September 2023. Armthorpe, Doncaster. 498 pubs to do in the new GBG, and I’ve set off like a raging tortoise ticking a new pub a day. I always like to finish the local counties early. The last pub in South Yorkshire was a short train ride away in delightful Donny. Sadly, the short hop on… Continue reading A TRIP ADVISOR TO ARMTHORPE
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.
THE CLOSED SHOP RE-OPENS IN THE BEST PLACE INT WORLD
September 2023. Sheffield. It’s great to have a Good Beer Guide, but there’s plenty of life outside the good book. Mrs RM particularly liked the Closed Shop in student-land, as much for the quality pub food as the average Stancil beers. See if you can spot its little problem when it was a Stancil pub.… Continue reading THE CLOSED SHOP RE-OPENS IN THE BEST PLACE INT WORLD
TOP 100 PUBS – THE CHESTERFIELD ARMS
September 2023. Chesterfield. A very inefficient start to the new GBG year, so it’s a good job I’m not a professional ticker anymore. My attempt on 3 Chesterfield pubs last Thursday was halted by the bloating “Chinese takeaway in the rain” and my conversion to “pints only” after completing the Guide. But there’s nothing worse… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE CHESTERFIELD ARMS
WELCOME TO THE 2024 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
It’s your favourite day* of the year ! The new Good Beer Guide is “officially” launched today, back in its rightful late September launch date for the first time since Covid. Note that the Iron Maiden version has less entries (any pubs with prog rock on their jukebox have been excluded ) than the “plain”… Continue reading WELCOME TO THE 2024 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
JAM JAR JOY IN STRETFORD’S LONGFORD TAP
September 2023. Stretford. Enough of The Smiths heritage, let’s head back to Stretford’s heritage mall. I thought there might be a tourist office to explain the history of the “Stretford Giants“, but sadly not. Feeling inspired by those “Meat Is Murder” quotations on the Iron Bridge I had brunch in the Stretford Canteen, as good… Continue reading JAM JAR JOY IN STRETFORD’S LONGFORD TAP
BACK TO THE IRON BRIDGE
Public Decency Warning : Contains Morrissey September 2023. Stretford. NOT Manchester. I let Manc legend Quosh know I was venturing into Trafford and would need some advice. Not only did he say he’s bike across town to say hello, he sent me some tourist info. What a guy. Stretford is only really on the tourist… Continue reading BACK TO THE IRON BRIDGE
FROM CHINATOWN TO STRETFORD
Some very short posts now, but you’ll get your ten photos, no problem. September 2023. Manchester. A first visit to the Etihad since August, and a first cut at Matt’s new salon in Chinatown. Lovely, spacious salon, great cut, usual duff music choice (joking). Up there on the 3rd floor, just above the Chinese “medicine”… Continue reading FROM CHINATOWN TO STRETFORD
YOU “PHILTHY ANIMAL” ! CHINESE TAKEAWAY IN THE RAIN IN A CHESTERFIELD SUBURB
September 2023. Hasland, Chesterfield. My second “recommended pub” wasn’t in Chesterfield, it was in Hasland. But show me someone who doesn’t think Hasland is a suburb of that noble town and I’ll sell you a crooked spire. Leaving the Spread Eagle I’d already got my pre-emptive tick for the day, and I could relax and… Continue reading YOU “PHILTHY ANIMAL” ! CHINESE TAKEAWAY IN THE RAIN IN A CHESTERFIELD SUBURB
3 CHEERS FOR CHESTERFIELD
September 2023. Chesterfield. Another year, another Big Trip to Chesterfield, another three (3) recommended pubs to visit. Who are these people who recommend pubs. Why, they must remain mysterious. A fiver for the fifteen minute rail journey from Sheff, my 378th consecutive trip on a packed Northern journey. And folk tell you we don’t need… Continue reading 3 CHEERS FOR CHESTERFIELD
THIN GLASS ATROCITITIES AT THE SOURCE OF THE DARENT
September 2023. Brasted, Kent. A last Kent pub for now, before we leave my father-in-law thankfully in recovery mode. Next time down south I WILL attempt to find something nice to say about Sevenoaks (I won’t). Brasted IS technically in Sevenoaks, just up the A25 from the council recycling centre where Mrs RM was working… Continue reading THIN GLASS ATROCITITIES AT THE SOURCE OF THE DARENT
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