July 2026. Keighley.
You left us at the Airedale Heifer, a mile short of our end point on Day 6 of the Cask Camino, with the prospect of an exciting night in Keighley on World Cup Semi-Final Day*.
As we entered Riddlesden, the soles of Mrs RM’s feet were playing up badly; there’s a Latin name for it but I’m not allowed to divulge medical information due to GPDR.
So we paused in the National Trust cafe at East Riddlesden Hall,
where the low beams threatened injury, even to Mrs RM, but the real disaster was missing out on the last scone.
Then a slog through Riddlesden to Keighley Travelodge, the shabbiest I’ve ever stayed in, and a decision informed by Claude that the foot must be rested.
Which meant an Uber for the 0.8 mile back from an early tea at the Spoons,
where that Ramen bowl would have been quite healthy if I hadn’t added the controversial scampi from the “Sides, extras and sauces” menu into the bowl.
The Livery Rooms is unheralded, even in Keighley, but the pint of Old Hooky was the best in town.
On the railings outside, Jude surveys the World Cup.
But everyone knows the real prize is smashing the French.
*No, I didn’t watch it, I hardly ever watch football on telly, but Mrs RM woke me up to tell me an American had just told her Gordon has scored.
retiredmartin 
Hope Christine’s feet are on the mend, but something tells me scampi infested ramen isn’t the answer….
Have you attempted that new micro tap place by the station ?? I haven’t heard any details, but certainly has a pre emptive which about it, if you fancy an alternative to the ace Boltmakers.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1unFvF2gxU7pqU3X7?g_st=ac
My alcohol free week entered a testing time on Friday, 2 (two) Erdinger at Roosters tap (where there are 15 alcoholic beers on tap) followed by a couple of Peroni zeros, as drunk by Blackpool Jane, and quite good they were too.
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Good work, Richard.
I have no idea why I didn’t pop in the Old Parcels Office at the station, but it’s been there a few years without gracing the Beer Guide so it seemed a bit of a token cask effort, a bit like the real ale on the steam train.
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I think its one of those, if you get a return on the steam train, you go from Keighley to Howarth, have your touristy day out there, then get yerself a pint, sit down, and go to Oxenhope, turn around, and chuff chuff back to Keighley enjoying the view, then crack on to the Boltmakers and a good curry…
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