July 2025. Waterbeach. Being all heart, I’d offered to pick Mrs RM up on her return from Nantes that Saturday evening. Being French and all, that flight decided not to arrive at Stansted till gone 10pm, wrecking my thoughts of a pint in the Sun. But then our lads arrived home from watching Neil, Cat… Continue reading 11:15 ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

July 2025. Belton, Grantham. It’s our decennial National Trust membership year as I get to feel we’re getting value for our £139.20 by visiting every stately home and deer park in England. Mrs RM was drinking DIPAs in Nantes while I pulled off the A1 north of Grantham to join the gentlefolk at Belton House,… Continue reading PUB DESERTS AROUND BELTON

Your contractually obligated July highlights package is a bit of a fraud. Look at this travel map, my busiest month since I completed the Guide in September 2022 (pretty much when parents health started a steep decline). You’ll notice trips to Hampshire, Newport Pagnell, Liverpool and Edinburgh still to write up, including one of the… Continue reading JULY ’25 STOCKTAKE + AUGUST PREVIEW