February 2025. Hillsborough. Sheffield. Losing to Liverpool was inevitable, but back in Sheffield I needed immediate cheering up and that meant Sang Lung, still the only Hillsborough Chinese takeaway I’ve used. The on-line ordering (always Crispy Beef and Singapore Rice, as am creature of habit) wasn’t working, so I had to pop in a pub… Continue reading BEWARE THE RUGBY THEMED BEERS
Month: March 2025
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – BAR FRINGE
February 2025. Manchester. Back at Piccadilly, with 3 hours till the game against the Scouse Buswreckers XI, Matt surprised me; “What next, Bar Fringe ?”. You know you’ve brought your children up correctly when they can make an unprompted pub suggestion, rather than say “You decide“. Bar Fringe is one of his and Emma’s favourites,… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – BAR FRINGE
PRETZELS, CHOCOLATE AND TIGER RUT. A RETURN TO MOSSLEY’S GILLERY
February 2025. Mossley (pronounced Mossley). I’d promised Matt lunch in Mossley, but while it’s a good pub town it’s not one for the gourmand, or even two blokes after a chip butty/bap/cob. Not on Sunday, anyway. Luckily, we had 28 minutes before the train back to Platform 1, Piccadilly, just time for pizza in the… Continue reading PRETZELS, CHOCOLATE AND TIGER RUT. A RETURN TO MOSSLEY’S GILLERY
THE BUTCHERS ARMS, MOSSLEY. ANOTHER PUB YOU’RE SURPRISED, BUT DELIGHTED, TO SEE IN GBG 25
February 2025. Mossley. Is it Moss-ley ? Or Moz-ley ? Or Moze-ley ? Who cares ? Whatever, it’s second stop out of Piccadilly on the line to York. Matt met me at Platform 1, 1 minute before departure, while I admired the flashy ad for the Mid-Cheshire line. Matt had never been to Mossley, quite… Continue reading THE BUTCHERS ARMS, MOSSLEY. ANOTHER PUB YOU’RE SURPRISED, BUT DELIGHTED, TO SEE IN GBG 25
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK. FLOK.
February 2025. Manchester. Life slowly returns to normality, with three weekends in a row in Manchester, with ticks in the GBG and the CAMRA Manc Book, the latter packed with hipster bars in the Northern Quarter, a phrase that was outdated years ago. Stevenson Square, barely two minute walk from Matthew’s Piccadilly flat, is the… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK. FLOK.
ORGANIC EGGS AT THE RED LION IN REDBOURNE
February 2025. Redbourne. Lincolnshire. One of the problems with rural Lincolnshire pubs, and BRAPA is your oracle here, is that they serve such a small population they inevitably struggle to support Monday to Sunday opening, and you can’t make cask shine when you’re only selling it Friday evening to Sunday lunch. With only 400 souls,… Continue reading ORGANIC EGGS AT THE RED LION IN REDBOURNE
THE CROWN, GLENTHAM. YOUR CLOSEST PUB TO “THE BATTLE OF SPITAL IN THE STREET”
February 2025. Glentham. A GBG newbie for Scunthorpe CAMRA, still in the afterglow of Sir Humphrey re-opening the Berkeley, though the causal observer may say “Surely that’s Gainsborough ?“. Bing Maps reckons Glentham is in Market Rasen, which is Lincoln branch. Traditionally these territorial disputes are settled to see who can drink the most pints… Continue reading THE CROWN, GLENTHAM. YOUR CLOSEST PUB TO “THE BATTLE OF SPITAL IN THE STREET”
A WADDINGHAM WANDER. WITHOUT THE PUB
February 2025. Waddingham. Lincolnshire. Bing maps says it’s Gainsborough, but you and I can clearly see it’s Greater (Lesser) Scunthorpe. Yes, after a week of exciting pubs, I’m succumbing to customer demand to bring you a remote, unpubbed, Lincolnshire village. Why ? Well, it’s there, that’s why. And the Marquis of Granby was in the… Continue reading A WADDINGHAM WANDER. WITHOUT THE PUB
FEBRUARY ’25 STOCKTAKE + MARCH PREVIEW
My “statutory obligation” summary of the previous month, a post I was tempted to title “56 pubs, 2 BlueSky cancellations and a funeral“, but thought better of it; it’s not the done thing to mock BlueSky. I wondered what I’d done to upset the woke Twitter, as my trips to Greater S****horpe haven’t been blogged… Continue reading FEBRUARY ’25 STOCKTAKE + MARCH PREVIEW
“Reserved for the Coldstreams V.I.P.”. THE PARK TAVERN, CHICHESTER
February 2025. Chichester. I won’t declare Chichester a great pub town on the basis of our flying visit to “Meet the Southworths” last week, but Dave and Joan had done a fair bit of research in their extended stay, in-between P trips to the Pallant, Petworth and Pompey, and confidently declared The Park the best… Continue reading “Reserved for the Coldstreams V.I.P.”. THE PARK TAVERN, CHICHESTER
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