I’ve run out of alphabet to mark all the stops on our trip, so I’ve gone back to A (2). Stop C (2) was a “comfort break” in Millom on the A595. I thought the town (pop. 7,829) may actually have been created specifically as a comfort break, but Wiki tells me it used to… Continue reading AN A595 STOP IN MILLOM
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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.
A NIGHT AT DRIGG LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY
Mrs RM is a huge fan of BRAPA. So there’s ONE. She’s particularly impressed with his knowledge of UK. How many other youngsters know ALL the stops on the 152 minutes of the Barrow to Carlisle line that trundles up the Cumbrian coast’s honeypots ? Sure, us tickers only know them because at 20 minute… Continue reading A NIGHT AT DRIGG LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY
WTF IS “NIGHT VISION” ?
Almost exactly a year ago, as I’m sure you’ll remember, I went walking in the Lakes with James during that odd period between July and October when we experienced freedom before November saw it snatched away. On that trip I managed a few GBG pubs in the foothills of Scafell, including Boot and Eskdale Green,… Continue reading WTF IS “NIGHT VISION” ?
ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY
Five minutes on from Sellafield and Mrs RM was parking up in Gosforth (not THAT one). This is the ancient village (pop. 1,230) where groups of Londoners stock up on supplies for their Air B & B in the Lakes. Look, Yanks, It’s ancient. I didn’t do Latin but I reckon that means “Closed. Open… Continue reading ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY
A SINGLE IN SELLAFIELD
A recap on the progress of the Great Northern Tickathon as it enters the home straight (as straight as it can be with Mrs RM driving now). Excitingly, the next pub came at the end of a trip to admire Sellafield (or is it Seascale ?). Sellafield hasn’t gone down the theme park route yet,… Continue reading A SINGLE IN SELLAFIELD
FOR DRINKERS ONLY…
“No greater love hath a woman for her husband than that she would drive him round six West Lakeland pubs on a Friday afternoon to boost his Cumbrian ticks“. Thank you Mrs RM. In truth, this was an easy run along the magnificent A595. The second tick of the day came within five minutes of… Continue reading FOR DRINKERS ONLY…
RELEASED FROM ROBINSONS
You left me in Whitehaven, virtually trying on Regency costumes in the town museum and admiring the birds. But, just as Mrs RM was here on business, I also had A Mission To Tick (unreleased Bond film starring Timothy Dalton c. ’89). What would the Candlestick bring ? Whitehaven has one really smart pub, a… Continue reading RELEASED FROM ROBINSONS
FASHIONABLE WHITEHAVEN
We’ve struggled up to Friday 24th September 2021 with the posts now. A critical day in the Great Northern Campervan Tickathon, as we’ll see over the course of the next 3 days. I dropped Mrs RM in the Whitehaven Spoons, her third of the trip, ordered her breakfast on the App, and accidentally took a… Continue reading FASHIONABLE WHITEHAVEN
THE FAIRY PATH TO MARYPORT
Some bloggers extol the virtue of staying at home all year in your underpants, sipping cans of Peanut Butter Sour (8.2%). Others will tell you there is no need to ever leave their home town of Chipping Sodbury, so great is the selection of BBB (3.8-4.5%) in the Horseshoe. But my only purpose in life… Continue reading THE FAIRY PATH TO MARYPORT
MRS RM HOVERS WHILE I TICK SCAFELL
Now I’m reunited with my laptop I can bring you the post from our brief excursion into the Lakes Proper, before we head to the “characterful” West Cumbrian towns you really want to see. Cumbria is a tricky county to complete, even though most of the Lakes pub have (traditionally) kept generous hours, to cater… Continue reading MRS RM HOVERS WHILE I TICK SCAFELL
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