Wetherspoon's in the lower High Street that normally has a good range of guest beers from the Wetherspoon's list and are normally served in goodish nick. Quite busy on Thursday for its curry club. Sat outside on the back patio between a group of blokes with a mobile phone on the table playing a medoly of R&B tracks like a small portable radio and a group of eastern european girls with bottle blond hair. Nice.

Quiet on an early Sunday evening as it was gloriously sunny and people had better things to do than be down the pub. Spoke to the manager about his beer management and he was open to requests. Also said that all barrels are changed every 3 days to ensure beer is always fresh.

Not too busy for last thing on a Tuesday night. 2 guests on and the usual range from Marstons, Greene King and Shepherd Neame

Went back the next day to see if Hophead was still on. It was!!!! Sat reading a John le Carré book doing a session on the Dark Star. Wonderful, I was so happy, I did not even mind the screaming kids in the family no smoking section

Sunday afternoon. Watched the end of the Wimbledon men's final on one of the 2 plasma screens they have erected for sporting events. Walked in and couldn't believe my luck. Dark Star Hophead!!!!! One of my favourite beers. I could hardly get the words "A pint of Hophead please" out of my mouth quick enough.

Wetherspoons, very busy by mid evening on a Thursday, 2 guests on, but I only one just because I wanted to get away from the chavs and chavettes

Yes, ok Wetherspoon's, not very full and only 1 guest beer on. Which was Cotleigh and very nice, but otherwise not the world's most inspiring pub (especially as I had been to the Bohemian and Blakes before, which are both excellent pubs). Having said that they do have a wider range of bottled world beers than most and they do Leffe and Hoegaarden on draught

Had to get a beer on the longest day of the year, due to the fact that it was hot, damn hot. Just finished watching England thrash Bangladesh in the cricket at Trent Bridge with England setting a record 391-4 and Collingwood setting the best batting and bowling figures for an individual in ODIs. I was made even thirstier by a call from my friend Phil (on computer course in London from Liverpool) who had walked all the way from Tower Bridge to Westminster along the South Bank. So I thought I would come to this Wetherspoon's to see which guest beer they could not serve particularly well.

Unremarkable Wetherspoon's on the lower High Street, but the only decent place for real ale in the centre of Ashford alas. I was sat next to a table with 2 blokes last night who were discussing boxing and one of them has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of every boxing match in the last 20 years. Quite remarkable as David Colemand would have said

Wetherspoons in the High Street. Not sure what was going on with the guest beers here. 5 were on offer when I walked in, the 2 that I had were not ready yet and 2 more disappeared whilst I was there. Tuesday must be their change over day for beers. Both beers I tried needed another day to rest before being served but were ok even for that. Not heaving for late afternoon, but quite a few customers were taking advantage of their steak club.