A Wetherspoons loyalist has visited 900 of the chain's pubs, placing an identical drink order every time he crosses the threshold.
John Hunt has dedicated the last seven or so years of his life crossing off every boozer on his list that he can, two weeks ago ticking off number 900 at the Kingswinford near Birmingham.
The 83-year-old retired dock worker even set out on a 700 mile journey from his Southampton home, to Wick in Scotland for a pint of refreshing ale.
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The Daily Star reports that John, who sometimes goes by Chester from friends travels via bus, train or taxi to each pub to order a meal and pint of Abbots ale. And while the grandad crossed 900 off his list over a decade, 2021 data claims that there are now only 861 Wetherspoons open across the UK. This is due to pubs shutting down and changing hands.
Despite visiting so many of the unique venues, John has a clear favourite in the Opera House in Tunbridge Wells, but he added that he was also a big fan of The Palladium in Llandudno, Wales. According to The Sun, John said: "I live on my own, you see and that was it, I ain’t gonna sit indoors watching telly, it’s no good for me."
Despite his mega list, the pensioner still has more pubs to cross off his list - four in Wales, six in Scotland, and four in Cornwall. He added: "Some of them have closed down and some of them are opening new ones up, that’s what gets me.
"I think I did them all in Birmingham until someone came up to me and said 'have you done that one in Kings Norton yet?' I said 'there was not one there' and they said 'there is'. So I’ve got to go up there now."
He once visited nine pubs in a day in Bournemouth, admitting he was jolly as he left the last venue. John joked: "If you’ve had a pint in every one of them you’ve had a good day."
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