Part II of the Great Furness Frolic took me towards Foxfield, via the honeypots (I think that’s the word) of Barrow. What a wonderful piece of Ordnance Survey. You forget Morecambe is a short walk away. But I nearly didn’t leave Ulverston. At the station, guards were forming a barrier to prevent hundreds (I… Continue reading BARROW & THE BLACK-EYED MAGPIE
Month: December 2018
OLD FRIENDS IN ULVERSTON
WARNING: Mrs RM “fixed” my PC or summat, so I expect this post will come out all wrong. I start my extended series of birthday posts with what can only be described as “a telling off“. Bit weird he’s taken a secret photo of @BigNay_5299 obviously jealous you didn’t invite him #NoMatesMartin https://t.co/TSY2ycVl28 — Harry… Continue reading OLD FRIENDS IN ULVERSTON
COCONUTS
A short diversion from chronology, though I only now need to bring you up to date with my “Birthday Bonanza” in Cumbria and Manchester, which will probably only take me three weeks with a bit of discipline. Having failed to make it to the Ruislip micro pub on Christmas Day due to the in-laws… Continue reading COCONUTS
BANBURY, CROSS (THAT I MISSED LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL)
My last Oxfordshire GBG tick took me to Banbury, as good a place as any to finish a chapter, given there’s no exciting parlour pubs selling Hooky from the jug still to be discovered. And that’s the downside of having completed 80-90% of the Guide; you’ll never HAVE to do the Peyton Arms or the… Continue reading BANBURY, CROSS (THAT I MISSED LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL)
ABINGDON – OLD AND SPECKLED
I most enjoy tacking a 20 minute pub stop onto the end of a 2 hour walk round a new town. Not many new UK towns left to explore, of course, but you always find something unexpected if you give a place a bit of time. So with Abingdon, probably not top of Dave’s list… Continue reading ABINGDON – OLD AND SPECKLED
OXFORD JUMPS THE SHARK BUT HATES FISH
Yes, I’m getting blog titles out of Romanian Christmas crackers now. That’s not true, I haven’t pulled a Christmas cracker* since retiring (in fact getting out of Xmas work lunches was the 3rd biggest incentive to retirement, as I recall). Tuesday took me to the beautiful Travelodge at Oxford Pear Tree Park & Ride, where… Continue reading OXFORD JUMPS THE SHARK BUT HATES FISH
AFTER THE MINCE PIES – PART II OF YOUR FREE FESTIVE CALENDAR
Back from the in-laws in R.T. Wells by tea-time, without so much as a sniff of a pub. A day of small talk, vegetables and washing-up. Next year I’m staying in Skegness Butlins for Christmas. Still, time for the second half of your free Festive DIY Calendar, all taken randomly from the last post of… Continue reading AFTER THE MINCE PIES – PART II OF YOUR FREE FESTIVE CALENDAR
MERRY CHRISTMAS
I am glad you have woken up alive today. To say thanks, pop down your nearest pub at lunchtime and buy yourself a pint of Doom Bar. You deserve it, and it could keep your pub going ’till Boxing Day. In what has become a fixture in the seasonal calendar (I did it last year),… Continue reading MERRY CHRISTMAS
KILBURN AND THE SLOW ROADS
As sure as night follows day, Kilburn follows Colindale in the world of the GBG ticker. Not sure why I decided to walk, something to do with the calories in the Spoons fudge brownie I guess. And a desire to explore an unexciting bit of the A5. The first two miles are some of the… Continue reading KILBURN AND THE SLOW ROADS
ON THE ALE IN COLINDALE
Mrs RM has gone off to do “the big shop for presents” at Tesco, despite our not believing in Father Christmas, and will no doubt berate me for my lack of seasonal effort on her return. So I need to crack on with these posts, now less than a week behind. Starting with Colindale, at… Continue reading ON THE ALE IN COLINDALE
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