July 2023. Alsager. Part 3 of 4 of our Big Night Out in Alsager, as we walk the six steps from the Joule to the Titanic. I’ve never heard anyone talk about Alsager as a pub town, but in the space of a minute you can go from Bass to Joules to Plum Porter, which… Continue reading THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
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.
MORE ALSAGER JOULES
July 2023. Alsager. No (zero) Guide entries in Alsager this year, though the Lodge had just been named “South Cheshire CAMRA Pub of the Year”. Go figure*. Not exactly overpubbed, by the look of What Pub; Reader, we did all four of those. Just for you. A few yards from the Lodge, just past a… Continue reading MORE ALSAGER JOULES
AND A NIGHT OUT IN ALSAGER….
July 2023. Alsager. Four ticks by four, which sounds like a Ted Nugent album, and time for some non-GBG exploration. We were heading back to Sheffield in the morning, so nothing too adventurous. How about Alsager ? Said no-one ever. I couldn’t tell you anything about Alsager, bar its GBG history and location, all the… Continue reading AND A NIGHT OUT IN ALSAGER….
WEIGHING THE GREENGAGES IN HOLMES CHAPEL
July 2023. Cheshire. A fourth and final new GBG pub on the Cheshire mini-crawl with Mrs RM as taster-in-chief, and a rare visit to Holmes Chapel. With the social club in the Guide, I reckon all the remaining What Pub entries have made the GBG at some time. I can see I’ve been to the… Continue reading WEIGHING THE GREENGAGES IN HOLMES CHAPEL
“A few hints on how things work”
July 2023. Cheshire. Real Cheshire. Before I start, guess what’s behind the (frankly pathetic) swing at my next pub. Answer at the end (DON’T LOOK YET DAVE !). A third pub in an hour as we whizzed through posh Cheshire (just north of Middlewich), and the inevitable reacquaintance with Messrs Brunning & Price at Bostock… Continue reading “A few hints on how things work”
EVERYDAY SEXISM IN SANDIWAY
July 2023. Cheshire. Four new Guide pub ticks in 90 minutes; it was just like the old days. A motley crew, too. Brewery tap, two chain diners and a social club. Next up, after a trip through the rich pretty bit south of Frodsham was an ultra-rare Chef & Brewer in Sandiway (never heard of… Continue reading EVERYDAY SEXISM IN SANDIWAY
A CHESHIRE CHAPTER STARTS
July 2023. Cheshire. I had a good think about whether to lump loads of pubs together in this post and then thought “No, less is more, stick to one pub per post“. The Jesus & Mary Chain were always at their best when their live shows lasted 15 minutes rather than 90. Mrs RM had… Continue reading A CHESHIRE CHAPTER STARTS
DISPENSING CAREER ADVICE AT UTTOXETER STATION
July 2023. Uttoxeter. I consulted the bus timetable to return from Kingstone to Uttoxeter; it seemed to suggest I should have left the previous week. Still, the alternate walk back via Loxley was rather less stressful than the outward slog, helped by the armful of questionable toffees (top) grabbed from a jar as I left… Continue reading DISPENSING CAREER ADVICE AT UTTOXETER STATION
WELL, AT LEAST THE CHIPS WERE GOOD
July 2023. Uttoxeter. The Wikipedia entry for Kingstone is the dullest in the UK. But at least they have a “man of the people” as their Member of Parliament; I’m sorry if that photo is more scary than my ring finger. When you’ve walked four (4) miles out to a pub you really, really, want… Continue reading WELL, AT LEAST THE CHIPS WERE GOOD
FINDING MYSELF UNEXPECTEDLY IN UTTOXETER ON LADIES DAY
July 2023. Uttoxter. I’m singlehandedly propping up provincial rail companies as I forlornly tick straggling GBG pubs over summer. Another trip into Staffordshire via Derby (saving about a tenner) for a lone new Guide entry near Uttoxeter. At Derby’s Platform 4a it suddenly dawned on me I’d made a big mistake. Huge. I’d clearly picked… Continue reading FINDING MYSELF UNEXPECTEDLY IN UTTOXETER ON LADIES DAY
