Nearly all CAMRA branches have parts of the patch it’s difficult to get to. Even in Stockport, actually getting to Wythenshawe in one piece has its challenges. Bethesda* on the “historic” A5, seemingly built personally by Thomas Telford, isn’t hard to get to, but Y Sior is an awfully steep climb from the High Street. Mrs… Continue reading BREATHLESS IN BETHESDA
Month: August 2017
DAY TRIP TO BANGOR (SLIGHT RETURN)
This is a post about irrational lust for a pub tick, the sort of obsession that only completists like BRAPA and the Pubmeister will recognise. Perhaps not quite the euphoria of the visit to the Anchor, Anchor. But close. Patrick’s Bar wasn’t even my last tick in North-West Wales. But it’s a town I… Continue reading DAY TRIP TO BANGOR (SLIGHT RETURN)
BASS NECKED AT CAPEL CURIG
(Five points for the obscure song reference). One day into North Wales and already I’m getting my Llangollen mixed up with my Llandudno. That’s a bit like getting Wrexham confused with Wexham Park. Or Capel Curig with Chapel-en-le-Frith. Not many new GBG pubs in the interior of Abercolwyn CAMRA, but the Ty’n-y-Coed is a… Continue reading BASS NECKED AT CAPEL CURIG
DEAD PUBS IN CERRIGYDRUDION
Among the items on my To Do list are essential things like “Break into CAMRA HQ and steal the new GBG” and “Bring Mrs RM another beer“. Lower down the list is “Put NBSS scores onto WhatPub“. One of the reasons I record scores on this blog is so I can recall them later, but I’ve… Continue reading DEAD PUBS IN CERRIGYDRUDION
A PUNK-FUELLED PUB QUIZ IN THE SUN
Worryingly, I’ve become a bit addicted to my local. First, the Sun introduced Punk IPA. But while we drank the evil keg, it was noticeable that everyone else was on the cask; 10 pints in a row in the lounge. Then, last week, this; Look what just tipped up in my local !Cancel all plans.… Continue reading A PUNK-FUELLED PUB QUIZ IN THE SUN
SEVEN STARS FOR LAMBCHOP @ THE FLEECE
I need to admit to a lack of chronology here. I actually popped back to Bristol a week after that Cambridge drubbing at Rovers, but it makes sense to tack this report on to the end of the Brizzle run. Not quite sure why I chose Bristol to see US pop funsters (I jest) Lambchop on a rare… Continue reading SEVEN STARS FOR LAMBCHOP @ THE FLEECE
GASHEADS 4 v 1 BASSHEAD
Oh look ! Proper football fans. In a proper pub. Last Tuesday was the first time I’d seen Cambridge away since a 2-2 at Welling in 2013 better remembered for the Door Hinge than the game. A four year gap between watching your hometown team away is shameful, and with two GBG ticks near the… Continue reading GASHEADS 4 v 1 BASSHEAD
TOP BOOZERS IN KINGSWOOD
If pushed, I prefer the basic town boozer to any other pub type. Sam Smiths places like the Boar’s Head, or the Ship in Connah’s Quay, where folk just go to chat with mates. Preferably in places with just the one cask beer you can rely on being on in good condition from 11am… Continue reading TOP BOOZERS IN KINGSWOOD
A 10 a.m. PINT IN CHEDDAR GORGE
We got up early on the Wednesday, picked up some bargain pain au raisins from Boulangerie, only slightly regretting the lack of a smashed avocado breakfast from Spoons, and headed for Cheddar Gorge. Let the Navigator and the OS Map reveal what a wondrous bit of England this is. Oddly, we’d never stopped at the… Continue reading A 10 a.m. PINT IN CHEDDAR GORGE
CLASSIC BRISTOL PUB CATS IN THE LIME KILN
Some decent pubs, great street art, and scary hills in Bristol on our trip. But it was the casual dining that’s really impressed. After those Lebanese tapas and Bus burritos, we had some very cheap Vietnamese grub in Tuk Tuck. Getting lost in Leonard Lane on the way was a bonus. Never make Mrs RM walk… Continue reading CLASSIC BRISTOL PUB CATS IN THE LIME KILN
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