A belated return to the celebrated (in North Korea) “Half a dozen pubs…” series, which I might finish by 22nd December. Talking of which, where will I be on the most important day of the year ? Obviously, somewhere I’ve never been before, but a few new pubs would be nice. What about Mid Calder… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 64 – EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS
Author: 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.
THREE FOURS IN A ROW
October 2024. Waterbeach. Mum has been in Addenbrookes Hospital this last week, so we’ve been minding the house in between attempting to find spaces at the multi-storey car park and accompanying Mum to endless tests. In consequence, absolutely no new GBG pubs and a growing sense of the walls closing in around me; I struggle… Continue reading THREE FOURS IN A ROW
IT’S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE IT BACK
October 2024. Langley Mill. You left me in Ripley, waiting at a bus stop with half a punters pie and gentlefolk bemoaning the bus service back to Nottingham. “It’s always SUMTHIN’ !”. They were also, oddly, discussing Ben Johnson, which is coincidental as I’d run the 100 metres from the Talbot to the Town Hall… Continue reading IT’S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE IT BACK
PUNTERS PIE AT THE TALBOT, RIPLEY
October 2024. Ripley. From Derbyshire, to Nottinghamshire, and back to Derbys, like Brian Clough poaching players in the ’70s. Our map covers some of the least compelling towns, but best countryside and pubs in the country; The Rainbow One takes you from Eastwood to Ripley in comfort and with a phone charging outlet, which is… Continue reading PUNTERS PIE AT THE TALBOT, RIPLEY
FROM LANGLEY MILL TO EASTWOOD
October 2024. Langley Mill. Sunday afternoon means rail trips to godforsaken East Midlands towns to tick micros. 40 minutes to Langley Mill, the station built especially to meet the needs of micro pubs in industrial Derbyshire and Notts, then a 35 (RM – 22) minute slog over the Erewash Canal, past the county border, stopping… Continue reading FROM LANGLEY MILL TO EASTWOOD
I AM CAVENDISH’S TOURIST
October 2024. Cavendish. Suffolk. I know the Southworths like Suffolk, particularly its pubs and churches, but I’ve no idea whether there’s much UK tourist trade outside of Bury and Lavenham. Mrs RM came to a wedding here, she claims, she had posh friends before she met me and had to make do with my mates.… Continue reading I AM CAVENDISH’S TOURIST
BLIMEY ! A DECENT GREENE KING IPA
October 2024. Cavendish. Suffolk. Always slightly irritating when you realise a new GBG entry was mere minutes from a pub you visited only months ago (Clare), but Mrs RM was keen to make a trip out to Cavendish in posh but dull Suffolk, and frankly there’s nothing closer to Waterbeach to tick. You’ll get a… Continue reading BLIMEY ! A DECENT GREENE KING IPA
PERSEVERANCE
October 2024. London. Despite investing in one of those travelcards the Mayor of London will apparently scrap I opted to walk back from the Viaduct to King’s Cross for my Wednesday gig. A mile walked in London is worth a marathon elsewhere, I reckon, and I don’t know how I resisted the call of the… Continue reading PERSEVERANCE
TOP 100 PUBS – VIADUCT TAVERN, SMITHFIELD, EC1
October 2024. Smithfield. London. New Guide entry No. 2 (of 2) in the City of London, only 5 minutes from the Bishop’s Finger but with a millennium of history on the way. How inviting does Beppe’s look ? I noted the absence of City suits in the Bishop, but there were plenty outside the Viaduct,… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – VIADUCT TAVERN, SMITHFIELD, EC1
THE BISHOPS FINGER
October 2024. Bishopsgate. Or is it Smithfield ? Or Farringdon ? A first visit to the City of London in the GBG25 ticking year. As Simon so eloquently notes, that first trip to the City is always a joy, particularly with a visit to a place owned by a company who seem to have given… Continue reading THE BISHOPS FINGER
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