Bored, live in London and like cheap beer? Then the Sam Smith's Challenge is perfect for you!
The original idea for the Sam Smith's Challenge was conceived by myself, my wife Anna and Rich. We had all recently read Yes Man by Danny Wallace, and were intrigued by the idea of doing a 'stupid boy project' (as coined by Danny's then-girlfriend). Having a drink in every Samuel Smith's pub in London seemed a perfect fit for this. So we set to work, finding out all the pubs in London and arranging them so that we would have to crawl the minimum distance!
We took a picture of each pub, and wrote notes as we progressed. The challenge took us longer than expected, partly because on some days we couldn't drink as fast as we had expected, but mostly because we had managed to miss out a few pubs! We finally completed the challenge on 8th March 2008 with a pint in the Duke of York on New Cavendish Street.
For information on each pub and an interactive map, please click on 'Map of London Pubs' in the menu above.
I've had another email from Milton about another pub I'd missed - it's The Anerley Arms in Anerley, another one that was a bit too far south, but we'll definitely have to visit that one too when time permits! I've added it to the map.
I had another email from Matt Ellis telling me that he'd also completed this challenge, congratulations and thanks for letting me know! I've added an email field to the contact form so that I can reply to people who contact me!
I've had an email from Milton informing me that the Duke of York on New Cavendish Street has unfortunately closed and is unlikely to re-open. He also pointed out one pub that we missed off the list - The Royal George, 85 Tanners Hill, Deptford, London, SE8 4QD. I'll add this to the map - it's unlikely we'll get a chance to get to this pub any time soon, I think I originally discounted it as being too far south, but for completion's sake we should really do it!
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