You have to be careful with old signs and sayings on the walls of your pub, of course, but this one at Thorpe Hesley looks OK.
The joke didn’t quite justify the 32 minute trip from Parkgate, but a ticks a tick.
Not sure what I can tell you about Thorpe Hesley. Middling old mining village of Waterbeach, inevitable Wesley link, lots of new housing and this telling stat;
There is no post office, one petrol station and four public houses.
Used to be the Mason’s in the GBG, now we get the Red Lion.
IPA, Boltmaker and Farmer’s ? Mainly Moretti, actually.
Bit smart, good mixed crowd, but a return to the Taylor’s that tastes like cold tea.
I gave my half a bit of space to breathe in the lovely garden, where a lover’s tiff was about to start. Good blog material, but I’m no voyeur (am I ?).
Luckily, the Red Lion had make excellent provision for those needing to make a quick getaway…
retiredmartin 
There’s no way it should be in the GBG. They’ve bedded the cappers in mortar on the drystone wall. Shocking behaviour.
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But it’s a dodgy area.
The coppers are forever after those making off with the cappers.
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TBH, it looks like a stone-and-mortar wall that badly needs repointing?
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It won’t make the Good Wall Guide then. Horse and Tiger was once a regular entry here but not sure if that is still one of the four.
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Horse and Tiger recently reopened and was the Tetley pub I highlighted on the map. Should have popped in but as you know “restraint” is the ticker’s middle name.
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And “restraints” is an anagram of insert rats.
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Only on Retired Martin’s blog does a photo of a pint next to a potted plant tell you everything you need to know about the quality of the beer. 🙂
“Mainly Moretti, actually.” –Interesting to me that Moretti has made such inroads in England, as I always thought the popular reputation of Italian beer was that it wasn’t very good. I wonder if people associated the brand with fond memories of vacations in Italy, and that was enough for it to get a foothold. (I reckon Corona has benefited from something like this among American consumers.)
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I guess the truth is, like Bud, it’s reliably cold but has more upmarket associations than Carling.
Opposite of me and Bass, then.
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That sign did indeed make me laugh. Thanks for that Martin. 🙂
Sadly, I won’t be commenting for a bit longer yet. My dear old mum passed away on Saturday (she was 89 and still lived on her own). She’d suffered a fall two weeks ago which either was caused by a stroke or caused the stroke. My sister and I (both having Power of Attorney with a medical clause) had to make the painful decision to take her off her IV and antibiotics last Tuesday (via by conference call by me as I was on the other end of the country – and had a quiet cry by myself after I hung up). I am flying down to help my sister with the estate (we are co-executors). Hopefully we can get most of the paperwork sorted out, or at least started, in about 10 days or so. We shall see.
Keep blogging old chap and I shall return. 🙂
Cheers
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So sorry to hear that Russ. Bless her, 89 is a great innings.
Thoughts are with you, your sis and rest of family.
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Russ,
Very sorry to hear that.
That she had a quality of life till the end at a good age might perhaps in time be seen as a bit of a blessing.
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First plant feed of the Autumn?
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Pretty much. Would have tipped the beer in that Whittlesey pub with all the slouchers but a bit conspicuous
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