A BELPER BASS BUS BURST

April 2024. Belper.

A free afternoon in Sheffield. Zero chance of a new GBG tick; let’s have some nostalgia.

I’ve been promising you I’d revisit the Dead Poets since I started this blog, and a hop and a skip via Derby and it’s 13:45 and I’m about to “alight” (weird word, alight) at Belper Station to catch the 14:00 No. 138 towards Holbrook.

15 minutes ? 5 minutes each way to the Cross Keys, 2 minutes contingency, that’s 3 minutes for a pint of Bass.

It’ll be fine. Just don’t get distracted by Greggs.

My 2 minutes contingency got eaten up at the crossing. Why do vehicles get priority over folk saving pubs ?

I blame the people WHO DON’T PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE CROSSING.

Haven’t been here for 15 years, since it was a rare Bateman pub with Bass.

Certainly looks a bit different these days. Nice Pub People renovation,

decent if ambitious beer range, underpinned by ubiquitous Bass.

The bloke at the bar was on the Inferno, and we briefly compared notes on Bass v Pedigree hangovers. It’s what blokes do.

“Is it permanent ?” I ask.

“Oh yes” says the cheery landlady, “that Wickingman would never stop whining if I took the 🔺 off”.

A new barrel, apparently, and while a few on the National Bass Day forum noted it was cloudy,

I noted it was a 3.5.

And, 3.5 minutes later I was running for the bus.

Published by retiredmartin

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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      3. No, Twice in recent months I’ve had a very pleasant conversation, waiting for the number 5 and the number 10.

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