September 2024. Filey. Catching the 19:15 from Filey back to Driffield would have given us an hour to tick the GBG newbie in Bridlington, but we were in good company so stayed for a nightcap in the Star. And who knows if we’ll ever see the Southworths again if it all goes wrong (again) on… Continue reading A STAR IN FILEY
Month: September 2024
NOT A LOAD OF COBBLERS – THE FILEY MICRO
September 2024. Filey. A Tuesday in Filey, just like in the John Denver song. We’d come for company and curry as much as cask, but 4:30pm was a bit too early for Monsoon Indian, even for Stafford Paul. So we did the micro. I know, I know, a man in North Yorkshire should do Proper… Continue reading NOT A LOAD OF COBBLERS – THE FILEY MICRO
FILEY FAX – BEER TASTES BETTER IN PINT GLASSES
September 2024. Driffield, Bridlington, Filey. Armed with our “Southworth Groupies on tour ’24” T-shirts Mrs RM and I set off to the east coast towards Filey. Friendly Filey doesn’t welcome campervans, unless they pay £30 a night to stay on a patch of grass a mile from town, so we parked up in Delightful Driffield,… Continue reading FILEY FAX – BEER TASTES BETTER IN PINT GLASSES
BLESSED IS THE MEXBOROUGH SPOONS
September 2024. Mexborough. Mrs RM and I were discussing with the Southworths the lack of world knowledge of most of their countrymen. To prove my point, in a recent survey only 0 out of 1,123 Americans surveyed could place Mexborough (pop.15,244), that wise Uncle of the South Yorkshire mines, on a world map. In fairness,… Continue reading BLESSED IS THE MEXBOROUGH SPOONS
A BEER GUIDE BEANO AT THRYBERGH DEER PARK
September 2024. Thrybergh. Rotherham. What a joy the new Beer Guide is ! Golf clubs, Sizzling pubs, revived village allrounders, brewery taps, and now a shed on a farm next to a deer park. Actually, not much sign of the deer park on Thrybergh’s converted farm, a theme we will see BRAPA develop later this… Continue reading A BEER GUIDE BEANO AT THRYBERGH DEER PARK
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HAS FALLEN – PEAKIRK PERFECTION
September 2024. Peakirk. Peterborough. Only three (3) newbies in my old home counties for GBG25, par for the course of late. One’s a brewery tap, the other two are both “improved” old style village pubs. Thrillingly, my final tick is in Peakirk, about which I know nothing, despite (or because of) having a cousin* here… Continue reading CAMBRIDGESHIRE HAS FALLEN – PEAKIRK PERFECTION
AMERICANS OVER HERE, DRINKING OUR BEER
September 2024. Waterbeach. Four of my favourite Americans (I understand the term Yankee is considered mildly derogatory despite its inclusion on a 1979 Skids hit) arrived in Waterbeach last week. On their 2018 trip I’d wrote. “It’s always great to have the Southworth brothers and their lovely wives over here, even if they did choose… Continue reading AMERICANS OVER HERE, DRINKING OUR BEER
YOUR NEAREST GBG CRAFT BAR TO LINTON ZOO
September 2024. Linton. Cambridgeshire. My Mum always says “If you’ve nothing good to say, say nothing“, but she doesn’t mean it, and this blog GUARANTEES to tell the truth, so here’s the truth about the new industrial estate tap in Linton. Linton ? Yes, the first posh village heading south-east out of Addenbrookes into the… Continue reading YOUR NEAREST GBG CRAFT BAR TO LINTON ZOO
St. Mary and SS Cyriac and Julia’s, Swaffham Prior
September 2024. Swaffham Prior. A treat for folk who love English oddities, stained glass, and wilting flowers. The Red Lion had been “less busy than usual”, but I may have been a bit unfair on berating Swaffham Prior’s 841 residents for their lukewarm support for their local pub, as this is a QUIET village with… Continue reading St. Mary and SS Cyriac and Julia’s, Swaffham Prior
TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, SWAFFHAM PRIOR
September 2024. Swaffham Prior. I always get my Bulbecks and Priors mixed up, two similarly charming Cambs villages just north of Anglesey Abbey, only 5 miles east of Waterbeach as the crow flies. But I’m not (spoiler) a crow. Swaffham Prior is a surprise new entry in GBG25, and one in all conscience I didn’t… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, SWAFFHAM PRIOR
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