I had no particular plans for my afternoon in York, bar wearing out Hitchin John by making him walk far further than necessary. As it was, York is compact and our six (6) pubs made a nice hour’s walk. 10 minutes walk south-west from the station, dangerously close to BRAPA land, we came across this;… Continue reading MYSTERY PUB, YORK
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.
BAA BAA TOURE’S FIRST VISIT TO THE YORK TAP
The problem with the fixation on the Good Beer Guide, coupled with the limitation of the working retired week to seven (7) days a week (due to Brexit, probs), means there’s little time to shamelessly enjoy pubs you’ve been to already. So well done to my old mate John “Depeche Mode” John , who regularly… Continue reading BAA BAA TOURE’S FIRST VISIT TO THE YORK TAP
TWO DOLLOPS OF ROSSI IN WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
Mrs RM is getting into the GBG completion race now, and after a couple of days round the parents in Waterbeach (yes, Chung Hwa), she insisted, INSISTED I tell you, that we complete Essex by adding nearly 3 hours onto our homeward journey. The Mile & A Third in Westcliffe on the edge of Southend… Continue reading TWO DOLLOPS OF ROSSI IN WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HAS FALLEN – A CHARFIELD CRACKER
I like to imagine my readers in their condominiums (nothing to do with prophylactics, apparently), following my progress round the UK on giant maps or Google Street View, perhaps mirroring my mileage on their exercise bikes. Here’s on Journey to Glory (random Spandau Ballet reference for Mark C) completing Gloucestershire. Charfield , tucked in the… Continue reading GLOUCESTERSHIRE HAS FALLEN – A CHARFIELD CRACKER
NEWNHAM – A SEVERNTH HEAVEN ?
If I hadn’t deleted my notes I’d no doubt have been able to give you Pevsner style notes on the qualities of the misericords of Gloucester Cathedral or the joys of Cinderford, but instead all I know is we parked up (FREE !) by the Severn where Mrs RM did a Zoom call (not to… Continue reading NEWNHAM – A SEVERNTH HEAVEN ?
MOOCHING ROUND MINCHINHAMPTON
In May 1980 the New Musical Express published a letter from India posing the question “Where is Beatles Band ?”. In May 2022 I’ve been missing not for 20 years, but 3 days, and get comments from an American asking “Where is Retired Martin ?”. Mainly I’ve been watching Eurovision in Belfast gay bars, Dave.… Continue reading MOOCHING ROUND MINCHINHAMPTON
STROUD – VEGAN BEER @ 10am
Baa Baa Toure awoke refreshed from a night at the Stonehouse canal (this is before his annual wash). Mrs RM and I are are only refreshed after 6 gallons of coffee, so did the chicken run across the road to the WORST Starbucks in Gloucestershire (unless you have better information). No filter coffee, cheese toasties… Continue reading STROUD – VEGAN BEER @ 10am
CHELTENHAM CRAFT & CANALS
One last Gloucestershire tick and a flying visit to the side streets of regal Cheltenham, with the streets around the Railway Inn proving the hardest to negotiate/park. In a break from the norm, the writing on the wall reads not “dining and rooms” but “Smokey Phi Phi“, as the Railway undergoes the sort of gentrification… Continue reading CHELTENHAM CRAFT & CANALS
BACK UP YOUR FILES – A LESSON FROM PRESTBURY
“Let’s keep these ******* (*)pubs ticked” said Mrs RM, in her defiant rather than angry tone, as we completed a round half dozen in Greater or Lesser Cheltenham. In normal circumstances my first action now would be to refer to my copious and comic notes taken that night 12 days ago, but I deleted them… Continue reading BACK UP YOUR FILES – A LESSON FROM PRESTBURY
THE CROSS HOUSE, TEWKESBURY – FINALLY A PUB MRS RM LIKED
Another half an hour through gorgeous west Gloucestershire hills and a fourth (4th) tick of the afternoon in Tewkesbury. Four attractive towns too, none of the usual grim northern cities I subject Mrs RM to. And is she grateful ? Tewkesbury is gorgeous, isn’t it ? Come on a day it isn’t flooded is my… Continue reading THE CROSS HOUSE, TEWKESBURY – FINALLY A PUB MRS RM LIKED
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