I bet you can’t wait to find out what Mrs RM (seen above about to tell me off) thought of the Prince Albert, can you ? We’d passed Rose’s on the way up Hare St, and Mrs RM must have known there was no way we’d avoid it on the way back to the Thames.… Continue reading WOOLWICH – DAYS OF SIGNS AND ROSE’S
Month: November 2017
SENSATIONAL SE18
We’d left Mrs RM scrambling through Woolwich tunnel. She’s now restored to full fitness, heels healed, I’m sure Erlanger Nick will approve of the use of the stairs, though few sane people would have used that lift. And so we entered the magical land of South-east London, and Woolwich proper. I’m a sucker for the views… Continue reading SENSATIONAL SE18
NORTH WOOLWICH – ENTERTAINMENT FOR MR & MRS RM
Mrs RM is accompanying me on quite a few trips at the moment. Goodness know what she thinks I get up to without her. She joined my trip to North Woolwich last week, safe in the knowledge I’d never be caught surreptitiously entering the Royal Standard. As so often in South East London*, you need… Continue reading NORTH WOOLWICH – ENTERTAINMENT FOR MR & MRS RM
“WILL YOU BE DINING WITH US, SIR ?”
Earlier this month I gave my regular squeal of anguish from a pub that should have been opened but wasn’t. Some people would have given the Stag in Mentmore up as a bad job, but us Guide tickers don’t have that luxury. And, following our intensive training at GBG Base Camp*, we’re all prepared… Continue reading “WILL YOU BE DINING WITH US, SIR ?”
MISPLACED LOYALTY TO THE TETS
So our bloggers crawl ended at the Templar, the obligatory old-school Tetley pub occupied by all of Leeds society, including plenty of the tradesmen notable by their absence on the Boar Lane strip. It really is gorgeous, and the hand pumps are classics. “Pint of Tetley please” “Tetley ?!” “Yes, Tetley” “Are you quite… Continue reading MISPLACED LOYALTY TO THE TETS
SHUFFLING LEEDS BLOGGERS
Part 2 (of 3) our pub bloggers conference in Yorkshire’s second city* or “Traincatching” as it came to be known. With Wapentake whacked, a fierce debate ensued about the next stop. It really should have been the Duck & Drake, but we’d all been there. While in Wapentake I’d taken a look in the… Continue reading SHUFFLING LEEDS BLOGGERS
LIVE IN LEEDS ! – WAPENTAKE
I am catching up with this stuff. Honest. But the fact this report on Leeds arrives nearly a fortnight after Richard’s report tells you how far behind I am. Legal proceedings against Mr Coldwell for unflattering photography continue. Just to illustrate the impact of this intrusion, I was approached last night in the Waterman by… Continue reading LIVE IN LEEDS ! – WAPENTAKE
FROM SALFORD TO THE SUNDIAL VIA THE ROVERS RETURN
More of those photos of food you love, as I travel between Salford and Bury, the two gourmet capitals of the north. In my mind anyway. A beautiful morning to explore Salford and walk off the previous night’s pie. Salford may lack Manchester’s expensive craft beer scene and disposable clothes shops, but on a good… Continue reading FROM SALFORD TO THE SUNDIAL VIA THE ROVERS RETURN
THE PIE DEBATE RUMBLES ON
A flimsy premise for a post, but on my return to Manchester from (historic) Cheshire I succumbed to that rarity, a return visit to a pub. Last year GBG Northern Quarter newbie Pie & Ale House got relatively short shrift from me, mainly as I’d spectacularly failed to find the Ale side of the equation.… Continue reading THE PIE DEBATE RUMBLES ON
MISS(ING) MARPLE TICKS
The greater the progress with completing the Beer Guide, the harder it gets. In the early stages you have the joy of towns and cities with multiple entries, most notably a half dozen Robinson’s pubs in Stockport in 2002. As my crib sheet shows, not many of those left; The real surprises on that list… Continue reading MISS(ING) MARPLE TICKS
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