September 2025. Sheffield.
A lot of short posts, as I don’t want to keep you from Strictly Come Dancing or Softly Softly repeats or whatever you lot watch on telly.
Back in Sheffield, I decided to have another go at the Sheffield half pint marathon after that setback of losing the pub map.
Crookes looked a good place to restart the challenge.
Not quite “posh”, but there’s a Portuguese cafe and a Zero Waste shop and they look down on us in Walkley (literally), but their pubs aren’t Sheffield’s most exciting.
But who needs “exciting” ?
The Punch Bowl, almost a flagship for True North who are organising the Half Pint marathon, have both Oktoberfest and £10 Pie Night specials.
And while I’m first in the queue for an Eritrean feast, I can also appreciate a Proper Pie.
And this is proper, not your flaky pastry topping nonsense. Fluffy chips, mind.
No, I’ll save the nonsense for the beer,
a Baked Alaska Smoothie on Sour Day, while Mrs RM chose (herself) a keg Rooster.
Safer bets than cask, though at 5pm a wonderfully mixed crowd were largely on the continental lagers, and who can blame them ?
Rather like Black Country Ales, I don’t trust the cask, but you can rely on the food.
retiredmartin 
What a sullen testament, to the Yorkshire determination to have absolutely nothing to do with the Age-Of-Reason based “French” or “fries”…
The length-to-thickness ratio of a fried potato, and its cooking temperature, were determined at their optimum, and on exactly the same basis as was the baguette’s. (In my opinion, evidently by far better people.)
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” or whatever you lot watch on telly.”
We’re watching the lastest episodes of Slow Horses (very good!), as well as Tulsa King (pretty good), both of which I acquire with my, um, eye patch. In between we’re watching a rather delightful series called Midsomer Murders, a Brit whodunnit, on something called PLEX, which we get with our smart Telly.
“Back in Sheffield, I decided to have another go at the Sheffield half pint marathon after that setback of losing the pub map.”
I found out what P.E.D. stands for. Answer can be found, here:
“and a Zero Waste shop”
Zero waste? Blimey, how would I ever poop?
“have both Oktoberfest and £10 Pie Night specials.”
It’s like you’re right there in Munich.
“And this is proper, not your flaky pastry topping nonsense.”
Tell us how you really feel. 😉
“a Baked Alaska Smoothie on Sour Day”
Ok, who are you and what have you done with the original RM?
“though at 5pm a wonderfully mixed crowd were largely on the continental lagers, and who can blame them ?”
Not I, especially if it’s not a Sunday. 😏
Cheers
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Midsomer Murders ? Blimey, I hope you don’t think the UK is really that exciting, Russ 👍
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Nah. We’re watching Slow Horses as well, which has impressed upon us that the really exciting bit in the UK is the ultimate epitome of urban living; London.
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