A year ago this week your favourite bunch of old codgers met in Buxton for a day on the craft.
Curry Charles and I failed to make the 9am start in Spoons. Partly because of the wait for my request breakfast,
and partly because Charles made the big mistake, huge, of living in Dereham.
So by the time we arrived at the Queens Head Hotel the true #Pubmen were already 3-0 up.
Despite the Bass clock our excellent lodgings had slow moving cask. A bit like the hour hands.
Actually, despite being in the bit of Derbyshire closes to Stockport I don’t think Buxton beer has ever really sparkled.
We had a team meeting while Charles thought up innuendos.
Good job we did the Swan.
In and out of the GBG, spot on that day.
“Noises of approval from the group for the improved Tets, and for an unchanging pub attracting Old Boys playing doms and with space to hide in the corner with a paper.”
I needed fresh air and hills, so led a craft breakaway to preemptives by the Opera House .
Redwillow made us feel we were in Macclesfield ,
but Monk was something else entirely, more in common with Havana than High Peak. Some interesting smells here, too.
No cask in Monk, and frankly keg is best in the Buxton Brewery tap, too.
Particularly if you seek oblivion before hitting the A6 micros.
retiredmartin 
Those documents need to end up in a museum someday.
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Yes. And if Paul hadn’t been barred from the Wolverhampton Wetherspoons last year he could have been a permanent exhibit in the Spoons Museum.
I do hope the virus won’t stop the museum opening, it will brighten all our days.
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Is he on the pub watch list nationally or just Weatherspoons?
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I’m sorry I missed that trip. It’s a long time since I was last in Buxton; certainly for a drink.
Back in my student days, I remember catching a train out from Manchester, taking a walk out of town into the foothills of the Pennines, before returning to an excellent Hardy & Hanson’s pub. Excellent beers, from a much missed brewery!
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T’other Paul,
Yes, and I thought the Cheshire Cheese was much better under Hardy’s and Hanson’s than Titanic. Two beers was plenty and ten is unnecessary.
Last April I returned to Buxton the following week as it deserves two days.
The Swan was undoubtedly the best pub but my biggest disappointment is that the Holts, Hydes and Robinsons pubs were all a disappointment compared to the equivalent nearer the brewery.
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Not enough daytime drinkers in Buxton, even with your efforts 😉
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You do realise we’re all eagerly anticipating your loving reappraisal of Maidenhead, don’t you?
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Someone wrote a song for you Martin
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We never made it to Buxton seaside.
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Ah well. Here’s another:
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Missed this, what is Dave up to not telling us. Just like Leonard C, Bob ploughing a rich vein of form here.
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I assumed you had the all Dylan alerts filter applied to your Internet.
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It’s a nice tip of the hat to Tim Brooke-Taylor that you make Martin.
Here’s a fond memory:
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Great stuff. Seen the sketch of course, never knew TBT was in it. We paused to admire the family business in Buxton a year ago.
The Goodies made more sense to an 11 year old me than the Python repeats. Also loved Rutland Weekend TV at that time.
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The Goodies are new to me. Thank you for the introduction.
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