The GBG says “Gwent“, Mudgie says “Monmouthshire“, and some would say Greater Tewkesbury. But as the contours and views show, it’s very much Wales in Abergavenny. See also authentic Welsh touches in the castle park, such as “the famous “Jumper Tree” onto which people sew their requests for the next craft beer in the Wetherspoons… Continue reading LET’S CELEBRATE…..ABERGAVENNY
Month: April 2020
BUXTON – A GOODIE
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… Continue reading BUXTON – A GOODIE
COTTENHAM CALLING
This raiding of the archives is fine, but it’s no substitute for the permanent exploration I was doing ’till a month ago. Frankly, much as I miss the pubs, I’d give anything just to walk round a new village near Maidenhead. Preferably one with an open Chinese takeaway, mind. Next door village Cottenham will just have… Continue reading COTTENHAM CALLING
GOING UNDERGROUND (WOOLWICH FOOT TUNNEL)
From North Woolwich, let’s head south into the archives. Why isn’t it called South Woolwich ? More interesting aerial views for you from my drone. Thames Barrier, Woolwich Arsenal, Thameside parks, the little ferry with the hidden Mikkeller bar on board… Better for you to walk it. Mrs RM enjoys the 20 minute slog through… Continue reading GOING UNDERGROUND (WOOLWICH FOOT TUNNEL)
WHY ARE MY NORTH WOOLWICH POSTS SO POPULAR ?
Well, two views of my 2017 North Woolwich special today, probably from American Samoa and China. North Woolwich is the weird detached bit of South East London by the Royal Docks that was swapped for a barrel of Truman’s Best in the 1800s. Sure I read that on Deserter. Deserter can’t tell this, but I’ve… Continue reading WHY ARE MY NORTH WOOLWICH POSTS SO POPULAR ?
IPSWICH’S GOLDEN HOUR
Talk of Tolly Follies yesterday took me back to a couple of Ipswich trips 3 years ago, and the realisation that I’ve never been in this specialist Doom Bar pub; Only an hour on the train, so I’ll be tempted to go back when things return to normal. Can there really be nothing new since… Continue reading IPSWICH’S GOLDEN HOUR
LET’S CELEBRATE……SCUNTHORPE
Two views on Scunthorpe from my readers. The Venice of the North, says Pete, from Brum. The real mastermind behind BRAPA has a different view, as Simon reports; “As I turned my lights out and drifted off, my phone buzzed. I noticed it was a text from the legendary Tom Irvin. Too tired to see… Continue reading LET’S CELEBRATE……SCUNTHORPE
“BEARING UP, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”
I was going to do a post on Scunthorpe tonight, but I ran out of enthusiasm. Sorry. So here’s one about the Lockdown. Tomorrow marks a month since my last pub. Hopefully not EVER. Only one bottle of Doom Bar (purely for research purposes) in all that time, despite some bloke on Twitter trying to… Continue reading “BEARING UP, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”
ANDOVER – TESTING TIMES
More exciting pub towns for when the lockdown ends. “Andover ?!” “Really?” Why not ? Less than 2 hours from Heathrow, you Yanks could possibly do it as a day trip from the States, if you weren’t working on different time zones to us. “Open your mind, relax and float downstream (to the source of… Continue reading ANDOVER – TESTING TIMES
PUBMEN MILL AROUND IN BELPER
Interesting to note, looking back at 5 years worth of posts, just how many towns get three visits in that time. What can it mean ? Well, a new micropub every two years, that’s what. If we get a GBG for 2021 then Belper might get a third micropub (Elvis Costello themed !) in the… Continue reading PUBMEN MILL AROUND IN BELPER
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