My first possibility was “The slow, sad decline of midweek drinking“, a rumination on the emptiness of pubs outside the weekend rush (see also: Life After Football). Plenty of pubs round me, of course, and as you’ll know I intend to visit EVERY one of them on foot, even though that’ll muck up my GBG… Continue reading TREATED LIKE ROYALTY IN SUBURBAN SHEFFIELD
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.
WHAT HAS WALES DONE TO DESERVE TO BE BRUNNING & PRICED ?
And you can read that how you like. From Chester, which is partly in Welsh, we converted our campervan into a full foreign holiday by crossing the border in pursuit of a few GBG ticks in North-East Wales. My giant spreadsheet showing the possible/hopeful/over-ambitious opening times for my 487 pub targets says of the Dinorben… Continue reading WHAT HAS WALES DONE TO DESERVE TO BE BRUNNING & PRICED ?
Mrs RM gets told off in a Sam Smiths Pub
If your perfect pub is a symphony in brown (with a pint of BBB in a straight glass), then a perfect English town might be a symphony in black and white, like Chester. It MIGHT be, though I still prefer the continual change and modern v medieval of Manchester. Pub Curmudgeon missed the Gnome on… Continue reading Mrs RM gets told off in a Sam Smiths Pub
AN APOLOGY TO CHESTER’S WALLS
Last time in Chester I was less than effusive about the walls, prompting stout defence from locals and sons of the county. I’m happy to apologise to them now. After leaving the Rows, we did the full tourist circuit for the first time in years, Chester was heaving on the Sunday before the Bank Holiday.… Continue reading AN APOLOGY TO CHESTER’S WALLS
PROPER SEATING IN THE CAVERN OF THE CURIOUS GNOME
On towards my last Cheshire Beer Guide tick for the year. You can actually work out the new entries for GBG21 if you look very closely at the different shades of pink, and no doubt historians will in years to come in the same way they study the ceiling on the Cistern Chapel. Chester is… Continue reading PROPER SEATING IN THE CAVERN OF THE CURIOUS GNOME
A TON OF FUN IN ATHERTON
Bear with these posts as we get to cherubic Chester next for our Bank Holiday overnighter, but first, a stop in Atherton which I can’t think of an adjective beginning with “A” for. Just south of Atherton lies Gin Pit, home to a Miners Welfare Club I swear made the GBG a while ago. Nowadays… Continue reading A TON OF FUN IN ATHERTON
Sorry, you’ve missed Aunty Ginger
The big question, is it Aunt or Auntie ? Which camp are you in ? Dick and Dave Southworth (other acceptable Americans are available) will be in torment today as they realise they’ve missed “Everyone’s Favourite Camp Auntie” due to my laziness in bringing this blog up to date. Into Greater Bolton. We arrived in… Continue reading Sorry, you’ve missed Aunty Ginger
ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 48
“Oooh, that looks nice” said Mrs RM, as we headed home from Perch past the Emergency Services Museum. ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 48 – The Bar Stewards In truth, I’d had enough beer for one day, but Mrs RM never takes “No” for an answer does she folks ? So just… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 48
PERCH – ON THE EDGE
Calm down, calm down. There’s plenty of Stella left. My next post, from the Saturday evening after watching City bash Arsenal 5-0 and still seeing our fans complain on Blue Moon, was a night out with Mrs RM to visit ANOTHER new Sheffield pub. Look how far I made her walk; Actually, I must have… Continue reading PERCH – ON THE EDGE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE BLAKE HOTEL, SHEFFIELD
It’s a year since we made an offer for our house in Sheffield, starting four months of house moving torment, mostly involving overhanging trees and solicitors who didn’t answer correspondence. Stay put, kids. On our house-hunting mission I’d noted the closeness of the Blake Hotel, one of Sheffield’s most celebrated ale houses. But Mrs RM… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE BLAKE HOTEL, SHEFFIELD
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