One of Cambridgeshire’s few new entries in the just issued Good Beer Guide is a real curiosity. The Reindeer in Saxon Street is the only pub in a tiny village a few miles south of Newmarket, with very little population catchment. It was taken on in 2013 by a renowned figure in the world of… Continue reading THE REINDEER, SAXON STREET – WORTH THE WAIT
Month: September 2015
KINVER
One of my venues for catching up with ex-colleagues is the small Staffordshire town of Kinver. It’s only a few miles from the Black Country towns of Wolverhampton and Dudley, with the affluence of the many attractive villages leading out to the Shropshire hills. Kinver is worth a visit for its wonderful National Trust caves,… Continue reading KINVER
BACK TO BROWN
My trip down to Cranborne Chase last weekend gave me the chance to sample a few renowned “boring brown bitters” close to source, and see whether they really were better on home territory. Palmers, Ringwood, Otter and Butcombe are all beers of some heritage, but rarely now seen in the free trade, certainly north of the… Continue reading BACK TO BROWN
MODERN MUSIC IS RUBBISH
I’m just back from my fourth End of the Road Festival, where I’ve seen more than 40 artists across all musical genres and with only the fact they make music in 2015 in common. I must have heard nearly 300 songs and only 2 cover versions (bizarrely Johnny B Good and Atmosphere). Unfashionably, I reckon… Continue reading MODERN MUSIC IS RUBBISH
END OF THE ROAD
Tomorrow I’m off to End of the Road, a smallish music festival near Salisbury (just below the Sixpenny Handley Brewery which I hope to visit at last). This annual festival is the only one I visit, and is usually one of the year’s highlights. This will be the first year I’m going on my own… Continue reading END OF THE ROAD
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