June 2023. Forest Row, East Sussex. “I’d go for it before just about any other beer” wrote the Stafford Mudgie of Harrvey’s Sussex, in my post about a rather dull, thin pint of Lewes’ finest. And I’d agree with Paul, if it wasn’t for the frequency with which the Harvey’s appears to be put in… Continue reading THIS is what Harvey’s should taste like, then.
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.
A TRIP TO THE WATERWORKS
June 2023. Rye. A year ago I was in manic mode, in a mad dash to finish the Beer Guide before events (dear boy) made completion far more tricky. In 2023 I’m in more leisurely mode, basing ourselves in Rye for most of June so we can tick attend to octogenarian parents and do the… Continue reading A TRIP TO THE WATERWORKS
HASTINGS OLD TOWN – A SLIGHT RETURN
June 2023. Hastings. Mrs RM is enjoying her walk in the flat lands of the Sussex coast more than her walks up the hills of Sheffield. Should have stayed in Waterbeach. We ended a gorgeous couple of hours in St. Leonards-Hastings in the Old Town, where the neo-classical facades of Pelham Crescent tower above bingo… Continue reading HASTINGS OLD TOWN – A SLIGHT RETURN
GROYNING THE DOTS IN ST LEONARDS
June 2023. St. Leonards. Reader “Alan” seemed surprised you can get from London to Rye in a little over an hour, providing you don’t eat for a week to fund the Southeastern leg of the journey, and it’s certainly been fascinating to see how many Londoners have been visiting the east Sussex coast these last… Continue reading GROYNING THE DOTS IN ST LEONARDS
ONE OVER THE EIGHT (and it’s all BRAPA’s fault)
June 2023. King’s Cross Station. A successful day had produced eight (8) London ticks, my most successful raid (no GBG completist language) of the year. What you need now is to drink four pints of water, make sure you get on and off the right trains, and get to bed. If only life worked like… Continue reading ONE OVER THE EIGHT (and it’s all BRAPA’s fault)
BLACKHORSE LANE, E17
June 2023. Walthamstow. My eighth (8th) and last new London tick meant a slog up to Walthamstow’s Blackhorse Road, starting point for the famous Blackhorse Beer Mile comprising 37 breweries, wineries, German delis and make up artists. So famous that I’d never heard of it, always associating the Walthamstow beer scene with Ravenswood Industrial Estate.… Continue reading BLACKHORSE LANE, E17
ISLINGTON CORNER PUB
June 2023. Islington. Well, more Newington Green, according the Beer Guide, though I can’t see a Newington Green on the map and the closest tube is Canonbury, perilously close to the Arsenal ground. It’ll always be Islington to me, where the corner pubs are more open plan and open kitchen, and lack in diversity what… Continue reading ISLINGTON CORNER PUB
TICKER’S HAMPSTEAD HOME
June 2023. Hampstead. Oooh, obscure musical reference alert. I’m not a big Microdisney devote, but “And the reignOf the vainIs a pain“ is a great line (I think). Having just forgotten I’d been in Kilburn recently, I checked my blog to see if I’d visited Hampstead since 2015. Apparently not. And the NW3 Guide entries… Continue reading TICKER’S HAMPSTEAD HOME
KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROAD
June 2023. Kilburn. Just a short post to remind myself how little I really know about London. With five (5) GBG ticks in the bag by 3 it was already a good day, but now the new Guide entries became a little more tucked away and in need of a helping hand from the Overground… Continue reading KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROAD
BRICK BY BRICK….THE CARLTON REBORN
June 2023. North-West London. You hardly notice the transition from West to North-West London, historically the weakest of the Beer Guide’s capital chapters. The 20 minutes north from Maida Vale’s eerie trees and epic Paddington playground take you to Kilburn, but it’s not a Kilburn I recognise. But I recognise the name. The Carlton Tavern,… Continue reading BRICK BY BRICK….THE CARLTON REBORN
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