February 2024. Rotherham. Mrs RM had finally, finally, been released from her week of restraint and was in “Go big or go home” mode. She really wanted to visit the medieval looking Bridge Inn, but with an hour till 3pm opening it was a flat white in the cafe opposite the Minster or a pint… Continue reading If there’s anything in life better than watching folk come in and go out of the Cutler’s I’ve yet to discover it.
Month: February 2024
RUMOURS OF WETHERSPOONS DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED
February 2024. Rotherham. We’d done “tourist Rotherham”, time for lunch. Google wasn’t very encouraging; virtually all those places marked in red are takeaways. “Spoons will do me” says Mrs RM. I thought this was a long overdue return to a GBG stalwart, but apparently I was here just before Covid drinking a classic Elland (RIP)… Continue reading RUMOURS OF WETHERSPOONS DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED
THE TRAM TRAIN TO ROTHERHAM
February 2024. Rotherham. The snow came to Sheffield on Thursday, but it was already clearing by the time I got round to spreading sand on the path that afternoon. English snow is always a disappointment, except to folk like me who have things to do, places to see. Still a bit too slippy on the… Continue reading THE TRAM TRAIN TO ROTHERHAM
BEER BEFORE CURRY
February 2024. Walkley. Sheffield. One always leads to two, doesn’t it, and two leads to an Indian takeaway you don’t really need but suddenly must have. So I ended up waiting for my Lamb Bhuna across the road from Cafe Masala, the golden light of Walkley Beer Co. drawing me in. As soon as I… Continue reading BEER BEFORE CURRY
HENDOS AND HI-VIS
February 2024. Sheffield. Another year, another reason to visit Wonderful Walkley. Last year the Blind Monkey, in GBG24 it’s the Raven that drags tickers up the hill(s) to my back yard, like in the Kelis song. I TOLD folk the Raven would get in the GBG, a refurbished urban flagship for Loxley’s beers. Simon made… Continue reading HENDOS AND HI-VIS
THE SENIOR’S MENU IN SOHAM
February 2024. Soham. My main “care” duty back in Waterbeach is helping Dad escape from the confines of four walls to explore the Fen Edge and give Mum a few hours to herself. On Tuesday we got to do a pub lunch in a pre-emptive tick as well. Not at the unexpectedly “closed Tuesday” Five… Continue reading THE SENIOR’S MENU IN SOHAM
ESSENTIAL STOPS ON THE A14 – No.1 – DESBOROUGH
February 2024. Desborough. A trip back “home” from our mini-mini-break in Liverpool for Mum’s birthday; only just over 3 hours which shows how small England really is, unless you want to go to North Norfolk (you don’t, and I was secretly thrilled to discover this week that my penultimate GBG tick in Wells had just… Continue reading ESSENTIAL STOPS ON THE A14 – No.1 – DESBOROUGH
PUBS YOU CAN NEVER QUITE WALK PAST
February 2024. Liverpool. An early night on Merseyside last Sunday, as I drew a blank in finding live music, barring the Beatles covers on Mathew Street. Carl Jung (NOT a Top 50 Chinese takeaway) called the city the Pool of Life, and I get that. We’d had quite enough life, thank you, and I just… Continue reading PUBS YOU CAN NEVER QUITE WALK PAST
“You dancing ?”, “You asking ?”. BAY CITY ROLLERS IN THE WHITE STAR
February 2024. Liverpool. Since City got Haaland the Norwegian tourists now flock to Manchester rather than Beatlesland, and the Cavern Quarter looked quieter than usual last Sunday afternoon. But that was because they were in the bars watching the Reds lose, or packing out the restaurants of Bold Street. Liverpool doesn’t wind down on Sunday… Continue reading “You dancing ?”, “You asking ?”. BAY CITY ROLLERS IN THE WHITE STAR
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 44 – TYNE AND WEAR
My Top pub county in 2021, and the visits since then have only reconfirmed what a great place it is, so it should be easy to pick half a dozen pubs to represent the area, you’d think. And to an extent, it is, and though I could have picked five in central Newcastle, it would… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 44 – TYNE AND WEAR
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