(aka) Edson Arantes do Nascimento

June 2025. Corbridge.

1 tick down, 2 more to go in tiny Corbridge, and then a mile  sprint back to the station with a tummy full of curry.

Mrs RM was not impressed. She was also done for the night, sitting out the Pele, possibly the only pub in the GBG named after a footballer best known as an ambassador for erectile dysfunction.

Are there any other Guide entries as quirky as this ?

I should know, if anyone, really.

Karen and Jane explored the 3 floors,

and if you’d asked me to pay £2.50 to visit this former ecclesiastical residence I’d have happily obliged.

The £2.50 spent on a wilting First and Last pale wasn’t such a good investment, but at least they’d provided the necessary in the street outside.

I blame the heat.

Corbridge looked wonderful, and one day I’ll do all half dozen pubs,

but tonight just three.

Sadly, the Wheatsheaf, which looked after Mrs RM during a snow storm that had her sliding down the A68 from the Scottish borders, hadn’t had a beer delivery in weeks.

So after a brief visual confirmation we stopped on the bridge over the Tyne.

Someone is about to tell me why we should/shouldn’t have gone in Dyvels.

Instead, we spent 7 minutes on the platform,

speculating as to why someone would abandon their dressing gown at the station.

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Published by retiredmartin

Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

14 thoughts on “(aka) Edson Arantes do Nascimento”

  3. My wife, daughter and I stayed at the Dyvels for a night in October 2003.
    Yes, a pub is for bed and breakfast, not just beer and lunch.

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  4. There was no cask at the wheatsheaf when I visited last at Easter!

    I think the Dyvils is just a last pub/beer garden before the train back to toon. Again, no cask there.

    The Blue Bell is a friendly locals sort of place, especially the toon lounge!

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  5. We saw a very traditional folk band in the Pele a couple of years ago -all beards,sandals & guitars -I could hardly keep a straight face but it was a perfect setting for this ! The stairs frightened me
    Pauline

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      1. If I am totally honest we did rather enjoy it -it was just what people expect a folk band to look like & they were quite good. Most of the music we go to watch these days is folk which tends to be more affordable -last gig we went to was in the Caroline club in Saltaire -a scottish band called Breabach ,who we have seen before at Kings Place in London.The club was perfect too -built in the 60’s & hadn’t changed much since -good selection of beer too.
        Pauline

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