The Newport Pub Crawl

Newport nightlife brings back fond memories for us. Our last visit saw a gang of women beat-up one of the boys. Great entertainment it was too.

Three years on and we return: once again the minibus dropped us off at Cambrian Road - Newport's mini-version of St Mary's Street Cardiff.

Yates

First up is Yates - your upmarket Wetherspoons, with music. This was the best Yates we've seen - well done-out, spacious, pleasant atmosphere with strictly no-fighting.

Next up is Wetherspoons. We queued outside for ages but at least you can get to the bar when you finally do get inside. Good atmosphere too, unlike most of the Wetherspoons you'll visit it does actually feel like a local.

From the calm of Wetherspoons we crossed over to the Greyhound - the self-proclaimed 'pre-party pub'. It's your typical long, narrow, dark, smoky pub, with party tunes. Some really dodgy looking characters in here, but nothing kicked off so can't complain. Worth a visit just for the dead cheap drinks.

Breeze

Further along you'll come to Breeze, a large pub/club with overlooking balcony. You won't see many better looking places in Wales, and fortunately there's not too many posey gits there.

We spent most of the night upstairs; some of us playing pool while others did a bit of perving over the balcony (right). Oh, and there's some absolutely stunning barmaids there too.

NP20

The next pub is NP20. Don't be put off by the crap name and new-age exterior, it's actually a decent place. Inside you'll find a long, modern bar with makeshift disco area for weekends. Fair play, the atmosphere's buzzing.

We were particularly impressed with the cheap booze. In fact, it was so cheap that most people were drinking Novelty Champagne Cocktails. We stuck to the Carling at £1.50 a pint though.

Huw, Paul, Gavin, John, Richard and Alun getting pissed in the Lamb

Approaching the end of the street we had a quiet pint in the Lamb. We seemed to be the only one's in there under fifty, so we livened the place up by putting Rock the Caspa on the jukebox and having a drunken sing-along. If you like a decent pint then definately worth a visit.

Turn right at the end of the street and you'll find Walkabouts. When you first arrive it seems like an authentic pub - and a pretty decent one too. The bogs are amazing as well - with your own personal plasma screen.

Walkabouts

Unfortunately, the other section is a replica of the Cardiff Walkabouts - massive hall with no atmosphere.

Finally, we finished up in some Club called Zanibar. Can't remember anything about the place but there was some decent fighting outside if you like that sort of thing.

Pubof the month - Breeze - 8.5 leeks out of 10

Crawl Score 9 leeks out of 10