Based on our trip to Merthyr last season in the FA Trophy, we were looking forward to a return to the Park View. Our European Tour started again at Tony's Cafe and another coach journey to the Principality. A few beers were sunk on the long journey to Wales and on arrival set off to the Park View. Once inside the welcome was not quite what it was last time and the beverages available were limited, so we launched the CAMRA app to find an alternative.
The closest to the ground was the Imperial Hotel. On closer inspection it appeared to be shut and in keeping with its surroundings, looked stuck in the 1950s too. Next on the list was a Wetherspoon’s outlet called Dic Penderyn. As time was getting on, we popped in Ye Olde Express instead. They did not have any real ale on draught but had a few decent brews in bottles and had the football on.
Ye Olde Express has been a public house for many years, apart from a brief spell as a Chinese restaurant called the Orient Express. Sufficiently refueled, we headed back up to the ground, which resembled a building site as the club are building a new clubhouse. Once the turnstiles had been negotiated, we headed straight to the refreshment stand for the famous Merthyr chip cob with curry sauce.
With a 3-1 victory secured we headed back to Ye Olde Express for a quick pint before getting back on the coach to England. Having been given the heads up from Pipeman, that the players were boarding the coach, we returned to the ground and grabbed a couple of tinnies for the long drive home.
Once back in Dunstable, we hit the HQ Bar for a few more drinks to round the day off. We love a European tour!
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