From the Jewellery Quarter, Pete Allen took me on a mini tour of Birmingham heritage. On his own pub blog Pete looks at the changing face of canalside pubs over the decades; here we strolled through the Victorian and Edwardian centre. The beer range may have changed this century (bye bye Ansells), but the remaining pubs… Continue reading MORE LUNCHTIME SECOND CITY FUN
Month: October 2017
BIRMINGHAM’S JEWELLERY QUARTER – THE OLD…
Having gone all grumpy retiredmartin the other week on the train home, I really ought to balance it up with a bit of praise for the 2nd city(*) So good was the day, that you get three exciting instalments(**), this one covering the Jewellery Quarter. Birmingham was a reminder of what a joy a pub crawl round a… Continue reading BIRMINGHAM’S JEWELLERY QUARTER – THE OLD…
IRISH PUBS AND OFFAL IN ILFORD
On our pub crawl round Leicester today, Pub Curmudgeon told me about an unfortunate incident near Ilford that necessitated a 2 night Premier Inn stay there. There’s worse hotels to get stuck in (the old Formule 1 for instance), but few more challenging places in London to be stuck. At least in Dagenham you’ve got the creek, in… Continue reading IRISH PUBS AND OFFAL IN ILFORD
TOPING FOR TORI
I realise I’m in danger of exceeding allowable levels of enthusiasm for London in recent posts, but this blog will always tell the truth. Unless Maidenhead Tourist Office bribe me enough to tell you it’s not that bad. On to South Ken. Home to Genting Clubs (no idea), dinosaurs and a mews pub where we… Continue reading TOPING FOR TORI
RICHES IN RICHMOND
Having peaked too early in the Pelt Trader, and being much too early to loiter around South Ken, we took the tube to the end of the line at Richmond. It’s about time we had a picture of the Tube on here. The District Line (the green one) takes you from Cannon Street to Richmond… Continue reading RICHES IN RICHMOND
PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
A trip to see Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall, no less, a far cry from our usual “folk indie for a fiver” at the Portland Arms. It says something about the dearth of new Guide pubs in central London that on my second trip to the City since GBG release I’ve… Continue reading PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
STAMFORD – ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!!!!
Beer festivals aren’t killing pubs, Richard, it’s evil CAMRA members who do visit pubs but don’t put NBSS scores into What Pub (guilty), thereby devaluing the whole Beer Guide selection process and the promotion of quality over quantity. That and beer festivals. I’ve just submitted my score for the Tiny Rebel Beat Box at the King’s Head… Continue reading STAMFORD – ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!!!!
BEER HEADZ, BEES & WILBURYS IN GRANTHAM
An interesting but pointless debate about our dullest county yesterday. The chap who rated Wiltshire below Bedfordshire is clearly the sort of troll this blog thrives on. Lincolnshire gets bad press from the bourgeois and beer bloggers alike, mainly because of being flat and having seaside resorts that prioritise fun over prosecco. Which reminds me… Continue reading BEER HEADZ, BEES & WILBURYS IN GRANTHAM
THE GREY POUND IN RESURGENT ROPSLEY
Sadly, it’s already getting tricky to take Mrs RM to lunch at a new Guide pub less than an hour away. With new entries ticked off in surrounding counties, we needed a trip to deepest Lincolnshire (which is all of it). It didn’t take much selling. Possibly it was the attraction of a walk in… Continue reading THE GREY POUND IN RESURGENT ROPSLEY
TAKING COURAGE IN POTTON
A rare bit of non-Beer Guide travel for you, as we attempted to cheer up a youngest son now unable to wind up an absent elder brother by playing death metal at inhuman volumes. The last two Saturdays we’ve taken Matt to a new skatepark at Potton, apparently built as part of an ongoing experiment by… Continue reading TAKING COURAGE IN POTTON
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