Originally posted on Evo Boozy Scribbler:
16th December. 6.18 pm. My clock card was about to take its final dive into the machine of the week. Always a joyous moment. My phone rang. I clocked out and answered. It was Josh. “What are you doing later geezer?” he asked. I explained my plans and that…
Month: January 2023
A DEYA IN THE LIFE
17th January 2023. As the song goes, “Sheffield, so much to answer for“. I’d never have moved from Cambridge if I’d known there were pubs on every street corner here, pubs that will probably never grace the Good Book, but are are as essential as anything in the rest of the UK. And I still… Continue reading A DEYA IN THE LIFE
THE UNION HOTEL HIGHLIGHTS SHEFFIELD’S STRENGTH IN DEPTH
17th January 2023. Late last year Boak & Bailey visited Sheffield and lauded the Union Hotel, making it their Pub of the Year. I’d never heard of it, but then it hasn’t graced the GBG in the 25 years I’ve been visiting the city, and I’ve made only steady progress walking out to the unheralded… Continue reading THE UNION HOTEL HIGHLIGHTS SHEFFIELD’S STRENGTH IN DEPTH
THE CLOSEST PUB TO GRANTHAM’S BRAND NEW SOUTHERN RELIEF ROAD !!!
16th January 2023. “Sadly, after Retired Martin completed the Beer Guide, he rather lost the plot. Some days he stayed at home, he started mumbling about revisiting Maidenhead, and then he began to tick ALL THE PUBS IN GRANTHAM”. And why not. Grantham is as good, or bad, as anywhere. I can even park our… Continue reading THE CLOSEST PUB TO GRANTHAM’S BRAND NEW SOUTHERN RELIEF ROAD !!!
MORE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD ON THE MOON THAN HAVE TICKED BEDFORDSHIRE
And I can tell you as one of them, completing Beds is MUCH tougher. 13th-15th January 2023. A long weekend in Waterbeach, with 3 days to crack Bedfordshire’s four GBG newbies*. Thrilling. Despite nearly catching up on the blog (take that, BRAPA !), I’m giving you four pubs in one today. Because Beds is Boring.… Continue reading MORE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD ON THE MOON THAN HAVE TICKED BEDFORDSHIRE
“Are you SURE you don’t want to eat ?”
12th January 2023. The Surrey ticking season begins. It’s not all bad, there’s an entry in Addlestone this year, but in general Surrey means dining pubs in an AONB (Area Of NBSS 2.5 Beer). That’s not entirely fair, the hills between Horsham and Box Hill House some crackers. But the Seven Stars at Leigh is… Continue reading “Are you SURE you don’t want to eat ?”
THE POST-MATCH INQUEST AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN ARMS
11th January 2023. Just back from a rather more convincing City performance than a week ago, when Southampton played us off the park (not for the first time). Never mind. Just as you don’t go to a pub to drink beer, you don’t go the the football to enjoy football. Or something. The highlight is… Continue reading THE POST-MATCH INQUEST AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN ARMS
GIDDY TIMES
11th January 2023. Saints v City for a place in the Mickey Mouse (now we’re out) cup. As a “glory hunter” (my first City game was at Luton in 1977; Will was probably glory-hunting at that game too) I only qualify for a few tickets for away matches each season, and Southampton is always a… Continue reading GIDDY TIMES
ANY SALLY PORT IN A STORM
11th January 2023. A third new Beer Guide tick in Greater Pompey (hey, perhaps I am attempting GBG23), after a mad dash from the Gosport ferry to the Sally Port, another Old Town new entrant. It looks like it’s half the old pub, the rest of the space an antiques shop that’s open when the… Continue reading ANY SALLY PORT IN A STORM
“Hello Steven, This Is Clem Fandango, Can You Hear Me ?”
11th January 2023. Waiting in Gosport for the Fallen Acorn to open, I nipped in the Spoons to record for posterity the price of a pint of craft in January 2023. Stowford Press seems to be your best bet. While the Star was ticking over, the pedestrianised High Street wasn’t a picture of health. Even… Continue reading “Hello Steven, This Is Clem Fandango, Can You Hear Me ?”
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