Last Toastie

A round walk via The Tap Room in Warburton Street E8, The Mitre in Ely Place EC1, The Crown Tavern on Clerkenwell Green EC1, The Viaduct Tavern in Newgate Street EC4, The Old Bell Tavern in Fleet Street EC4 and returning by way of The Blackfriar in Queen Victoria Street EC4 at a distance of 9.88 miles on twelve pints and one toasted sandwich.

The Last Toastie   23.12.14

“…and I after much warm’d bread and beer felt such rich churning, and it be so severe, progressed to a coffee house and whilst there reposed, passed ordure such as I’d never seen before or indeed have ever witnessed since…”

Extract:    ‘The Diary of William Bull’  April 12th 1801

attrib: William H. David’s ‘The Bull Family of London’ pub. 1847

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