You go two years without a New Mills post and then you get two in a day ! I like to think you get the truth on this blog, dear reader. Perhaps not quite as candidly as young BRAPA, but even so. I await his Amber Valley Palma Violets post with interest. In a nutshell,… Continue reading MISSING THE TRAIN FROM NEW MILLS – THE TRUTH
Month: May 2019
HIGH HOPES, HIGH TABLES IN NEW MILLS
A motley collection of photos from New Mills, home to the second of our trio of modern micros. Charles and I pressed on without the good company of Paul, though with a photo of his legendary map for company. The walk along the Peak Forest Canal is surprisingly flat, but compensates with views quite scary… Continue reading HIGH HOPES, HIGH TABLES IN NEW MILLS
MICKEY MOUSE
That last post was a struggle. The best pub experiences are almost impossible to describe. That’s why I’ve never written about the Dead Poets Inn or Halcyon Quest, and possibly never will do. Reading back, I see I may have been a bit rude about micropubs. But Monk is tinier than the average micro, so… Continue reading MICKEY MOUSE
THE MERRY MONK OF BUXTON
Simon would do this justice, he really would. He’d have got the joy of a pub enjoyed by a diverse society, rather than just middle aged blokes sitting at high tables tapping away on Untappd. But Simon won’t ever come here, because Monk Buxton is a cocktail bar without cask beer that will never get in… Continue reading THE MERRY MONK OF BUXTON
CONSULTING THE MAPS
Pub Curmudgeon kindly reminds me I’m slipping ever further behind, which is encouraging. Even worse, after some over-celebration last night I’m in no frame of mind to write about the next extraordinary Buxton stop just yet. So here’s the rather more straightforward Buxton Brewery Tap, a few yards round from the Crescent in Buxton’s craft… Continue reading CONSULTING THE MAPS
PEAK CRAFT
The normal protocol on these organised pub crawls is that you stick together, suffering the dodgy cask or keg craft, the pashminas and poodles, as a group. Well, stuff that. For a start our two Sheffield stars were On A Mission To Tick, running ahead to later return with tales of “warm Wainwright” and “weird… Continue reading PEAK CRAFT
SWANNING AROUND BUXTON
Greetings from Weaste, the less posh bit of Eccles, where the WiFi is good and the Chinese takeaway makes an excellent job of recycling the local cat and dog population. Post 2 from Buxton, as Charles and I try to catch up with “Ye Olde Official Itinerary” and fail miserably. Again. This was the timetable,… Continue reading SWANNING AROUND BUXTON
BUXTON BEGINS WITH BLACK PUDDING & BASS
Wednesday began with a typically healthy Dereham breakfast. Black pudding and white pudding from Bathgate, apparently. Charles knows how to live (B&B from £75pppn). With no comfort breaks or flat whites we drove straight to Buxton. The slog through Lincolnshire but the A617 really is the cruellest road. I gave Charles an unintended detour south… Continue reading BUXTON BEGINS WITH BLACK PUDDING & BASS
MORE TERRY JACKS
At the “Official Amber Valley Pub Tickers Convention” yesterday I was discussing with BRAPA the signs of a good pub while comparing notes on Whitley Bay with Mark, who had kindly foregone his train ticking weekend to join us in his local pubs. “Dire Straits is always the sign of a good pub” said Si,… Continue reading MORE TERRY JACKS
CRAFT (UNION) HITS DEREHAM
A night in (east) Dereham before a big day out with the Beer & Pubs Forum gang in Buxton; you need some practice sessions before hitting “the Brunx“. As you’ll remember, Dereham is the home of my Curry Chum Charles, who serves the every need of this little fella. An April Tuesday night in the… Continue reading CRAFT (UNION) HITS DEREHAM
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