14th December 2022. You left us in a cafe in Leytonstone, where I’d just finished off Mrs RM’s shepherd’s pie and didn’t feel much like running for the tube, but luckily the (packed) Central line was still operating at 5 minute intervals, and 10 minutes later we hopped out at Bow for a first time… Continue reading BOW BELLES
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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.
CAFE LIFE, LEYTONSTONE
14th December 2022. Life is more than pubs, pub mascots and pub guide markers, of course. But that hadn’t stopped me producing a neat little spreadsheet of my GBG “needs” ahead of our trip to the Lexington for the End of the Road Christmas gig (cos I am big Xmas fan). In years gone by… Continue reading CAFE LIFE, LEYTONSTONE
PINT OF PEDIGREE, PUBLIC SCHOOL, POPPADOMS – A NIGHT IN UPPINGHAM
13th December 2022. We didn’t let the snow interrupt our travel plans, but the latest rail strike meant we’d have to drive down to London for our annual End of the Road Christmas Party, via an overnight stop to complete Rutland for GBG23 (calm down, it’s only one new pub each year). We arrived in… Continue reading PINT OF PEDIGREE, PUBLIC SCHOOL, POPPADOMS – A NIGHT IN UPPINGHAM
USE THEM OR LOSE THEM
12th December 2022. A day after our return from Hull the snow came. If you’d followed the UK news you’d have thought we were fair set for the worst snowfall since 2010 1963, but although the local children managed to put up a snowman that morning, “just like that” !, it didn’t last the week.… Continue reading USE THEM OR LOSE THEM
TO HULL AND BACK AGAIN*
10th December 2022. A final post from a great day avoiding England v France (did we win ?) in Hull. Leaving Ye Olde White Harte before the “Kumbaya” singer started on “Agadoo“, I was delighted to stumble on this long thought lost engraving from the GBG Tickers AGM last week. The Old Town looked gorgeous,… Continue reading TO HULL AND BACK AGAIN*
A CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LAGER DAY IN YE OLDE WHITE HARTE
10th December 2022. See how I squeeze five six posts out of a four pub trip to Hull. It’s very easy; Hull is astonishingly picturesque, the pubs remain busy enough (gearing up for England v France when we visited)and I can always drop in clickbait like National Lager Day. And yes, lager deserves its own… Continue reading A CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LAGER DAY IN YE OLDE WHITE HARTE
A craft diversion in Hull (via Waterbeach)
10th December 2022. Two hours in Hull; two new great pubs in the bag (well, the GBG). But we’d forgot to eat, which is the sort of thing some Guide tickers seem to think is fine, but not us. Luckily, 10 minutes away lies Princes Avenue, home to all the places a hungry student could… Continue reading A craft diversion in Hull (via Waterbeach)
TOP 100 PUBS – THE STATION INN, HULL
10th December 2022. A milestone now, as the Top 100 pubs series reaches Pub No. 837. And it’s a cracker. 20 minutes walk from the New Clarence to the Station Inn, with The County’s bright lights almost calling me in for a half of Banks’s Amber at the very first hurdle. We pressed on through… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE STATION INN, HULL
THE (NEW) NEW CLARENCE
10th December 2022. On the Hull new Guide entry trail with Mrs RM, who was desperate for a comfort break as we finally reached the New Clarence. Now, I was really surprised that BRAPA hadn’t ever been to the Clarence before, as I assumed Daddy BRAPA had taken Simon to every pub in Hull. Perhaps… Continue reading THE (NEW) NEW CLARENCE
OVER THE HUMBER
Do you remember those golden days when train ran ? No, me neither. 10th December 2022. World Cup Quarter Final Day. England were due to be beaten by the French after a plucky performance and some refereeing controversy (see also : 1966, 1986, 1998 etc etc). I couldn’t face it, and tricked Mrs RM into… Continue reading OVER THE HUMBER
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