I get to drink at some wonderful places and write about them on this blog; the King’s Head, Boar’s Head and North Riding are going to make June’s Pub of the Month selection as tough as the 1994 Matt le Tissier Goal of the Year contest. They were all overdue revisits, and finding new… Continue reading 10pm, “TABLE TABLE”, NEWARK
Month: June 2017
WILTING IN LODSWORTH
One last pub in Lodsworth to complete The Sussex Chapters (good band name) of the Guide. A couple of miles from peerless Petworth, this is posh Sussex at its best. Best walking, anyway. I managed about five miles in the heat, bumping into exactly zero other walkers, before wilting and succumbing to the call of… Continue reading WILTING IN LODSWORTH
BITTER & TWISTED IN LITTLEHAMPTON
It’s just ocurred to me that East Preston might also align itself with Littlehampton. No idea why, but then CAMRA branch geography is equally weird. I’d been looking forward to an overdue return to Littlehampton, which seems to have upped its game since my last visit, with an average visitor age some 37 years below… Continue reading BITTER & TWISTED IN LITTLEHAMPTON
A TRIBUTE TO KNITTED SEAGULLS IN EAST PRESTON
There is such little justification in giving the Clockhouse in East Preston its own post that I’m going to do just that. It’s not the best pub in Worthing, let alone West Sussex, but it has possibly has the cheeriest barman, and I know these things matter to BRAPA. East Preston is nowhere near… Continue reading A TRIBUTE TO KNITTED SEAGULLS IN EAST PRESTON
LITTLEPORT – BEER FIT FOR BEER BATTER
I hope some of you (OK, Quosh) will appreciate the art in my leading image today. I had to wait nearly seven minutes for the boat to add some weight to that delightful image of England’s favourite beer (although probably I like Plum Porter more than all the Doom Bar lovers put together). A walk in… Continue reading LITTLEPORT – BEER FIT FOR BEER BATTER
CLIFFORD – COOL CASK, CHAMPION PIES & 60 LITRES OF MUSHY PEAS
In case you were wondering, that picture of the pie and peas hasn’t been artificially enhanced. The pork even tasted like pork, too. I don’t do many beer festivals, but Clifford’s Champion Beer Fest is a must. This is such a significant event that it gets it’s own marker on Google Maps, and surely deserves… Continue reading CLIFFORD – COOL CASK, CHAMPION PIES & 60 LITRES OF MUSHY PEAS
TROUBLE AT T’SPOONS
A welcome return of Mrs RM to the blog tonight, for an instant recap on our 25th Wedding Anniversary celebrations. Nothing like sentimental gush. I can see you thinking we chose the Wetherspoons in Letchworth Garden City because I had a CAMRA voucher to get rid of before the end of June. That would be true.… Continue reading TROUBLE AT T’SPOONS
….NEW MALTON
That’s the odd thing about the touring life. It took me 50 years to get to Falmouth, then I visit six times in a year. I seem to have visited Skipton every year of my adult life to tick off the sole new Guide entry. Thus far, I’ve never been to Aspatria; my loss I’m… Continue reading ….NEW MALTON
OLD MALTON….
A few short posts to get my photo backlog sorted, and because it’s (still) too hot for more than 400 words. On to the Royal Oak in Old Malton, average age 62.4. Just north Malton to you and I. A pleasant mile stroll for me, no doubt a £10 taxi ride and an argument with a cabbie… Continue reading OLD MALTON….
GOING THE EXTRA MILE
This blog celebrates publicans, not brewers, and my admiration for the vast majority of them grows by the year. Despite the odd gripe about opening times. I’m always impressed by landlords and staff who go the extra mile to promote their pub, like the Spoons bar manager who came over to ask how my… Continue reading GOING THE EXTRA MILE
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