Skip to content

retiredmartin

On permanent exploration of places, pubs, people and new music.

Month: July 2016

JULY STOCKTAKE

JULY STOCKTAKE

July 31, 2016August 1, 2016 9 Comments

  The bad news is I still haven’t seen “Finding Dory” as we’re saving it up for the wet day next week in Wales. That will be my third trip over Offa’s Dyke in a month, as I hope to make some overdue inroads into the 170 Welsh Beer Guide pubs I’ve still to do… Continue reading JULY STOCKTAKE

PUB FOOD IN THE MARCHES

PUB FOOD IN THE MARCHES

July 31, 2016August 1, 2016 8 Comments

Tandleman revisited the  issue of pub food this week, following his trip to the Black Country.  Whether it’s pies and cobs or trencherman meals, that area seems to get it right. I recommend the Harrow in Coven (posh Wolves) for cobs. Contrary to comments expressed by C.Tevez and believed by most Londoners, Manchester has plenty of… Continue reading PUB FOOD IN THE MARCHES

CHERRY TREE MEMORIES IN TINTERN

CHERRY TREE MEMORIES IN TINTERN

July 30, 2016August 26, 2017 Leave a comment

It was typical that my phone battery would die just as I reached one of the most attractive places on earth, Tintern Abbey.  Mrs RM will sort me out once she’s ridiculed me, and made me switch it on and off for a 100th time (that didn’t work). I could have used my laptop for… Continue reading CHERRY TREE MEMORIES IN TINTERN

PROPER PUBS IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE

PROPER PUBS IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 3 Comments

Pub Curmudgeon rightly picked me up for placing the Railway Tavern in Powys. I’ll be sticking to historic counties from now on. For a week or so till I get to West Wales. I popped to Montgomeryshire’s old county town (pop.1,200) to see if anything had changed since Mrs RM got a room at the… Continue reading PROPER PUBS IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE

PUB CATS IN BISHOP’S CASTLE

PUB CATS IN BISHOP’S CASTLE

July 29, 2016July 30, 2016 6 Comments

Camping has it’s drawbacks, but if the rain holds and you have a footpath from the campsite to the pubs it can be the way to go. Foxholes also provided an immaculate little site for £8, which is pretty much as good as it gets.  No new Guide pubs in Castle but you do need… Continue reading PUB CATS IN BISHOP’S CASTLE

THE IMPERIAL, SOUTHBOROUGH

THE IMPERIAL, SOUTHBOROUGH

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 13 Comments

It’s only in the last few years that our regular trips to the in-laws have become bearable.  By that, I mean of course the pubs in Tunbridge Wells have improved, as Paul Bailey has reported recently. Little Southborough isn’t Tunbridge Wells though.  What it gains in views over the Weald it loses in terms of… Continue reading THE IMPERIAL, SOUTHBOROUGH

NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENT IN HEREFORDSHIRE

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 1 Comment

As Pub Curmudgeon  can attest, the Welsh Marches is one of the most attractive areas, anywhere. You can define the Marches how you like; I’m sure some Londoners think it means Hay and Ludlow. The stretch between Bishops Castle and Hereford is one of my personal favourites, and it takes in Leintwardine, as unpronounceable now as on my… Continue reading NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENT IN HEREFORDSHIRE

AND NO MORE WILL I HANKER, FOR THE ANCHOR, ANCHOR

July 27, 2016July 28, 2016 13 Comments

Visiting the Good Beer Guide is a total joy, of course, but some of the pubs have been more keenly anticipated than others. That anticipation is rarely about the number of handpumps or the historic interior; weirdness and inaccessibility score much higher. The Sixpenny Brewery Tap was one such place last year (see opening hours), and… Continue reading AND NO MORE WILL I HANKER, FOR THE ANCHOR, ANCHOR

TOP 100 PUBS – RAILWAY TAVERN, NEWTOWN, POWYS

July 26, 2016July 27, 2016 15 Comments

Yesterday I had one of the great half-hours in a pub in unsung Newtown. Until the Wi-Fi died I wrote it up in the new and very decent Wetherspoons, which is as far from the Railway Tavern in feel as it’s possible to get. The Railway has an unprepossessing exterior straight from the Welsh Valleys, in contrast to the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – RAILWAY TAVERN, NEWTOWN, POWYS

MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS

MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS

July 24, 2016July 25, 2016 9 Comments

Well the Pokémon craze died fairly quickly in our house, but that won’t stop our teenage sons being grumpy at the loss of a day’s internet. Particularly when what they get instead is a 20 mile bike ride past stinging nettles and Greene King fun pubs. This was another exploratory campervan trip 30 miles down the… Continue reading MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS

Posts navigation

Previous Posts

Search blog by map

Recent Posts

  • TAKE IT (my Pad Thai) TO THE BANK
  • NO HATCHET JOB
  • McARTHUR’S YARD IS MELTING IN THE DARK
  • AND SO TO BED(MINSTER)
  • THE GOLDEN GUINEA

Recent Comments

A Football Tourist… on TOP 100 PUBS – PLATFORM…
retiredmartin on McARTHUR’S YARD IS MELTI…
dave on McARTHUR’S YARD IS MELTI…
retiredmartin on NO HATCHET JOB
Bill on NO HATCHET JOB

Archives

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015

Categories

  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com. retiredmartin
retiredmartin
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • retiredmartin
    • Join 643 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • retiredmartin
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...