crap like Sky Sports.
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#49414 - 02/08/09 10:16 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: Lounge Lizard]
m/ark Full Member Registered: 10/05/09 Posts: 559 Loc: Cirencester.	you will be lucky to find food never mind sky tv, the proper-ganda machine of capitalism. Why do you give this company your money, remeber when sport was free on BBC and ITV, then came sky pumping cash in to it, now you are paying for posh beckhams hairstyle and Davids porcsh, as well as the shareholders holidays. do us all a faver and dont promote sky tv on the coast to coast. it is all we have left of England.
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#49423 - 02/08/09 10:40 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: m/ark]
durhamwasp New Member Registered: 02/08/09 Posts: 2	sorry guys! hit a nerve there eh? Im doing coast to coast for the same reasons as most, but why not ask if any pubs have sky sports so i can watch my football team on a Sat night? Jeeez.
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#49432 - 02/08/09 11:20 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: durhamwasp]
m/ark Full Member Registered: 10/05/09 Posts: 559 Loc: Cirencester.	Welcome to the forum duranwasp No you did not hit a nerve you missed by two inches, dont take it personal, we are just C2C nuts and love it as it is. we dont want it to become a blackpool with people having sex in the mountings, leaving condoms all over the place. I canot realy help you as I am a true backpacker who camps under the stars with a fire and detest people who stay in bed and breakfast with their little packed lunches made for them wraped in a paper bag. if you need advice on killing rabits or lighting fire in woods or wearing the same pants for a week then I am your man. Sorry I could not help you.
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#49436 - 02/08/09 11:40 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: m/ark]
SteveInLeicester Full Member Registered: 26/04/07 Posts: 152 Loc: Leicester	It's supposed to be a walking forum so I won't get into too much debate, but I can't let your remarks pass without comment Mark. Yes, football was free on BBC - the FA cup final, one match a year! Now on Sky we have live matches almost on demand. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Just because I'm a keen walker and camper doesn't mean I can't enjoy watching sports does it? I love to watch football, both on TV and going to games. Doesn't mean I'll be shagging in the mountains and littering the countryside.
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#49437 - 02/08/09 11:44 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: SteveInLeicester]
midgetarget Full Member Registered: 22/06/05 Posts: 135 Loc: Cardiff, UK	There's too many midges around to go shagging in the countryside, anyway! midgetarget
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#49439 - 02/08/09 11:52 PM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: midgetarget]
SteveInLeicester Full Member Registered: 26/04/07 Posts: 152 Loc: Leicester	Maybe I've been lucky on that score then. Only occasionally do they bother me. Maybe they're like mosquitoes and don't like garlic or marmite. Or is that a myth?
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#49440 - 03/08/09 12:42 AM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: m/ark]
flatlands Full Member Registered: 04/06/07 Posts: 496	Originally Posted By: m/ark Welcome to the forum duranwasp No you did not hit a nerve you missed by two inches, dont take it personal, we are just C2C nuts and love it as it is. we dont want it to become a blackpool with people having sex in the mountings, leaving condoms all over the place. I canot realy help you as I am a true backpacker who camps under the stars with a fire and detest people who stay in bed and breakfast with their little packed lunches made for them wraped in a paper bag. if you need advice on killing rabits or lighting fire in woods or wearing the same pants for a week then I am your man. Sorry I could not help you. Prickhead.
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#49441 - 03/08/09 01:59 AM Re: Alston - Pubs? [Re: flatlands]
m/ark Full Member Registered: 10/05/09 Posts: 559 Loc: Cirencester.	[/quote]Prickhead. [/quote] Oh dear flatlands you are abusive wa l ker, and a man of few words, maybe thats not all that you lack?
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