September 2024. Mexborough. Mrs RM and I were discussing with the Southworths the lack of world knowledge of most of their countrymen. To prove my point, in a recent survey only 0 out of 1,123 Americans surveyed could place Mexborough (pop.15,244), that wise Uncle of the South Yorkshire mines, on a world map. In fairness,… Continue reading BLESSED IS THE MEXBOROUGH SPOONS
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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.
A BEER GUIDE BEANO AT THRYBERGH DEER PARK
September 2024. Thrybergh. Rotherham. What a joy the new Beer Guide is ! Golf clubs, Sizzling pubs, revived village allrounders, brewery taps, and now a shed on a farm next to a deer park. Actually, not much sign of the deer park on Thrybergh’s converted farm, a theme we will see BRAPA develop later this… Continue reading A BEER GUIDE BEANO AT THRYBERGH DEER PARK
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HAS FALLEN – PEAKIRK PERFECTION
September 2024. Peakirk. Peterborough. Only three (3) newbies in my old home counties for GBG25, par for the course of late. One’s a brewery tap, the other two are both “improved” old style village pubs. Thrillingly, my final tick is in Peakirk, about which I know nothing, despite (or because of) having a cousin* here… Continue reading CAMBRIDGESHIRE HAS FALLEN – PEAKIRK PERFECTION
AMERICANS OVER HERE, DRINKING OUR BEER
September 2024. Waterbeach. Four of my favourite Americans (I understand the term Yankee is considered mildly derogatory despite its inclusion on a 1979 Skids hit) arrived in Waterbeach last week. On their 2018 trip I’d wrote. “It’s always great to have the Southworth brothers and their lovely wives over here, even if they did choose… Continue reading AMERICANS OVER HERE, DRINKING OUR BEER
YOUR NEAREST GBG CRAFT BAR TO LINTON ZOO
September 2024. Linton. Cambridgeshire. My Mum always says “If you’ve nothing good to say, say nothing“, but she doesn’t mean it, and this blog GUARANTEES to tell the truth, so here’s the truth about the new industrial estate tap in Linton. Linton ? Yes, the first posh village heading south-east out of Addenbrookes into the… Continue reading YOUR NEAREST GBG CRAFT BAR TO LINTON ZOO
St. Mary and SS Cyriac and Julia’s, Swaffham Prior
September 2024. Swaffham Prior. A treat for folk who love English oddities, stained glass, and wilting flowers. The Red Lion had been “less busy than usual”, but I may have been a bit unfair on berating Swaffham Prior’s 841 residents for their lukewarm support for their local pub, as this is a QUIET village with… Continue reading St. Mary and SS Cyriac and Julia’s, Swaffham Prior
TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, SWAFFHAM PRIOR
September 2024. Swaffham Prior. I always get my Bulbecks and Priors mixed up, two similarly charming Cambs villages just north of Anglesey Abbey, only 5 miles east of Waterbeach as the crow flies. But I’m not (spoiler) a crow. Swaffham Prior is a surprise new entry in GBG25, and one in all conscience I didn’t… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, SWAFFHAM PRIOR
GOLF CLUBS IN THE BEER GUIDE
September 2024. Rotherham. One of the many joys of a new Beer Guide is the impetus it gives you to explore a town like Rotherham, a town many Sheffielders have probably explored unless they’re heading to CAMRA’s national winter beer festival. Having visited scruffy Kimberworth and neat Broom for new ticks, I now find myself… Continue reading GOLF CLUBS IN THE BEER GUIDE
SIZZLIN’ NEW GBG ENTRIES IN THE ROTHERHAM SUBURBS !!!
September 2024. Rotherham. Well, I’ve introduced the new GBG, and by coincidence the first pub visited since the new Guide became official (I was BRAPA’s taxi today) is the star of our next post. Simon loved it this afternoon, and I’d been impressed last week, even without the “beige” platter. This year’s newbies in Greater… Continue reading SIZZLIN’ NEW GBG ENTRIES IN THE ROTHERHAM SUBURBS !!!
WELCOME TO THE 2025 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
It’s your favourite day* of the year ! CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is officially launched this morning, only a few hours after the local media get there first with the new entries; Is that Carlton Club in Whalley Range actually a pub ? Looks more like a car boot sale. First and foremost, a big,… Continue reading WELCOME TO THE 2025 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
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