I could be clever and seamlessly lump two trips to Doncaster in a week together, but as least one of you has a brain and would notice some continuity flaw or other, I’ll stick to chronology. Ah, Doncaster. How you’ve changed. Flashy town hall and theatre, Premier Inn (full on Saturday night) and what can… Continue reading DONNY IN THE DAYTIME
Month: November 2018
THAT LEEDS
Another tricky post, as I find myself having to praise That Leeds, something an (honorary) Mancunian hates to do almost as much as taking a coach trip round Anfield. I was there the other Sunday to see Phosphorescent at the Brudenell, enjoying the £35 rates you get at Accor hotels before the suits and… Continue reading THAT LEEDS
MORISH MORLEY MICROS
Only five photos from Oscars in Morley, and not a lot of cultural context to bring you about a proper old market town in Greater Leeds. After a week ferrying BRAPA and Pubmeister to their pubs I fear may be turning into a ticking machine. I’m sure there’s more attractive buildings in Morley, but… Continue reading MORISH MORLEY MICROS
RETFORD -A (BASSET)LAW UNTO ITSELF
In “Notes From A Small Island” Bill Bryson (an American without Dick and Dave’s taste in pubs) stops in Retford, noting its success in losing out to Worksop as HQ for Bassetlaw Council. Four years later, the TASTE* team went on a pub crawl of Winfieldesque proportions, painting Retford as Gomorrah to Doncaster’s Sodom.… Continue reading RETFORD -A (BASSET)LAW UNTO ITSELF
THE BEES KNEES
This post is brought to you from Table 40 of the Gate House in Donny, the most exciting Saturday you’ve never had. Don’t send milk. There’s consternation amongst the pub ticker community tonight, as top topers Pubmeister (the Boss) and yours truly argue about the necessity to revisit a pub that changes format completely, as… Continue reading THE BEES KNEES
RUTLAND WEEKEND TICKING
Another day, more opening times nerves. My last tick in Rutland at the attractively named Empingham Cricket Club, which I’d already predicted some fun with on here. This is what their own website says; Luckily, they clearly mean the Sri Lankan cricket season, and I was able to confirm they’d be open on Sunday by… Continue reading RUTLAND WEEKEND TICKING
HEART OF GLASS (OF ALE) – PUB TICKER ACTION MAN IN MARKYATE
There’s been a host of horrors for GBG completists in this year’s Guide. Brewery taps only open 11 days a year, Cricket clubs open for 8pm till midnight on Fridays, and the usual motley collection of micro pubs that open when they feel like it. What would greet me at my penultimate Herts tick in… Continue reading HEART OF GLASS (OF ALE) – PUB TICKER ACTION MAN IN MARKYATE
CAMULODUNUM CHIPS & CRAFT
I’d given myself a ridiculously tight timetable for visiting the two new Colchester pubs on the way back from Wivenhoe to Waterbeach. The Romans stayed for much longer, leaving some good pubs and street art. A few years later, Colchester became best known for the unique “Middle Ages Football Experience” at Layer Road, for which… Continue reading CAMULODUNUM CHIPS & CRAFT
A WIVENHOE WOBBLE
Off to the seaside, North Essex style, to one of the last GBG ticks reachable by train without a sleeper (I appreciate infinity would not be long enough for some Northern Rail journeys). Wivenhoe is one of the smarter small towns (7,000 odd) between Colchester and up-and-coming Jaywick. It’s a real throwback to the good… Continue reading A WIVENHOE WOBBLE
“MILD”
First of all, some advice for aspiring pub bloggers. If you’re creating a post on your mobile phone in Tesco Costa waiting for the RAC, don’t sit on your phone and publish before you’ve actually wrote anything. If he reads this blog, thanks to the hipster helper from RAC for fixing my AYGO. After some… Continue reading “MILD”
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