August 2024. Sheffield. There’s been an “entertaining” debate on CAMRA’s Discourse about deciding which pubs deserve to be in the GBG, and a call for “objective” assessment of beer quality by visiting “experts”. Let’s see what three “experts” made of a back street Sheffield pub on Tuesday. You’ll remember the “New” Red Deer from last… Continue reading THE PROBLEM WITH SCORING PUBS
Month: August 2024
SHE’S GOT CLAWS
August 2024. Cambridge. No, not Mrs RM, and not just an opportunity to stick a reference to another obscure early 80s Gary Numan hit. Gary Numan was, famously, a machine without any DNA. As we leave the Maypole a reminder that DNA was actually invented in Cambridge in 1953. Here is the ACTUAL DNA being… Continue reading SHE’S GOT CLAWS
INTERRUPTING A BUMBLE DATE IN THE MAYPOLE
August 2024. Cambridge. “Did you want to stop for something to eat ?” ask Mrs RM. “No” I say. This is, as men will know, the wrong answer, as the question is actually “Where are we stopping, I want to sit down NOW“. The question is posed as we head into the heart of Cambridge… Continue reading INTERRUPTING A BUMBLE DATE IN THE MAYPOLE
CAMBRIDGE OFF THE WELL WORN TRACK
August 2024. Cambridge. The most tiring thing about visits to the parents is the sitting around all day, not using my legs. With Mum settled on Bank Holiday Monday we nipped out to Cambridge so Mrs RM could get some new Instagram material. So here’s a few posts on my much maligned home town, for… Continue reading CAMBRIDGE OFF THE WELL WORN TRACK
NBSS 4
August 2024. Waterbeach. Back in Waterbeach for Bank Holiday weekend, and the inevitable “pint while waiting for the Chung Hwa order” in The Sun. I don’t think Mum would ever forgive me if I stopped having the squid and Singapore rice once a week. And the quick pint next door is as much part of… Continue reading NBSS 4
NO REAL ALE AT THE ETIHAD
August 2024. Manchester. A difficult month draws towards an end with some better news, and a trip to the Etihad for City v Ipswich lifts the spirits further at the start of a new season. Just for a change, and to avoid the temptations of Mancunian pubs, I head straight out of Piccadilly to pub-less… Continue reading NO REAL ALE AT THE ETIHAD
HILLSBOROUGH – DINOSAURS, ROGER WHITTAKER AND WAINWRIGHT
August 2024. Sheffield. “Fancy a walk Mrs RM ?”. She’s currently obsessed with her Instagram (“Oooh, nearly 2,000 views on Ramsgate !“) but it’s distracting her from her blog and, more importantly, actually getting to Moldova to complete Europe. I picked a stroll that would tick the 10k (steps) box, give her an Instagram reel… Continue reading HILLSBOROUGH – DINOSAURS, ROGER WHITTAKER AND WAINWRIGHT
LINGERING
August 2024. Sheffield. Three (3) days confined to the house resting my aching back I don’t like to talk about, but Thursday saw me heading out in desperation for fresh air and a leg stretch. And a pub. Nothing new, I think my closest new Guide pub is in Llandudno, but one of the row… Continue reading LINGERING
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PORT STREET BEER HOUSE
August 2024. Manchester. My creaky back, which I don’t like to talk about*, prevented the exciting walk round Didsbury I’d planned with Matt on Tuesday, so I settled on a guided tour of lesser known Ancoats. I don’t like to talk about the fact Matt knows places in the Eternal City that I don’t, though… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PORT STREET BEER HOUSE
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – NELL’S PIZZA, KAMPUS
August 2024. Manchester. 8 hours drive back from Southampton to Sheffield via two sets of parents at the end of a frantic weekend, and proof all that sitting down is bad for you as I felt my lower back “ping” on the walk up/down/up to Sheffield station the next morning. But the best way to… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – NELL’S PIZZA, KAMPUS
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