The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Walkabout, Covent Garden

Hello and welcome to the Virtual Rugby Pub, a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

The pub has made its way to the original Walkabout pub in London's Covent Garden, as it is set to close its doors at the end of the month.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Mark Ella or recent birthday boys Gibson and Glas a du above the bar.




Last Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t40864-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-come-by-chance

Happy birthday Glas, & happy belated birthday Gibson!

Merci.

Happy Birthday Glas.


Apart from pubs on street corners, The Walkabout in Covent Garden is one of only two pubs I know in London where you can walk in one door, walk right through the pub and exit onto a different street. In this case Maiden Lane and Henrietta St.

The other pub is Waxy O'Connors with entrances on Wardour St. and Rupert St.

A bit of useless knowledge.

Well you know so much about pubs, some of it is bound to be useless, unless you're a Pointless contestant...

Ha!

What's Pointless? A game show?

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Ha!

What's Pointless? A game show?

Yep. An boring early evening one (I'm surprised you haven't come across it now you're retired )

I don't watch much TV, kiwi. Recently I've been watching rugby DVDs - yesterday was the 1973 Barbarians v NZ game. While there was some great rugby in that game, there were a hell of a lot of errors.

Mind you it was good to see the scrums back in those days, where the front fives engaged, the the back rows bound on, and there was no pushing before the ball went in. Plus a proper hooking contest for the ball.

Something similar implemented nowadays would correct the farce that is the modern scrum.

Pointless is a quiz show yeah. In direct competition to The Chase, which is far superior (how I miss it).

Look at France v Australia 1987 WC semi final. Error strewn but compelling attack minded rugby from both sides. It came from either side being able to compete for the ball at ALL times.

Mark

I should be in that pub or have been in it this time next week!!

Was that Martin Bayfield co- presenting crimewatch last night?

Declan Kidney or George Osbourne ...who is most useless.... ....

Who is MORE useless

Kidney, no doubt. He takes excellent resources and ends up with Poopie. Osbourne has Poopie resources, stirs it a bit and ends up with stirred Poopie. Kidney's rivals could do a better job. Osbourne's rivals would stir the Poopie a different way but would end up with the same Poopie.

That's my view anyway

Breadvan wrote:Was that Martin Bayfield co- presenting crimewatch last night?

It was. They film it in Cardiff, hence his tweet:

'Bless those chirpy chaps at @BBCCrimewatch in Cardiff. A touch of unnecessary littering on my door http://t.co/4gAX6DXVK7 '

Tee hee!

Is that Cardiff Cardiff, Newport Cardiff or Swansea Cardiff?

Coo it's busy in here!

I'm pretty sure it's Cardiff Cardiff.

Hang on Lucky, were almost up to the daily post quota for the Pub!

I saw that too. It tickled me also.

The pubs have been quiet the past few months.

I know I've been busy. In hanging around in Court now so have a chance to look in. It seems that the critical mass of posts needed to keep it lively hasn't been hit for some time.

I blame twitter

Twitter, and more importantly the Twitter app. Much easier to post using that than in here.

(No offence, 606v2...)

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:The pubs have been quiet the past few months.

I'd be blaming both Osborne and Kidney for that....

Ha!

I agree Lucky, especially since the protagonists are on Twitter. There are lots of reg conversations on there. They wouldn't have been possible without the pubs of course, but twitter has taken over.

See I don't get that.. Twitter to me is clearly a facility for insecure, attention seeking naval gazers with an inflated sense of self importance to spout their uneducated opinions to fellow deluded cyber reality jugglers.

No idea why it would appeal to 606V2 users?

MINI-GUIDE .....

That's why I never signed up Rodders. However once coerced by Hobo I have to say its been great. Social networks reflect quite accurately your personality in the people you chose to contact and who chose to contact you. I mean you can put photos of your knob on it and swear a lot or be really offensive to people you don't know if you want, but you don't have to. It's what you make of it

Glas a du wrote: Social networks reflect quite accurately your personality

Not sure about that Glas .... I've never thought the internet did my sparkling personality or rugby knowledge justice......

rodders wrote:See I don't get that.. 606v2 to me is clearly a facility for insecure, attention seeking naval gazers with an inflated sense of self importance to spout their uneducated opinions to fellow deluded cyber reality jugglers.

No idea why it would appeal to twitter users?

Evening All

Evening Cari

I've had a Poopie day, but for some reason I feel quite chirpy.

rodders wrote:

Glas a du wrote: Social networks reflect quite accurately your personality

Not sure about that Glas .... I've never thought the internet did my sparkling personality or rugby knowledge justice......

I've heard that your the life and soul in person. I'll have to work on Mrs G if we end up in the Rabo semis against yous

Sorry to hear that Glas (about the schitt day). My day's been nuts. All of my team were off bar the Admin Assistant...can't see things changing tomorrow either. ah well...at least the O's will cheer me up tomorrow

Evening all.

Glas,

Sorry you had a horrible day. Maybe you are feeling chirpy because it's over?

I presume you have heard of Carwyn James?

Did you know he had a Rugby Tournament named in his honour?

Have you? Carwyn James is a hero of my father's. I've listened to him eulogise about him for decades. He coached the Lions in NZ in 1971 and the Babaas and Llanelli in their wins against the All Blacks. He was born in the same small village as Barry John.

Allo, allo pub.

Blydi freezing here, with a nasty easterly wind.

Back to the domestic rugby this weekend. The Os have The Dragons don't they Cari?

That will probably be a better game than Sale v Barf, which is on Sky.

Sorry Glas.

I was feeding the shoal.

I will admit I knew nothing of the man until the wee fella told me he is playing in the tournament this year. When I found out about him I thought you would be interested.

Glas a du wrote:Social networks reflect quite accurately your personality in the people you chose to contact and who chose to contact you. I mean you can put photos of your knob on it and swear a lot or be really offensive to people you don't know if you want, but you don't have to. It's what you make of it

You can?

Evening pub

Freezing here too, and blowing a gale. And snow on the way apparently, lots of it! Wellies at the ready

We are supposed to be getting a possible 20-30cms here too Swanny.

Could be interesting.

How did the meeting with the secretarial client go the other day?

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Allo, allo pub.

Blydi freezing here, with a nasty easterly wind.

Back to the domestic rugby this weekend. The Os have The Dragons don't they Cari?

That will probably be a better game than Sale v Barf, which is on Sky.

Yep, Ospreys v Dragons on BBC2, Hound. Dan Lydiate's back for us.

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Allo, allo pub.

Blydi freezing here, with a nasty easterly wind.

Back to the domestic rugby this weekend. The Os have The Dragons don't they Cari?

That will probably be a better game than Sale v Barf, which is on Sky.

Think the Drosspreys v Dragqueens game will be a little one sided to be fair

I've just seen the team, Rev. I'd heard Toby was starting on the bench and assumed it was because they were sticking with Ieuan Jones, but we're playing Lewis Evans at eight. Also, I though Ross Wardle was a centre, but he's on the wing.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:

Glas a du wrote:Social networks reflect quite accurately your personality in the people you chose to contact and who chose to contact you. I mean you can put photos of your knob on it and swear a lot or be really offensive to people you don't know if you want, but you don't have to. It's what you make of it

You can?

If that's your bag

Mrs P, James was a tortured genius. A fantastic player in the shadow of Cliff Morgan, but an amazing cerebral coach who had a feud with the WRU and never coached Wales. He still has a massive cultural relevance in this part of Wales.

He sounds like a man who was brilliant but difficult from what I have read. Would that be a fair description?

Clearly he is still revered in Italy.

MrsP, they're saying 20-40 cms for high ground here, 10-20 cms at lower levels. The wind is howling. I should probably fire up the wood burner, the smoke will be pulled straight up the chimney!

The meeting went well thank you. He needs someone in the short-term who can build databases for him, which I can't do, and then long-term he needs someone to update his databases and website, which I can do We're keeping in touch and meeting again in a couple of months and will see from there. It was all very positive and I'm pretty confident that something good will come of it.

MrsP wrote:He sounds like a man who was brilliant but difficult from what I have read. Would that be a fair description?

Clearly he is still revered in Italy.

Yes. He was a fighter pilot, a politician, a masterful outside half, a bard, a teacher in a public school, a heavy smoker, asthmatic, suffering terrible eczema and struggling with his sexuality in the massively macho world of Rugby in the industrial south west Wales of the mid 20th Century. He stood for Plaid Cymru in Llanelli. He took on the WRU and the Western Mail.

Well, he has a Rugby Tournamant named after him in Italy and the wee fella is playing in it.

I was surprised to see the name of the Tournament was such a Welsh one. That was what made me check out the background.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Allo, allo pub.

Blydi freezing here, with a nasty easterly wind.

Back to the domestic rugby this weekend. The Os have The Dragons don't they Cari?

That will probably be a better game than Sale v Barf, which is on Sky.

Yep, Ospreys v Dragons on BBC2, Hound. Dan Lydiate's back for us.

Lucky - I saw that Lydiate was likely to be fit for next weekend's game. Good news for The Dragons then.

I've been impressed with some of The Dragons' handling this season, esp. v Wasps in the Amlin. There was one other game I saw and they looked ok in that too. A bit error prone at times though.