Finally, the blog reaches December. Worryingly, there’s 44 pubs to write about in that last month already, so you should set aside the evening of the 31st to read a lot of posts. 1st December 2022. Time for Baa Baa Toure‘s quarterly spin. See how Alfie the Alpaca looks on, nervously/ With the day’s work… Continue reading UNSUNG SHEFFIELD – THE RED DEER
Month: December 2022
THE PROBLEM WITH BEING A GBG COMPLETIST IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO IN THE LINCOLN STONEGATE PUB
You left me in the Strugglers where a chap on his x-th pub had plonked down next to me to discuss, apropos of nothing, Sigmund Freud. A dog dived into the intellectual’s bag (“He’s after my fricadella“); I feared for my plum bread and made a move. Suddenly, Lincoln made perfect sense, but I was… Continue reading THE PROBLEM WITH BEING A GBG COMPLETIST IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO IN THE LINCOLN STONEGATE PUB
STRUGGLERS
Done the tick, done the Belgian thirds, time for a Lincoln classic. Let’s go up the Steep Hill. The puff of white smoke sadly doesn’t herald the reopening of Widow Cullens Well, as the city remains a Sam Smiths free zone. But there’s still Proper Pubs near the cathedral and castle, though the Victoria is… Continue reading STRUGGLERS
BLACKPOOL JANE WAS RIGHT (AS USUAL) ABOUT THE STRAIT & NARROW
I’d travelled by train to Lincoln, got the lone new GBG tick, there was nothing new in the exciting towns (Gainsborough, Worksop) on the way home; where now ? As always, I turn to Blackpool Jane… The Strait & Narrow ditched cask, often a good idea, and when I visited with Mrs RM in 2016… Continue reading BLACKPOOL JANE WAS RIGHT (AS USUAL) ABOUT THE STRAIT & NARROW
BEATING THE LINCOLN CHRISTMAS MARKETS RUSH TO THE NBSS 3.5 DOOM BAR
30th November 2022. The UK may not be quite back to normal post-Covid, but many of the rituals and traditions we took for granted in 2019 have returned. Some later than others, I see that Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival finally returns next month. Another tradition is moaning about our Christmas markets, which never look like… Continue reading BEATING THE LINCOLN CHRISTMAS MARKETS RUSH TO THE NBSS 3.5 DOOM BAR
Ossett’s Prop’ur Baa – A Proper Bar
Back home in Northern England, it was nearly December and I’d made a paltry start to ticking GBG23, if indeed I harbour any ambitions at a (record-breaking) second successive completion. Loads of newbies, including a first visit to Ossett since Yorkshire Guide tickers Eddie and Simon were in short trousers (Simon still is). Actually, Eddie… Continue reading Ossett’s Prop’ur Baa – A Proper Bar
Saving the 16% Nøgne Ø Nordic Noir till last
27th November 2022. Our last night in Tromso, so we’re going out with a bang. The last two (2) craft beer bars on the list, excluding the ones that only open on the fifth Thursday in October. Vertshuset Skarven (Skarven Kro) is the big multi-roomed white-timbered place next to the harbour which you return to… Continue reading Saving the 16% Nøgne Ø Nordic Noir till last
WHALE WATCH
27th November 2022. You only come to Tromso for three things. The lights, the joy of paying £20 a pint, and of course the Troll Museum. The Troll Museum was closed, so we had to go Whale Watching instead on this boat. That’s Tromso harbour at 8am. Everything we ate, drank and did in Tromso… Continue reading WHALE WATCH
So, is Tromso really that expensive to drink in ?
Right, enough pandering to “tradition”, let’s get back to the blog, in the vain hope we can get up-to-date by year-end. 26th November 2022. After getting back from the Light show well after midnight, we slept in till 1pm, by which time it already getting dark. With an early start on Sunday to spot whales,… Continue reading So, is Tromso really that expensive to drink in ?
HAPPY CHRISTMAS !!!
Happy Christmas ? Retired Martin been visited by the three (3) ghosts of Christmas overnight ? No, but it’s in my contract that unless I comply with social convention at least three times a year my blog gets blacklisted. Expect a post celebrating BRAPA’s birthday, whenever that is. We have our boys over on Christmas… Continue reading HAPPY CHRISTMAS !!!
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