retiredmartin

March 2025. Sheffield.

“ONLY an hour (in the Kelham), why for **** sake!!!
If the answer’s Christine then I understand.“

Well, sort of.

“Unless you have better idea” is Mrs RM code for “TAKE ME OUT NOW !“.

I only stopped to take a pic of the daffodils,

and the mural outside Tesco,

but still made the Monkey by 6. Yes, we’re really that close to Kelham Island.

I reckon this is the most attractive pub in Sheffield, outside and in, and only let down a bit by inconsistent cask since we moved up here in 2020.

Mrs RM had bagged the last table. “The Park Life is good” she said, half way through. That’s code for “Get me another while you’re up there“.

And it was, a chewy 3.5 for the pub’s Don Valley pint, but I was so tempted to compare the Landlord with the offering across the breadth of the country.

No escaping the Tim Taylor glass, mind.

Honestly, Keighley’s finest (actually, it’s Boltmaker) is everywhere, about to take over from Doom Bar in volumes as well as value, I bet ya.

Five years ago, this was the premium option, reserved for dining pubs and, er, London. How has it now become affordable to every pub in the country.

And when will its bubble burst ?