Hope you’re well and enjoying the cleaning. If honest I’m coping better mentally than physically, despite eschewing beer for a month and eating quite well. It’s easy to get very lethargic when you haven’t got work (pub ticking) to go to. My blog visits are down by about a quarter since the Coronavirus lockdown, which… Continue reading WISBECH – ON THE BRINK
Month: April 2020
WELFORD – POSH, P****D AND PEDI
I can’t say I enjoy writing these retrospectives, but I DO enjoy reading some of my old posts (and Pubmeister, BRAPA, LifeAfterFootball et al). And blogging beats trying to find something exciting in Waterbeach. Look closely at the “Mon” symbol next to the cutlasses marking the Battle of Naseby, where Curry Charles and I fought… Continue reading WELFORD – POSH, P****D AND PEDI
ON THE (MIDDLE)MARCH IN STAMFORD
It’s a fortnight since I left the village, 3 weeks since I left the Fens, and I’m missing those long drives up the A1 belting out Julia Jacklin and Bruckner on the way to The North. Roads are so quiet I could be in Stamford in under an hour, unheard of 6 months ago. The… Continue reading ON THE (MIDDLE)MARCH IN STAMFORD
NATIONAL BASS DAY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
With all the fuss about Doom Bar you may have missed the fact that Draught Bass is also being commemorated by a few twiggy beer lovers in the sticks today. I can do no better than bring you some pics of blokes (normally me) drinking Bass and hope you’ll be able to do the same… Continue reading NATIONAL BASS DAY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
WREXHAM WONDERS
Happy Doom Bar Day. I thought you’d like to see Mrs RM’s coping mechanism, which at least supports a beleaguered and misunderstood homebrewer from rural Aberdeenshire. My coping strategy is this blog, and the Jamaican patties our local shop has started stocking. More increasingly random highlights packages from underrated towns for you. I chose Wrexham/Wrecsam… Continue reading WREXHAM WONDERS
A ROCHFORD ROAR
I should have took bets on which town I’d feature next. You’d never have guessed Rochford, or “Sophisticated Southend” as its TIC would style it, if it had one. Mrs RM has been here recently before catching the plane to Aberdeen. Will we ever again take such exotic flights? Three trips to Rochford since I… Continue reading A ROCHFORD ROAR
HEREFORD – GEORDIES LOOK AWAY NOW
No idea why I’m bringing you Hereford highlights. Perhaps I was just missing the Barrels. I’m definitely missing countryside like this; It’s not in our Top 20 towns, but looking back I seem to have caught it on a good night in 2018. It doesn’t feel a lot bigger than Durham,(and it isn’t), similarly dominated… Continue reading HEREFORD – GEORDIES LOOK AWAY NOW
IN ILKESTON BARS, BASS TAT
More recommendations for the Southworths for when they get here in 2023. 3 trips to Ilkeston in the blog archives. One for a micro that thrives, one that died and a pub I’d actually done already. Pubmeister has a word for that sort of pointless return, the Latin word for “duff spreadsheet update” I think.… Continue reading IN ILKESTON BARS, BASS TAT
AN ALE ON ANGLESEY
Anglesey. And why not? Only 3 trips in 4 years, none to LlanfairPG, but quite a mix of scenery and pubs lthough the interior does look dull, doesn’t it ? The best bit is just over the Menai, where you can look back and see Paddy’s Bar winking back at you. Perhaps I’ll do a… Continue reading AN ALE ON ANGLESEY
DON’T HATE ON, MARKET DRAYTON
A confession. I left my house for a second time last night, to stand in the drive and admire the moon. I’ll ask for it be considered along with my other lockdown offences, such as adding a bar of non-essential Cadbury Dairy Milk to the shopping. Back to the composite highlights posts, and the centre… Continue reading DON’T HATE ON, MARKET DRAYTON
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