There are certain towns you can rely on to give you ONE new tick in the Guide every year; take Skipton, Newark or Windsor/Eton (which is a bit like Newcastle/Gateshead except Eton isn’t as smart as Gateshead). I turned up the week before the date and venue of that wedding was announced; otherwise our American… Continue reading TAKING THE CROWN IN WINDSOR
Month: January 2018
MILKING MUSWELL HILL FOR GBG TICKS
Only 3 things in life are certain; Mrs RM will drink those bottles of Brew Dog I hid from her. Russ will find a typo in my post. There will be a new Spoons in the North London sections of the Beer Guide. And so it was that I emerged from Ally Pally* station singing… Continue reading MILKING MUSWELL HILL FOR GBG TICKS
WOMBLES & FORK HANDLES
Nearly caught up now, just a few more London reports to encourage you to book your cheap trains to Kingston to enjoy slow pedestrians and tired beer. Starting with the pub that believes “Fork handles for hand pumps” are a good idea. I guess you can’t expect much from a town that gives you… Continue reading WOMBLES & FORK HANDLES
PUB ROYALTY IN KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
I don’t much enjoy pubbing in West London, but there’s no choice. I needed to be able to do this; Yes, London was complete after a couple of exhausting trips with the Travelcard before Christmas, when you might expect to see beer at its best, albeit pubs at their worst. On the other hand,… Continue reading PUB ROYALTY IN KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
WALKLEY BEER COMPANY
A nice bit of Ruskin for you to finish off my South Yorkshire ticks, hopefully well ahead of BRAPA. Walkley is one of those suburbs in west Sheffield where the students rent after being pampered in residences in their first year. So it was that I visited the Walkley Beer Co on the day we… Continue reading WALKLEY BEER COMPANY
WAKEY WAKEY WAKEFIELD !
I now turn my attention to West Yorkshire, with a night in Halifax and the prospect of some irritating suburban Bradford pubs this weekend. But first a pre-Christmas visit to the “clearing in the rhubarb fields” that is Wakefield. There are two three reasons to visit Wakey. 1.Pub exteriors, particularly John Smiths and Tetley’s; Oddly,… Continue reading WAKEY WAKEY WAKEFIELD !
EPIC DRYANUARY FAILS AT THE FREE PRESS
Just tidying up some posts last night* I noticed my pub photos post lacked anything from Pints and Pubs, a heinous crime. P&P, as his mates call him, has produced the essential body of work on all the Cambridge pubs over the last year, finishing with the venerable Free Press. So here’s a photo from… Continue reading EPIC DRYANUARY FAILS AT THE FREE PRESS
KIMBERWORTH – TO THE MANOR BARN
I may do more short posts in 2018 so I don’t completely overlook minor gems like the Manor Barn in Kimberworth. before I junk these photos from my OneDrive (is that an Americanism ?). A pleasing OS extract here, taking in Sheffield’s scary Meadowhall Mall (pronounced Mawl in the US), sewage works, MAGNA museum,… Continue reading KIMBERWORTH – TO THE MANOR BARN
DIME BAR DONCASTER
I have an affection for Doncaster that I’d rather not explain on this blog, but don’t be surprised if my will reveals a bequest of £29.95 for the upkeep of the Hyde Park cemetery. And I make sure my annual shopping trip to buy a new pair of jeans is to the Next Outlet… Continue reading DIME BAR DONCASTER
CUM YE TO SUTTON-CUM-LOUND
In Pubmeister parlance the Bluebell in Lound is a lone straggler in my GBG conquest, tucked away in the nothingness between Retford and Donny (with apologies to my relatives in beautiful Bawtry). It’s a vital tick on the way to completing Nottinghamshire GBG entries for the year before the Pubmeister. I confess I was a… Continue reading CUM YE TO SUTTON-CUM-LOUND
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