November 2023. New Mills. A BIG day out in Manchester must always start with The Breaking Of The Journey on the way. The fast train from Sheff takes 54 minutes and stops in Stockport; the slow one through the Peak takes 83 minutes and allows you to finish Derbyshire in New Mills. Perhaps only Chorley… Continue reading NEW MILLS – SWEET AS SWIZZELS
Month: November 2023
SHEFFIELD ART TRAIL SPECIAL
November 2023. Sheffield. Last Friday was long and exhausting and regrettable. But before the regret, the street art on the way to Sheffield Station. Yes, even our tanning salons have great art. The Christmas markets have arrived in Sheffield, and as soon as Mrs RM gets back from Pembury Hospital we’ll explore the authentic German… Continue reading SHEFFIELD ART TRAIL SPECIAL
PIE AND PEAS AND POP
November 2023. Leeds. You know where Leeds is, I’ll spare you the maps. Northern Rail didn’t seem to know where Leeds was, as I attempted to get to Burley Park for my gig. Just the 32 minutes late for a 27 minute journey, meaning that despite a brave dash through the multicultural quarter of the… Continue reading PIE AND PEAS AND POP
LACY
Yes, I’m going to be nicking all of Olivia Rodrigo’s song titles for these blog posts because she deserves the honour. November 2023. Oatlands. Harrogate. Ooh, a bit dark as I left the warmth of the Harrogate Tap and headed for my actual tick in Oatlands. By now I only had 32 minutes to walk… Continue reading LACY
“I mean, if you’re there, you can’t NOT go in the Harrogate Tap, can you ?”
November 2023. Harrogate. Thursday night, back in Sheff from my parents, and straight out after doing the laundry to Leeds for the Julie Byrne gig, Except, having got to Leeds I thought I’d head straight on up to Harrogate and get the Oatlands Club ticked. A couple of cheap advance tickets would see me in… Continue reading “I mean, if you’re there, you can’t NOT go in the Harrogate Tap, can you ?”
MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE NEAR NEWARK….
November 2023. Morton. Notts. Slow progress through the new Beer Guide this year, but without the pressure of completion it’s like being “Sherpa” Tenzing after climbing Everest*, happy to tick castle mounds in Essex for the rest of his life. I ticked my penultimate Nottinghamshire newbie just downstream of Newark, a brisk walk from Fiskerton.… Continue reading MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE NEAR NEWARK….
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMPLETE – BEER STRAIGHT FROM THE POT PLANTS, NOT IN THEM
November 2023. Wisbech. A final Cambridgeshire Guide tick, and yet more GBG24 joy as I’m taken kicking and screaming to Wisbech, which a bit of me still believes in is Lincolnshire. Perhaps GBG25 will place it there, like that pub in Danehill that keeps moving back and forth across the Sussex borders. I know you… Continue reading CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMPLETE – BEER STRAIGHT FROM THE POT PLANTS, NOT IN THEM
SURREPTITIOUS PUB PHOTOGRAPHY – MORE TIPS FOR THE ASPIRING BLOGGER
Of course there’ll always be a market for blogs that only give you photos of pub exterior, but the real money glory comes from those interior shots with real people in. Pubs only exist because people visit them, much as some folk would like to keep unviable places open due to misguided nostalgia. Taking photos… Continue reading SURREPTITIOUS PUB PHOTOGRAPHY – MORE TIPS FOR THE ASPIRING BLOGGER
STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
**** it it’s (a) fine (city) November 2023. Norwich. 16:25. The train leaves Norwich in less than half an hour, best head back, eh ? Quite a bit of street art for you in the underpass leading to St Stephens Street. That one is for our own DAVE, who probably gets the cultural reference in… Continue reading STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
November 2023. Norwich. I’ve been on the move this week, alternating between Waterbeach, Sheffield, Manchester, Waterbeach, Pembury (Kent) and Rye in rapid succession, so the reports from Norwich are a bit “disjointed”. Bit like me as I headed back towards the station last Sunday with an hour to go. Time for one revisit, I reckoned;… Continue reading JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
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