Nearly forgot to show you my “London Wants Map“. I had 18 to do to finish the capital, including some micro stragglers in That Bexley, but thought I’d settle on just three today so as not to annoy James too much. No, I’m kidding. We only did three as I wasn’t paying extra to use… Continue reading CAMDEN (F)LOCKS
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.
CAMDEN CRAWLING
Sunday the 15th August (yes, I’m that far behind) and still no sign of summer. But London is always hot due to the smog, so on a visit to my parents I made arrangements to visit London’s hottest ticket. Thrillingly, my first visit to the capital since that fateful day in November when the pubs… Continue reading CAMDEN CRAWLING
THORNE IN MY SIDE
Apart from reading comments from you, my readers, and asking Mrs RM irritating questions about women’s trousers, nothing gives me greater pleasure these days than reading Mumsnet. I have to conclude I’m NOT normal. Any day in which I don’t leave the county, never mind my home, would be considered a wasted day. The last… Continue reading THORNE IN MY SIDE
A BEVERLEY THRILLS HOP
Saturday morning. We awoke refreshed, and in need of a “comfort break”. Well, one of us did; the other one had a well-used 4 pint keg container kept for that purpose. Breakfast at the Spoons in Driffield, a Spoons SO dull I fear I may have not bothered telling you about it 3 years ago,… Continue reading A BEVERLEY THRILLS HOP
PLUM PORTER, PIPERS & PESHWARI NAANS
Is that not the most beautiful sight in the known world ? After Mrs RM, obviously. Oh, and where is Great Berwick, incidentally ? You left us at the door to the Board Inn, the pub that put Brid into the big league of pub towns in 2018/19. “Go and look upstairs !” I urged… Continue reading PLUM PORTER, PIPERS & PESHWARI NAANS
MARCHING MRS RM TO BRID OLD TOWN
Having completed East Yorkshire GBG, we could now focus on tea. Mrs RM had turned down chips in favour of Suppatra Thai on the edge of town. Sadly, Spam WASN’T available. Unfortunately, so had the rest of “Abigail’s Party” Bridlington, and we were sent on our way for daring not to book 3 weeks ago.… Continue reading MARCHING MRS RM TO BRID OLD TOWN
BRIDLINGTON : FROM AQUALUNG TO GHOSTBUSTERS
There is nothing better in life, other than a particularly good crispy beef and Singapore rice, than finishing a GBG county. Mrs RM would probably agree, Baa Baa certainly would. East Yorkshire is a doddle, a standard half dozen newbies each year, and a now traditional finale in Bridlington. Scary entrance, traffic light entry (see… Continue reading BRIDLINGTON : FROM AQUALUNG TO GHOSTBUSTERS
“The Funny Onion Is A Good Match For You”
In 2017, at the International School of Pub Blogging Summer Seminar Series, I learnt the Golden Rule of blogging. If you’ve dull material, spice it up with Bass breweriana. Wickingman will fall for it if no-one else does. So here’s the set-up post for my Bridlington package, with an overnight campervan stop near the head… Continue reading “The Funny Onion Is A Good Match For You”
POCKLINGTON HOTEL BAR, 5.15 pm
15 minutes after leaving the rural idyll of Niweton iuxta Derwent Mrs RM was parked up behind Pocklington Market Place, still trying to connect her phone to the campervan. “YOU go to your silly pub. I’LL stay here and fiddle with electronics“. She is so selfless. Pocklington was one of my last ticks before the… Continue reading POCKLINGTON HOTEL BAR, 5.15 pm
HALF MOON RISING (INTO THE EAST YORKS SECTION OF THE GBG)
Reader Etu will be thrilled to know that the Aygo passed its MOT (care of We MOT Anything, of Hillsborough), and stands on the brink of 200,000 miles (in 6 years, one of which was a pandemic(. To celebrate, we set off on our first campervan of August to finish the East Yorkshire section of… Continue reading HALF MOON RISING (INTO THE EAST YORKS SECTION OF THE GBG)
