I return to the theme of the “The 4-Ring Man”, originally covered in this piece from 2018. Since then I have occasionally posted photographs of what remains when you drink a pint of beer (usually Guinness), along with examples of how we deal with empty crisp packets. There are links to those earlier pieces below. The last of them was posted just before the first period of lockdown here in the UK, in February 2020.
When pubs reopened in July 2020 my first pint of Guinness was in The New Inn in Brentford. It’s one of the four pubs that we planned to visit the previous Boxing Day, but our hoped-for Brentford FC pub crawl was postponed. It was the first time I have had a drink in a socially-distanced environment, and that continued through August and September 2020, as the photos below show.
It took nearly a year for us to visit any more pubs, and they were outside London, on visits to Oxfordshire and Bishops Stortford. There was a 356-day gap between visits to public houses in London, from The Copper Cow in September 2020 to a memorial celebration at the Union Bar in September 2021.
As in those earlier pieces, each pub or bar features only once. There are no duplicates. As before, I have included the date, pub (and location), and what was in the glass to begin with.
Previous “4-Ring Man” photos
The 4-Ring Man, in pictures [January 2019]
The 4-Ring Man, in pictures (Part 2) [August 2019]
The 4-Ring Man, in pictures (Part 3, Oct-Dec 2019)
The 4-Ring Man, in pictures (Part 4, Dec 2019–Feb 2020)
Tuesday 21 July 2020, New Inn (Brentford, TW8), Guinness
Tuesday 21 July 2020, New Inn (Brentford, TW8), Guinness
Wednesday 29 July 2020, The Rutland (Hammersmith, London W6), Guinness
Wednesday 29 July 2020, The Rutland (Hammersmith, London W6), Guinness
Saturday 8 August 2020, The Old Ship (Hammersmith, London W6), Guinness
Saturday 8 August 2020, The Old Ship (Hammersmith, London W6), Guinness
Wednesday 9 September 2020, The Anglesea Arms (Hammersmith, London W6), Guinness
Wednesday 9 September 2020, The Anglesea Arms (Hammersmith, London W6), Guinness
Wednesday 9 September 2020, The Blue Boat (Hammersmith, London W6), London Pride
Wednesday 9 September 2020, The Blue Boat (Hammersmith, London W6), London Pride
Wednesday 9 September 2020, The Dove (Hammersmith, London W6), London Pride
Wednesday 9 September 2020, The Dove (Hammersmith, London W6), London Pride
Sunday 13 September 2020, White Hart (Barnes, London SW13), Guinness
Sunday 13 September 2020, White Hart (Barnes, London SW13), Guinness
Sunday 20 September 2020, The Copper Cow (Chiswick, London W4), Guinness
Sunday 20 September 2020, The Copper Cow (Chiswick, London W4), Guinness
Monday 16 August 2021, White Hart (Dorchester, Oxfordshire), Adnams Ghost Ship
Monday 16 August 2021, White Hart (Dorchester, Oxfordshire), Adnams Ghost Ship
Monday 16 August 2021, Barley Mow (Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire), Greene King IPA
Monday 16 August 2021, Barley Mow (Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire), Greene King IPA
Monday 30 August 2021, Nag’s Head (Bishops Stortford, Essex) , Guinness
Monday 30 August 2021, Nag’s Head (Bishops Stortford, Essex) , Guinness
Wednesday 6 October 2021, Cleveland Arms (Paddington, London W2), Guinness
Wednesday 6 October 2021, Cleveland Arms (Paddington, London W2), Guinness
Saturday 9 October 2021, Betty’s (Chiswick, London W4), Guinness
Saturday 9 October 2021, Betty’s (Chiswick, London W4), Guinness
Saturday 28 May 2022, The Plough (Ealing, London W13), London Pride
Saturday 28 May 2022, The Plough (Ealing, London W13), London Pride
Saturday 28 May 2022, The Foresters (Ealing, London W13), London Pride
Saturday 28 May 2022, The Foresters (Ealing, London W13), London Pride
The Compartments 