I’m nearly up to date on the blog now, just some South Coast sun, a campervan trip to Risby and then this weeks aggro in Alba (not really). This was my hit list for Sussex last week. In the future, there’ll be a museum of pub exploring, containing fragments like this, Duncan’s moth-eaten complete Beer Guide,… Continue reading ADIEU, ADUR – AN OVERNIGHTER IN WORTHING
Month: May 2017
WESTMORLAND
Someday we’ll all have WiFi connectivity through little microchips implanted in our belly button at birth, but till then there’ll be the frustration of not being able to access my own blog via the Kings Park Hotel in Rutherglen, of which less later. Parental Controls stopped me reading BRAPA last night; that’s what you get… Continue reading WESTMORLAND
THE WORD THAT DIVIDES REIGATE
My last Surrey GBG pub was the Blue Anchor in Reigate. Every year I make the train journey to the town expecting something new and exciting, and leave bewildered. Last year, the Bell promised craft but gave us a Greene King identikit dining pub, and a classic Bieber v Coldplay argument. This year the Bell makes… Continue reading THE WORD THAT DIVIDES REIGATE
FRIDAY STREET, SUNDAY PUBBERS
A couple of contrasting pubs to finish off lovely but overpriced Surrey. First up Friday Street, of which there is more than one in the GBG. Compare and contrast the pristine pink-penned Beer Guide page with my ragged old Philip Navigator. I’m a fan of the Surrey Hills below the A25, in the heart of… Continue reading FRIDAY STREET, SUNDAY PUBBERS
WATERBEACH FOOTBALL CLUB BEER FEST
I blame Mrs RM. I was having a nice beer-free day before my trip to Glasgow tomorrow, but she insisted I came along to our village Football Club Beer Fest, ostensibly because she’d forgotten her purse but more because you’re expected to. Waterbeach (pop. 4,000) runs one of the biggest youth football tournaments in East… Continue reading WATERBEACH FOOTBALL CLUB BEER FEST
CHRISTCHURCH BAY – PONIES, DOMS, CIDER, WOWSERS
Sometimes the hardest part of doing these blogs is deciding which travel “experiences” to lump together and which to allow to shine on their own. Here’s the four exciting pubs I did from Lymington in what I will call Christchurch Bay. You can see them marked on the map if you’ve got good eyesight. Starting with the… Continue reading CHRISTCHURCH BAY – PONIES, DOMS, CIDER, WOWSERS
LYMINGTON – ALL KILLER, NO TILLER
I hope you appreciate the effort that goes into these blog titles*, if not the content. Ten points for the best interpretation. Wiki is your friend, Dave. Despite a couple of trips into the southern half of the New Forest, mainly for Beaulieu, it remains a bit undiscovered for me. So much so that all… Continue reading LYMINGTON – ALL KILLER, NO TILLER
THE ABDICATION – PROPER PUB, PROPER ROLLS
I like to finish a county’s Beer Guide entries with a good pub, and Nottingham’s Abdication is a cracker. It’s in Daybrook/Arnold/Nottingham North, depending on your level of geographical pedantry. I’d never heard of Daybrook. Two important buildings are nearby. One is a Premier Inn, that essential for a beer break. The other is the one… Continue reading THE ABDICATION – PROPER PUB, PROPER ROLLS
THE MARVELS OF MANSFIELD
Mansfield Travelodge is ideally located for the pubby joys of Sutton, though a pretty dull trudge along the A38 to Mansfield itself. I like dull urban trudges. Saving the treasures of the town centre till last, I started at the Beer Guide newbie on Nottingham Road, pleasingly open at 11am for the benefit of tickers (and… Continue reading THE MARVELS OF MANSFIELD
A PUB VISITORS GUIDE TO SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
Eagle-eyed readers, normally called Tim, Peter or Dave*, may have noticed I ignored the looming presence of the colossus that is Sutton-in-Ashfield in the Tibshelf post.. No longer. This is Sutton’s day. When we visited Mansfield 18 months ago, I was urged by Nick (here) to check out Sutton again. It’s taken this long to get… Continue reading A PUB VISITORS GUIDE TO SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
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