Like Northants and Essex, a solid pub county, with perhaps higher expectations on the county town than it can actually deliver these days, I’ll be honest, I’ve picked five from places that you wouldn’t necessarily visit on your tour of the UK; mining villages, suburbs nicknamed Stab by locals, and remote villages impossible to access… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 34 – NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
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.
HOP SHOPPE – RESIST THE TASTERS ! RESIST !
January 2024. St Annes. I took Mrs RM back her bag of Maltesers from the Travelodge vending machine (£1.30, inflation), and headed straight out to my second tick. A word on St. Annes (is there a full stop after the St. ? Never know). You can trust a place whose sports shop has more City… Continue reading HOP SHOPPE – RESIST THE TASTERS ! RESIST !
I AM ST. ANNE’S PIER’S ONLY VISITOR
January 2024. St. Annes. Greater Blackpool. £31 your Friday night Travelodge in the posh bit of the Fylde where Blackpool Jane lives, with free parking and a Marks & Spencer food hall underneath the rooms selling our poke bowls and honeycomb chocolate for tea. Such a shame that it was so bitterly cold at the… Continue reading I AM ST. ANNE’S PIER’S ONLY VISITOR
KIRKHAM BIERHAUS – FYLDE UNDER “OK”
January 2024. Kirkham. Fylde. By a massive stroke of misfortune we’d managed to pick a day to visit Blackpool just as Jane was escaping to Preston. We were destined to repeat all of Jane’s errors the very next day. One more tick on the way to the sea, with the Kirkham Bierhaus the latest GBG… Continue reading KIRKHAM BIERHAUS – FYLDE UNDER “OK”
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 33 – NORTHUMBERLAND
Worryingly, some folk have been agreeing with my county selections so I’ll put a stop to that by not picking that nice pub on the seafront and the wrong pub in Hexham. Only 40 entries in the Northumberland Guide chapter, but I’ve 14 newbies to do this year; that’s the worst completion rate of all… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 33 – NORTHUMBERLAND
“LOOK. IT’S YOU !”
January 2024. Chorley. We had to cancel our trip to Jordan on Thursday. Well, didn’t have to, but it seemed a bit risky after we realised that Jordan was a country in the Middle East rather than a suburb of Cannock. Never mind, Chorley shares two letters with Jordan, and was only 20 degrees colder… Continue reading “LOOK. IT’S YOU !”
MRS RM’S SEARCH FOR JAIPUR
January 2024. Sheffield. A bitterly cold few days home in Sheffield, but I managed to get Mrs RM out of the house for a walk into town for a late lunch. You know, those hills get steeper by the year. “Find me a pint of Jaipur in the centre of Sheffield” demanded Mrs RM as… Continue reading MRS RM’S SEARCH FOR JAIPUR
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 32 – NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Northants is a solid, consistent county for pubs, the Essex of the Midlands. Friendly guvnors and locals (particularly in the county town) and dependable beer, but a bit light on classic buildings. And don’t even start me on the fate of Shipmans. Easy enough to pick five, though the very best of the bunch is… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 32 – NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
TOP 100 PUBS – PRINCE ALBERT, ELY
January 2024. Ely. Time for a second pint by the Cathedral with Sis before rushing back to the station carrying forms and a kettle. All change in Ely’s little pub scene, one that didn’t have a single pub in GBG21 as the branch didn’t put any pubs forward (because Covid, remember it ?). The micro… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – PRINCE ALBERT, ELY
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 31 – NORFOLK
Apologies for the lateness of your daily “Half A Dozen Pubs…”. The WiFi in Preston Premier Inn failed to upload my lovely photos (including the one I nicked off Duncan). You could almost have six pubs in the same Norwich postcode here, but that would be so dull. Bu picking five pubs to give a… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 31 – NORFOLK
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