In the first weekend of October my family and I took ourselves off to Leeds to celebrate my 22nd birthday. I had never been to Leeds before apart from when I have passed through on the bus or train so when it came to deciding on what to do we took to Google. With the majority of the pages found on Google suggesting the Otley Run, we decided to ask the locals what they thought about it, and the majority said it was a good night, so that's what we decided to try.
The Otley Run is Leed's biggest bar crawl consisting of 16 or so pubs, starting at Woodies Ale House in Headingly to the Dry Dock in the city centre. Many people opt to do the Otley Run in fancy dress, however we didn't - but i'd love to do it again all dressed up. We didn't go into every pub because we started late on, and spent more time in other pubs that we enjoyed so it meant that some of the other pubs were too full when we arrived so I would suggest starting between 2pm and 3pm, and I know that sounds quite early but it just means that you can enjoy the Otley Run at a more relaxed paced.
Below is a list of all 16 pubs included in the run, and the ones in bold are the ones I most enjoyed.
- Woodies Ale House
- The Three Horseshoes
- The New Inn
- The Headingley Taps
- Arc
- The Box
- The Skyrack
- The Original Oak
- The Hyde Park
- The Library
- The Packhorse
- The Eldon
- LLU
- The Fenton
- Strawbs
- Dry Dock
The atmosphere in the four pubs highlighted were just brilliant, and everyone there was so sociable and ready to talk to others. The staff were also so friendly, plus the Dry Dock is a god damned ship, like how cool is that?
Another bar - although not on the Otley Run - that you should definitely go to is the Bierkeller, a German bar situated in the town center was a perfect way to end the night with entertainment, dancing on the tables and large steins of beer, what more could a girl want? The atmosphere in here was also ecstatic, its definitely a place you should consider going. You also have the option of paying on the door, or booking in advance. Booking in advance means that you are guaranteed a table, which is something I highly recommend, we didn't do this and I really wished we had.
Have any of you done the Otley Run or been to the Bierkeller? What did you think of it, and do you have any tips on how to survive the Otley Run, let me know in the comments below!
Bye for now my little pumpkins
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