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Pub Crawler Reaches 10,000th Visit in Edinburgh

The milestone shows his determination to visit about 35,000 UK pubs, highlighting rising costs that threaten local licensed premises.

Overview

  • Dale Harvey marked his 10,000th documented pub visit at Teuchters in Edinburgh, where he bought a pint and thanked staff and owner Peter Knight.
  • He began the Great British Pub Crawl as a Nottinghamshire hobby in March 2022 and expanded it into a coast‑to‑coast project that has attracted millions of social media views.
  • Harvey says he is tired and will take a short holiday in Fuerteventura but remains "100% determined" to continue the crawl after he returns.
  • He uses the project to publicise pressures on pubs, saying ever‑rising operating costs are pushing many venues toward closure and changing the list of places he aims to visit.
  • As a member of the Campaign for Real Ale national executive, Harvey has turned a personal challenge into a platform that raises public awareness of how closures affect pub staff, owners and local communities.