MRS RM STARTS HER 100 DAY CHALLENGE IN CROOKES

August 2023. Crookes. Sheffield.

I think Mrs RM’s 100 day challenge was supposed to be an exclusive for her own blog, release expected when Luton Town pick up their first home points of the season.

Tell you what, you’ve got to guess what the challenge is. Can’t say fairer than that.

Anyway, up the hill we go.

Actually, we were in Crookes buying no-alcoholic beers (calm yourself) for a Mrs RM blog feature, but got distracted by the Ball.

I can’t resist busy pubs, even Greene King ones with too many handpumps.

And handpumps camouflaged by random plants, at that.

Ten (10) handpumps, same number as when the Ball was in the GBG a decade ago, and it was too many then before keg craft and exotic lager like Madri were invented.

It’s a large, rambling, modernised pub that actually does appeal to a wide cross-section of folk, except those trying to avoid the never-ending ‘arry Kane saga.

Say what you will about the seating, SOME of it was comfortable.

Very Mrs RM-friendly soundtrack of the classics, with Otis and Carole and John played at a decent volume (music in pubs is often played too loud or so low you can’t hear it).

You’d think the Abbot in a GK house would be a safe enough bet. Nope. Let the bubbles reveal (NBSS 2).

Mrs RM said her Beer Mats Matt Black was good (it wasn’t), but what do I know. It did the job for Mrs RM’s photo (top).

I saw someone order a Saltaire Cascade; the only cask beer I actually saw pulled. and that was pretty good (3.5), and the squid and wings were a bargain.

It’s amazing how a bit of Lennon and crispy squid in a pub can redeem duff beer.

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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

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      1. Tried and failed, as it’s still asking me to log in or, as anonymous says, appear anonymous. Perhaps one has to be a Patreon supporter to comment.

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      3. My experience of WordPress is that stuff just happens for whatever reason, and unless you tell their Happiness Engineers of any untoward effects nothing changes, and often doesn’t even when you do.

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  4. “Let the bubbles reveal (NBSS 2).”
    I think the bubbles reveal a faulty dishwasher.
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    One hundred days until the start of December when thoughts turn to your birthday and Christmas.
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    Why do I have to log in and enter an email address to reply now ?

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    2. See above, Stafford Paul. I suspect Etu is correct about strange randomness from Word Press. Until yesterday, I could post directly from my phone without logging in, although I’ve had to do this for some time on my PC.

      Give it a few days, and everything might be back to normal.

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      1. I can’t be doing with this “Log in to leave a reply” and entering an email address for every comment I make.

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