 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. He goes on his mega pub crawls to keep him active. 'I don't want to stay indoors all the time,' he 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.' John is yet to tick off four Wetherspoons in Wales, six in Scotland, and four in Cornwall. Asked about his favourite venue, John said: 'I did like the one in Tunbridge Wells - the opera house and, and [The Palladium] in Llandudno [Wales]. 'The opera house one, they still had opera once a year in there.' 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 N){kind=link}
Ale-loving John Hunt, 83, from Southampton, has travelled thousands of miles via bus, train or taxi before settling down with a meal and a pint of Abbots ale in Wetherspoons
A pensioner loves Wetherspoons so much he has visited 900 of the pubs across the UK.
Ale-loving John Hunt has travelled thousands of miles to reach the incredible milestone in just seven years.
The 83 year old keeps his own printed list of the pub chain’s venues and ticks them off as he goes.
The longest journey retired dock worker John has embarked on is from his home in Southampton, Hampshire, to Wick in Scotland – 700 miles.