Back home on Thursday, to check my Dad’s remote controls are working and admire my Sisters burgeoning development on a field near the train line. Some greats pics on her instagram. Sis sent me a link to a Facebook page chronicling the many pubs of our village (copyright Andy Badley). Great work from Andy. As… Continue reading A NEW PUB FOR WATERBEACH !
Month: December 2021
(XP) – THE EXPECTED PUBS PHILOSOPHY
In the event that City lose a game we dominate, we take comfort in the recent news that (XG) will be used should points being equal at the end of the season. Here’s the (XG) from one of only TWO (2) games (the other was the Euros final) I’ve watched on telly since Covid. City… Continue reading (XP) – THE EXPECTED PUBS PHILOSOPHY
TOP 100 PUBS – LOGGERHEADS, SHREWSBURY
So predictable. With 20 minutes till the train back to Stafford and a 10 minute walk through the back streets to get there, I had to squeeze in a half at the Loggerheads. In truth, the journey there was as good as the destination. I enter to the sound of Shakey’s “Merry Christmas, Everyone“. That’s… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – LOGGERHEADS, SHREWSBURY
NOVEMBER ’21 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
An odd November, but at least it was better than November 2020, perhaps the most miserable of my life. Not much of a travel map, and only 32 new GBG pubs (ticks), which compares shamefully with BRAPA’s haul of 61. Not that I didn’t save pubs, sometime single-handedly. Eighty-four (84) different pubs in a month,… Continue reading NOVEMBER ’21 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
THE ADMIRAL BENBOW
Congratulations to Corby Mark for guessing my next destination. I mean, how could you resist the Benbow ? As Vaux Wanderer says; The Benbow has been a GBG regular for decades, though perhaps sitting behind the Loggerheads, Coach & Horses and 3 Fishes in the pantheon of Shrewsbury pubs. My return visit on Thursday night… Continue reading THE ADMIRAL BENBOW
OVER FRANKWELL BRIDGE
My second Salop tick was over the Severn, after I’d dragged myself away from the Marston’s pub next to the craft bar. Shrewsbury looks gorgeous in the dark, and I almost wish I still had its ten or so GBG pubs still to do. The Anchor (top) is a fairly modest new entry, rather refined,… Continue reading OVER FRANKWELL BRIDGE
SHROOSBURY OR SHROWSBURY ? CRAFT BAR OR MICRO ?
After the Railway Inn, Will and Paul set off into the night in search of Doom Bar; I headed for the station in search of at least a couple of GBG ticks. Oooh, how about Shrewsbury ? Two possible routes, too. Via Crewe or Wolves. Guess which I chose. The highlight of the trip, apart… Continue reading SHROOSBURY OR SHROWSBURY ? CRAFT BAR OR MICRO ?
NO BASS AT STAFFORD’S RAILWAY INN
One more day of Stafford posts from last Thursday, then I can bring you November highlights AND a little series of posts moaning celebrating the detail in the new GBG. You left me at the Bird In Hand, where I nipped off to check in to my digs at Bridgewood House, leaving Will and Paul… Continue reading NO BASS AT STAFFORD’S RAILWAY INN
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