May 2024. Warwick. One more GBG entry to complete the nap hand of Warwick Guide pubs in a night. From the Wild Boar a long, drab walk past rambling hospital buildings and factories brings you to the Grand Union Canal, and the obligatory canalside pub. Obviously, I arrived here on the wrong side of the… Continue reading “AN ISSUE” AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

May 2024. Warwick. It’s always good to walk the bounds, and I reckon I got more of a sense of Warwick last Tuesday than in half a dozen previous visits. It’s no Bewdley, or Buxton; more a Bromsgrove with a castle, perhaps, but approaching the Wild Boar I felt unusual excitement at a revisit of… Continue reading MORE PLAIN, EXCELLENT, WARWICK PUBS

May 2024. Warwick. A bit of moderation, moving on to halves on pub 3, then a slight relapse as I realise you’ll expect me to do the craft bar. No, you probably will. It gives me a chance to make a full circuit of a town that looks more interesting on paper than reality, though… Continue reading A CRAFT DIVERSION IN WARWICK

May 2022. Warwick. Pub three on the “curated Warwick pub exploration trail”, though my notes suggest “most of Warwick is completely p****d”, which just shows that in middle class middle England there’s still parts of society who value pubgoing over a bottle of Malbec at home. Warwick really surprised me, nowhere more so than the… Continue reading THE OLD FOURPENNY SHOP