June 2023. St. Leonards. Reader “Alan” seemed surprised you can get from London to Rye in a little over an hour, providing you don’t eat for a week to fund the Southeastern leg of the journey, and it’s certainly been fascinating to see how many Londoners have been visiting the east Sussex coast these last… Continue reading GROYNING THE DOTS IN ST LEONARDS
Month: June 2023
ONE OVER THE EIGHT (and it’s all BRAPA’s fault)
June 2023. King’s Cross Station. A successful day had produced eight (8) London ticks, my most successful raid (no GBG completist language) of the year. What you need now is to drink four pints of water, make sure you get on and off the right trains, and get to bed. If only life worked like… Continue reading ONE OVER THE EIGHT (and it’s all BRAPA’s fault)
BLACKHORSE LANE, E17
June 2023. Walthamstow. My eighth (8th) and last new London tick meant a slog up to Walthamstow’s Blackhorse Road, starting point for the famous Blackhorse Beer Mile comprising 37 breweries, wineries, German delis and make up artists. So famous that I’d never heard of it, always associating the Walthamstow beer scene with Ravenswood Industrial Estate.… Continue reading BLACKHORSE LANE, E17
ISLINGTON CORNER PUB
June 2023. Islington. Well, more Newington Green, according the Beer Guide, though I can’t see a Newington Green on the map and the closest tube is Canonbury, perilously close to the Arsenal ground. It’ll always be Islington to me, where the corner pubs are more open plan and open kitchen, and lack in diversity what… Continue reading ISLINGTON CORNER PUB
TICKER’S HAMPSTEAD HOME
June 2023. Hampstead. Oooh, obscure musical reference alert. I’m not a big Microdisney devote, but “And the reignOf the vainIs a pain“ is a great line (I think). Having just forgotten I’d been in Kilburn recently, I checked my blog to see if I’d visited Hampstead since 2015. Apparently not. And the NW3 Guide entries… Continue reading TICKER’S HAMPSTEAD HOME
KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROAD
June 2023. Kilburn. Just a short post to remind myself how little I really know about London. With five (5) GBG ticks in the bag by 3 it was already a good day, but now the new Guide entries became a little more tucked away and in need of a helping hand from the Overground… Continue reading KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROAD
BRICK BY BRICK….THE CARLTON REBORN
June 2023. North-West London. You hardly notice the transition from West to North-West London, historically the weakest of the Beer Guide’s capital chapters. The 20 minutes north from Maida Vale’s eerie trees and epic Paddington playground take you to Kilburn, but it’s not a Kilburn I recognise. But I recognise the name. The Carlton Tavern,… Continue reading BRICK BY BRICK….THE CARLTON REBORN
JUST MORE W9 VICTORIAN PUB TILING PORN
June 2023. London W9. The pubs come thick and fast in London. One of the joys of ticking the capital is planning where you’ll have a half rand where definitely a pint, when you’ll swerve the cask in favour of craft*, which tube lines will give you the shortest gaps between loo stops, and how… Continue reading JUST MORE W9 VICTORIAN PUB TILING PORN
WHEN I GET TO WARWICK AVENUE, MEET ME BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE PUB
June 2023. London. After that little bit of negativity, let’s get positive again as we cross the Grand Union into Warwick Avenue Loads of nice looking pubs, like the Bridge House by the, er, bridge, but often disappointing experiences with tired beers and tip boxes. Oh yes, Little Venice, not as good as the real… Continue reading WHEN I GET TO WARWICK AVENUE, MEET ME BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE PUB
A PADDINGTON BEAR STARE FOR THE TIRED BEER IN W2
June 2023. London Part 2 of 11. My heart leaped for joy when I realised I could ride the Central Line from Fairlop straight to Queensway, less than a mile from pub tick No. 2. My joy was only slightly lessened by the realisation that after 7 years as Mayor Sadiq Khan still hasn’t installed… Continue reading A PADDINGTON BEAR STARE FOR THE TIRED BEER IN W2
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