When I told Mrs RM I was in Earl Shilton, she immediately said “Oh, the place with the grass snakes ?”. Indeed it is that Earl Shilton, whose singular guest house so delighted us with its mild peril and informal barbecue in 1996. Somewhere in Elmesthorpe, its name long forgotten but when they make the… Continue reading (P)EARL SHILTON
Month: May 2021
BASS IS BACK !
Enough of closed pubs, cold Costa coffee and crispy Chinese; it’s time for Bass ! My first Bass of 2021, my first since the St. John in fact, and it was a classic. Earl Shilton in “Workingman’s” Leicestershire* is classic Bass territory, and the Shilton Vaults I actually WALKED PAST in 2019 is sister pub… Continue reading BASS IS BACK !
A LOITER IN LUTTERWORTH
More posts without an actual pub visit at the end for you to moan about. If I don’t write about pubs, where does my blog fit in to the beer writing chart ? Anyhow, some pics from Lutterworth, where I stopped for breakfast on the way to Earl Shilton for my shiny new tick. What… Continue reading A LOITER IN LUTTERWORTH
A KELMARSH DIVERSION
Oh, come on, sometimes I have to make these blog titles easy for you. Having dropped Dad back after his day is Sheffield I eyed up a GBG tick on the way home. If you can guess it (announced later) on the map you win, er, nothing. By the time Mum had made me a… Continue reading A KELMARSH DIVERSION
SNOOKER LOOPY
A bonus post tonight, which is code for saying I need to get on with blogging or I’ll be overwhelmed by the time 17 May comes around. The big news of the day is that I’m being followed on Twitter by someone called Jemima who clearly has impeccable taste; If you can find the unlikely… Continue reading SNOOKER LOOPY
BACK TO THE ‘BEACH
The move north just before Christmas was probably the biggest decision I’ve ever made, second only to choosing Crispy Shredded Beef over Crispy Chicken at Chung Hwa. “There’s nothing for you here” said Dad, ominously, and I took that as permission to finally leave the Flatland for the North. But I have endeavoured to get… Continue reading BACK TO THE ‘BEACH
FLATT TOP IN THE RAIN
The move to Sheffield has put me within reach of a vast swathe of That Yorkshire which I’ve given short shrift to over the decades. Like Kirklees, the filling in the midddle (?) of the Manc/Leeds/Sheff triangle; While some places drag you back every year with new craft bars (Halifax) or rumours of top Bass… Continue reading FLATT TOP IN THE RAIN
BARGAINS
I somehow managed 3 pub-less days last week, which means I let pubs die. But with the plasterers in the house, Mrs RM and I needed to get out by the Wednesday. So we wandered down to central Hillsborough, celebrating both the line-up for Tramlines in the local park and the continued capitulation of “Wayne… Continue reading BARGAINS
MISSING ERIC
As you’ll know this blog has an important public service remit; to encourage you out of your sofas (DO put your trousers on and your craft cans into the bin) and out exploring our wonderfully diverse country. Sadly, the train about to pass the Fountain doesn’t stop in Tuxford, Notts, but if you jump out… Continue reading MISSING ERIC
APRIL ’21 STOCKTAKE & MAY PREVIEW
I’d been waiting for BRAPA to do his April Review before I staked my own claim for the lucrative monthly reminiscence market. But Simon has been distracted by cowboys and aliens, which you’ll remember was an underrated track on George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice album. April was the first month since December where I even… Continue reading APRIL ’21 STOCKTAKE & MAY PREVIEW
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