September 2025. Atherstone. One thing about Old Mudgie, he’ll make sure there’s a lunch stop on your pub crawl. What he couldn’t have foreseen was that the White Horse, under new management and with an ambitious lunch menu, would be quite so overstretched. We turned up at 13:40, my fish and chips 50 minutes later.… Continue reading ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (iii) HAUTE CUISINE

September 2025. Atherstone. Just like Oasis, our revival of August’s massively successful Atherstone crawl was a re-run of the big hits, just with better-looking participants. We start off at the canal pub, where the King’s Head is again solid but unexciting, but the Landlord is a good chewy pint (NBSS 3+). The walk along the… Continue reading ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (ii) MAID OF THE MILL

September 2025. Atherstone. Barely a month after the official CAMRA curated exploration of Atherstone’s public houses, we were back at Warwickshire’s most beguiling small market town. This time Old Mudgie and Jon from Frome joined Stafford Paul and me on what we on the breakaway Beer and Pubs Forum call “A p**s-up“. Mrs RM joined… Continue reading ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (i) HERITAGE

September 2025. Crookes. Two ticks on the Sheffield half-pint marathon, a clever device to get you out of the house in a quiet September visiting pubs. As if I need an excuse. Crookes is a decently pubbed village for middle-class Sheffield, and Two Sheds is a pleasant bar-cum-bottle shop that would be a permanent fixture… Continue reading MUSICAL DIFFERENCES

September 2025. Sheffield. A lot of short posts, as I don’t want to keep you from Strictly Come Dancing or Softly Softly repeats or whatever you lot watch on telly. Back in Sheffield, I decided to have another go at the Sheffield half pint marathon after that setback of losing the pub map. Crookes looked… Continue reading PIE NIGHT 🥧 AT THE PUNCH BOWL

September 2025. Batley. The suburban towns of Leeds aren’t undiscovered gems, but I really ought to have a better understanding of places like Batley, back with a GBG newbie this year. Ten minutes stroll from the  station gives you a good sense of the faded grandeur of the mills, it’s a little like Bradford’s Little… Continue reading INTO BATLEY

September 2025. Werrington. Peterborough. Another year, another micropub in the suburbs of Peterborough, which could really do with something new and exciting in the city centre so I can bore you with descriptions of naves and fan vaulting in the marvellous cathedral, one of the UK’s greatest. But the Butchers Arms brings you to Werrington,… Continue reading GATECRASHING BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN THE PETERBOROUGH SUBURBS

September 2025. Bury St Edmunds. It’s hard to tire of Bury St Edmunds warren of streets, though the crowds tend to head to the string of cafes leading to the Abbey, leaving the timber for the toper to enjoy. Some weird stuff here, even before you get to Spoons on a Saturday night. I was… Continue reading HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE “C” WORD YET ?

September 2025. Bury St. Edmunds. T’other Bury, the one without black pudding, is a beguiling place (as is the real one, obvs). Two new Beer Guide entries, a new Tap in an old building for Nethergate, and an unexpected debut for the overlooked Masons Arms. At least, I think it’s a debut; I’ve completed Suffolk… Continue reading AN NBSS 4 GREENE KING IPA (HONEST). THE MASONS ARMS, BURY ST EDMUNDS

September 2025. Bury St Edmunds. If you were wondering why the blog posts have dried up here’s the answer; checking-in Untappd off-licences near Dracula’s castle. Back home, looks like I’ll be in East Angular for a while yet, which at least means easier visits to London and towns like Bury (t’other one), which delights us… Continue reading NETHERGATE GET A FOOTHOLD IN BURY ST EDMUNDS