Crosby and Waterloo

Yes, it's me, I'm back! A month in Japan and two or three weeks when I was busy doing other things have prevented surveys, but I should be OK for a few weeks now. (No promises!) If you want to see what I did on holiday I am creating a record here, it is mainly trains but there are a few beer and bar reports.Today I headed to Crosby to revisit a couple of targets, starting with the Corner Post:This is a classic micro pub, a pleasant friendly shop conversion offering excellent real ales. Shortly after their two o'clock opening there were only two other customers, who were chatting with the friendly barman.I had a fine pint of Glacier from Beartown, a pleasant pale one, and relaxed on the bench seat.I've said it before and I'll probably say it again: If someone opened a place like this near my home, I'd be in every day and the pub guide could go hang!Just round the corner is a more traditional pub, the Royal Oak:A rather fine building knocked through inside with not much original…