London - Sport - Cricket

20 years ago you wouldn't park your car around the Oval because of the crime and generally down trodden area. Things have changed. While The Oval is still a far cry from the St. John's Wood area surrounding Lords, it's certainly improved in recent years. The Oval has been completely refurbished and is now a world class sporting venue. I won't go into the details of the ground (it's been done pretty well below), so i thought i'd list the best pubs around the cricket ground. In no particular order -

The Fentiman Arms
The Duke of York
The Roebuck
The Vauxhall Griffin

Enjoy!
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London - Eating & Drinking - Pubs & Bars - Pubs

If you're going to watch a game of Cricket at the Oval, this is probably the pub you want to come to before the match. A friendly, working man's vibe and plenty of beers on tap. I didn't get a chance to try the food but i can say that they have a fine selection of crisps at the bar! The Roebuck also is a great place to watch live sport (particularly rugby). We managed to catch the Lions game at the weekend and even managed to score a table! A small outdoor seating area caps this place off with a very respectable 4 stars.

Areas of improvement - Toilets weren't exceptionally clean and the bar staff were a bit slow (that being said we were a group of 16!)
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London - Eating & Drinking - Pubs & Bars - Pubs

Now this is a great pub and i was so pleased to have discovered it on Saturday night. The Prince of Wales in Kennington has everything a real-ale loving, avid sportsman could ever want - A fine selection of ales (including Deuchars IPA), Great food and an area for Boules (Petanque) outside the pub. You'll need to put a £20 deposit behind the bar to take a Boules set, but it's well worth it. Great fun.

Friendly staff and punters and generally a great pub experience. This is somewhere you can take your Mum and Dad or hit up with your mates on a big friday night out.

An easy 5 stars.
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London - Eating & Drinking - Pubs & Bars - Pubs

This is a Whetherspoon's pub, but it's a half decent one. The fried breakfast was monstrous (and only £3.99!). Nice little outdoor bit at the front where you can sit and watch the comings and goings around Southfields tube station.

Oh, they have a quiz machine too (which i'm quickly learning is quite rare in South London!).

*Review in one line*: Good for cheap beer, food and Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
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London - Eating & Drinking - Pubs & Bars - Pubs

The Pig and Whistle is probably the best pub in Wimbledon/Wandsworth within striking distance of the Wimbledon queue. We came here on Sunday night for a desperately needed hot food and to watch some football. The staff at the Pig and Whistle certainly look after the Wimbledon lot well. 2 for 1 meal discounts, drinks offer and generally great service. The Sunday roast was superb!

This place is also excellent for live sport - Big screen out the back which generally shows whatever the punters agree should be on.

Very close to 5 stars.
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London - Services - Public Services - Post Offices

My buddy Diggers is currently in Afghanistan and i thought i would send him a package yesterday. Armed with cans of pringles, cashew nuts and FHMs i marched into the post office in Soho and was confronted with a queue of about 20 people (i imagine this is pretty normal). Anyway, as soon as the customer service assistant found out i was sending my parcels with a BFOP code (British Forces Overseas Post?), i was sent to the front of the queue and was looked after exceptionally well. Quite right too if you ask me :)

Generally i found the staff helpful and friendly and best of all the post was free! Anything you send to British Forces in war zones under 2kg is gratis. How about that!
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London

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, introducing the worst Royal Mail office in all of London... I give you... THE CLAPHAM DELIVERY OFFICE!

Sweaty Christ this place is useless. Not only did i have a nonchalant postal worker carelessly knock over my £500 bike (and not apologise) i was also treated to a 30 minute queue at the reclaim desk this morning where the "computer says no" lady appears to have a full time position. The staff were rude, unhelpful and obviously stopped caring a long time ago.

Remind me never to be away from home the next time i am expecting a delivery. The prospect of going back here sends chills down my spine.
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