July 2023. Sheffield. Please treat this as an experimental post. I want to know if it’s possible to do a 10 minute blog post after 4 pints in 90 minutes, when that 4th pint is Plum Porter in Spoons. On Thursday night I felt in urgent need of live music. If in doubt, try the… Continue reading MUSIC NIGHT AT THE WASHINGTON
Month: July 2023
Mrs RM’s resolve crumbles in The Old Shoe
July 2023. Sheffield. Mrs RM has a posh watch which “rewards” her, if a beep can be considered a reward, as she hits her 10k/15k/20k step targets. A walk from the Blind Monkey into central Sheffield is worth 10k, so Mrs RM decided to take back a pair of shoes she’d just bought. NEVER, NEVER… Continue reading Mrs RM’s resolve crumbles in The Old Shoe
St Andrews, Westhall. National Church Scoring System (NCSS) 4.5
July 2023. Somewhere near Westhall. My blog views have been up a bit lately, increasing my career earning from the blog from zero to nowt. I put that down to my recent foray into church scoring, and while in Westhall completing Suffolk I took a look at a real classic. Of course, Simon got there… Continue reading St Andrews, Westhall. National Church Scoring System (NCSS) 4.5
SAY HELLO, WAVE(NEY) GOODBYE
July 2023. Westhall. Somewhere in Suffolk. Another day, another East Angular county conquered. As with Norfolk, a lone straggler had been irritating me for months. And, as with Norfolk, it was a visit by Simon that finally pushed me to Get It Done. How embarrassing is it to have BRAPA beat you to a pub… Continue reading SAY HELLO, WAVE(NEY) GOODBYE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, CROMER
July 2023. Cromer. What ! ANOTHER Top 100 pub ! I cannot tell a lie. 2023 has been a golden year for pubs (and beer), but no-one expected a Norfolk pub in the Top 100, especially one not in overrated Norwich. Having completed the county ticks I thought I’d better see what the fuss about… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, CROMER
DOOMED IN CROMER
July 2023. Cromer. Although I’m (definitely) not completing GBG this year the sight of incomplete counties still distresses me as much as it did a decade ago, particularly when there’s just one (1) left to do. In Norfolk, that loner was the White Horse. I did my weekly Facebook check on opening hours and saw… Continue reading DOOMED IN CROMER
“There used to be a library there”
July 2023. Milton. Cambridgeshire. I don’t want you to think I’m trying to get Dad round All The Pubs In Cambridgeshire or anything, but he’s certainly been to more more this year than he had the last 70, even if it is only keeping the local pineapple juice industry alive. Tuesday saw us dot around… Continue reading “There used to be a library there”
THE WISDOM OF GEORGE W., THE WONDERS OF THE GRAPES, SLINGSBY.
July 2023. Slingsby. North Yorkshire. After our bull scare, a rare new GBG tick in the lovely Howardian Hills. Slingsby’s Grapes is almost the local for the Howard family themselves. It’s hard to see where the Sunday night custom for the Grapes comes from. 665 souls, says Wiki, and the most deserted High Street of… Continue reading THE WISDOM OF GEORGE W., THE WONDERS OF THE GRAPES, SLINGSBY.
A NIGHT IN CASTLE HOWARD
July 2023. Castle Howard, near York. A Sunday of thunderstorms never arrived, and Mrs RM wanted a walk as she targets “10k a day”. She should take up pub ticking on foot; plenty of steps there. By a stroke of luck, my next nearest unticked GBG23 pub (90 minutes away !) is on the doorstep… Continue reading A NIGHT IN CASTLE HOWARD
ALL THE BREWERY TAPS IN SHEFFIELD ON TRAM – ST. MARS OF THE DESERT
July 2023. Attercliffe. Sheffield. I have a little section called “Notes” on my phone and for 2 years there’s been a note saying “St Mars of the Desert”. If Pastore is the trendy centre of Greater Waterbeach’s brewery centre, St Mars is the heart of hip Sheffield. Or something. During lockdown I had a fair… Continue reading ALL THE BREWERY TAPS IN SHEFFIELD ON TRAM – ST. MARS OF THE DESERT
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