The Independent
·Jul 2026
Great British Pub Crawl: Man on mission to visit every pub in UK gets ‘tired’ and plans holiday in Spain
Dale Harvey, who began a nationwide pub‑visiting challenge in 2022, has reached his 10,000th pub in Edinburgh and plans a short holiday before continuing toward his goal of visiting all 35,000 pubs in the UK. He says the milestone feels surreal and expresses strong admiration for Scotland’s pub culture. Harvey, a member of the Campaign for Real Ale’s national executive, also highlights the financial pressures facing pubs due to rising costs. Despite closures and the scale of the task, he remains determined to finish, motivated in part by his wife’s doubts.