May 2023. I’d made curated a beautiful list of Things To Do In And Around Sheffield That Aren’t The Blind Monkey for the in-laws ten (10) day visit, and a trip to New Mills was Number 1 on the schedule, if only to allow me to raid the Half Man Half Biscuit video store again;… Continue reading NEW MILLS, HANDY FOR THE PILs (PARENTS-IN-LAW)
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.
QUEUEING AT BEER FESTIVALS
May 2023. As the highlights package showed, May was a busy month, with a quarter of the month spent “home” in Cambridge. It’s purely coincidental that some of that time coincided with the in-laws ten (10) day visit. Mrs RM had the joy of taking the family to Chatsworth House on the last Saturday of… Continue reading QUEUEING AT BEER FESTIVALS
TICKLED PINK IN SHIFNAL
May 2023. Another day, another small pub (NOT a micro) in a Midlands market town. Keen readers will remember Shifnal as the venue for one of the last Proper Days Out before Covid. Half a dozen Old Codgers tip up at a remote train station with 27 different train tickets and visit half a dozen… Continue reading TICKLED PINK IN SHIFNAL
MUCH ADO ABOUT WENLOCK
May 2023. Amazing how many gorgeous towns and pubs there are within spitting distance of Telford New Town. Much Wenlock, who I always assumed to be a Wolves centre-half from Victorian times, gains a second new Guide entry this decade, and an unlikely one in the Gaskell Arms. Old-fashioned looking hotels for gentlefolk don’t tend… Continue reading MUCH ADO ABOUT WENLOCK
FOOMIN’ AT FUNICULAR FAIL IN BRIDGNORTH
May 2023. Press on while the weather is good for blogging. I arrived in Bridgnorth a week after the Southworth clans left. I would have loved to have met them and shown them the town’s cultural highlights, including the actual home that Hector lived in. Apart from Hector and the pub stock, the town is… Continue reading FOOMIN’ AT FUNICULAR FAIL IN BRIDGNORTH
TAKING IT DOWN TO THE WYRE – THE BLAKEDOWN SWAN
May 2023. With Evesham out of reach, the next pub was only a penultimate Worcestershire tick, and the biggest question about the Blakedown was whether I’d actually been to the Swan before and forgotten to record it on The Spreadsheet. For the A456 from Birmingham to Kidderminster (I believe Life After Football used to walk… Continue reading TAKING IT DOWN TO THE WYRE – THE BLAKEDOWN SWAN
Peregrine Falcons at Worcester Cathedral (NCSS 4.5)
Only one way to start this morning. Yes, in Soccer/Sportswashing news, I can now stop worrying about City for a couple of months until the Charity Shield becomes the most important trophy. As promised, I didn’t watch/listen/follow the match last night, despite Mrs RM shouting “Don’t you want to know the score ?“. I looked… Continue reading Peregrine Falcons at Worcester Cathedral (NCSS 4.5)
MALVERN, WITHOUT THE HILLS
May 2023. With a night in Worcester ahead of me, I had a choice of a tick in Malvern OR Evesham, both about 15 minutes away by train. BUT NOT BOTH. Rail companies really need to arrange their timetables around the needs of GBG tickers. I picked Malvern, as it was a couple of quid… Continue reading MALVERN, WITHOUT THE HILLS
A WEE WALK IN WORCESTER
May 2023. Lots of mini-posts and I may even catch up before the end of the month. Perhaps… An overnighter parked up (literally) under the railway arches in Worcester, £4 for 24 hours. A minute from the racecourse (never been to a horsey race), three from the station, five from the cricket and the Cathedral,… Continue reading A WEE WALK IN WORCESTER
THE MASONS ARMS, WADBOROUGH – THE TRADESMENS’ CHOICE
May 2023. Worcestershire’s handful of Guide new entries (a half dozen in GBG23) always delight. Expect somewhere posh in the hills below the A456, a heavily timbered town pub recently acquired by a small home brewer, a new Black Country Ales opening as they achieve world domination, and a micro pub in a Worcester suburb.… Continue reading THE MASONS ARMS, WADBOROUGH – THE TRADESMENS’ CHOICE
