A bit of a dull but necessary post now, as Mrs RM takes over expert driving duties on the way to a triumphant completion of the Home Counties (what even ARE the Home Counties ?). Dull, because it involves a few flying visits, as Mrs RM hovers anxiously in car parks while I nip in… Continue reading WE’RE GOING ON A FUEL HUNT (OXON PART II)
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.
HOOKY
A week after our triumphant return from the Northern Tickathon, we were off again in the (as yet unnamed) campervan to tackle the south. Or more specifically, Oxon, Bucks and Herts. Only 2hrs 20 to the Hook Norton Brewery, almost exactly half an hour more than it toock from Waterbeach on my only previous visit… Continue reading HOOKY
A BRATFUD CURRY. JUST FOR DAVE
I know our American readers miss our trad pubs a lot, but they’re also missing our authentic (?) northern curry houses, which Bradford still does the best. Curryheute, who is to curry what Roger Protz is to pubs, has a list of recommended houses. No, I haven’t been to Carthage yet. But I’ve been to… Continue reading A BRATFUD CURRY. JUST FOR DAVE
THE BEST TETLEY SINCE IT LEFT LEEDS
Much controversy in the wake of that last post as I described our journey to my North Yorkshire GBG straggler in Sutton-in-Craven. Yes, we’d stopped in West Yorkshire for a loo stop that turned into an advisable pint in the Wuthering Heights that preceded a walk to the Bronte waterfalls. We had the circular route… Continue reading THE BEST TETLEY SINCE IT LEFT LEEDS
WUTHERING HEIGHTS – EMILY, KATE, AND A PINT OF BLONDE WITCH
As the end of September approached, my irritation with missing out on a bit of a straggler in North Yorkshire on our Big Northern Tickathon increased, and Mrs RM agreed we’d go there as long as I drove and we had a Bradford curry on the way back. That last line alone will pique the… Continue reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS – EMILY, KATE, AND A PINT OF BLONDE WITCH
ARGUING OVER WHAT YEAR “PRETTY VACANT” CAME OUT
Mrs RM texted me (she’s very IT savvy) at 15:49 suggesting we meet back at Chesterfield station, and was confused when I told her my 14:00kick-off was in to 14 minutes of added time due to violent play. So I suggested 17:05, which meant she’d have to entertain herself for another hour, which I sensed… Continue reading ARGUING OVER WHAT YEAR “PRETTY VACANT” CAME OUT
PROPER FOOTBALL AT THE PROAC
First things first. Congratulations to the Tand and E on their marriage. Don’t they look lovely. Talking of marriage, congratulations also to BRAPA on his latest post, an absolute classic. “And I said “let’s all meet up in the pub 2000Won’t it be strange when Colin’s fully grown?Be there 12 noon sharp in the Fountain… Continue reading PROPER FOOTBALL AT THE PROAC
AN UN-INN-SPIRED CHOICE ?
One of the odd dilemmas of life in Sheffield is that the pubs and scenery is so good that I have to devote some time to the Ticknalls and Tingleys and Thorpe Hesleys rather than the ticks I need in Wales (the actual one, not the one near Worksop). So on Sunday (ages ago now)… Continue reading AN UN-INN-SPIRED CHOICE ?
ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT REACHES THE QUESTIONABLE CAFE BARS
Sheffield doesn’t rest on its laurels. Another month, another new bar opening to follow Heist and Perch this summer. More options for the ever increasing number of undergraduates flooding into the city’s new build student residences, I guess. Mrs RM actually finds out about these new openings before me, or at least she did before… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT REACHES THE QUESTIONABLE CAFE BARS
ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE GASTROPUB
At the end of the Great Northern Campervan Tickathon now, with a couple of South Lakes stragglers on the way home. Two pubs just off the A595, separated by a mere two minutes drive. What could possibly go wrong. Hardly any traffic anyway at Lowick Bridge, though a big scary note in the window telling… Continue reading ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE GASTROPUB
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