I’m a Wetherspoons superfan – I’ve boozed in 900 of the chain’s pubs and always order the same drink
A WETHERSPOONS superfan who visited 900 of the pub chain's venues has revealed the one he thinks is best.
Ale-loving John Hunt, 83, travelled thousands of miles over seven years to reach the incredible milestone.
He keeps his own printed list of each Wetherspoons he visits and ticks them off as he goes.
The longest journey the retired dock worker embarked on is from his home in Southampton, Hants, to Wick in Scotland - 700 miles.
John - known as Chester by his friends - travels by bus, train or taxi and when he arrives orders a meal and a pint of real ale, with his favourite drink being Abbots ale.
Widower John ticked off his 900th Wetherspoons - in Kingswinford, near Birmingham - two weeks ago.
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Data from 2021 shows there are 861 Wetherspoons open in the UK, meaning grandfather John has visited pubs which have since closed or changed hands.
Asked about his favourite venue, John said his favourite was the Opera House in Tunbridge Wells.
He said: “The opera house one, they still had opera once a year in there.”
John was also a fan of the The Palladium in Llandudno, Wales.
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He says his mega pub crawls keep him active and he doesn't want to stay indoors all the time.
John said: "I live on my own, you see and that was it, I ain’t gonna sit indoors watching telly, it’s no good for me."
There's still more to go - he's yet to tick off four Wetherspoons in Wales, six in Scotland and four in Cornwall.
John will have to return to Birmingham to tick off one that evaded him.
He said: "Some of them have closed down and some of them are opening new ones up, that’s what gets me.
"I think I did them all in Birmingham until someone came up to me and said 'have you done that one in Kings Norton yet?'
"I said 'there was not one there' and they said 'there is'. So I’ve got to go up there now."
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He once visited nine pubs in a day in Bournemouth, admitting he was jolly as he left the last venue.
John joked: "If you’ve had a pint in every one of them you’ve had a good day."
