Just to prove this blog isn’t all thirds of craft beer in sheds… Last Thursday I had to get the train to Rotherham to pick up our campervan from Gemini repair centre following a minor altercation. Most people have their vehicles delivered back on a truck, but who could pass up on the chance of… Continue reading BREAKFAST IN ROTHERHAM
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.
TOP 100 PUBS – THE GARDENER’S REST, SHEFFIELD
The only problem with the thirds sampling at Heist is that you’re always going to want to finish the night afternoon with a pint in a Proper Pub. Luckily, the Gardener’s Rest is literally next door. ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 45 – Gardener’s Rest, Kelham Island I’d been walking over Rutland… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE GARDENER’S REST, SHEFFIELD
IT’S A HEIST !
Sheffield has another new destination beer place in Kelham Island. ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 44 – Heist, Kelham Island I’d been walking past Heist‘s premises, next to the Gardener’s Rest, for months, desperate to bring you a report from a large industrial unit with thirty (30) keg taps and a shuffle… Continue reading IT’S A HEIST !
THE LYMM LACINGS
Many criticise the Beer Guide as a collection of drinking clubs for the middle-aged topers who enjoy ticking handpumps perched on uncomfortable high seats. But those of us who actually use the good book will know that the new entries continue to confound and delight with their variety; cricket clubs, creche-cum-coffee houses and good ol’… Continue reading THE LYMM LACINGS
“BELOW US ONLY MUD”
Yes, Hale gets two posts, cos I liked it, a lot. And it might give me another chance to slander Old Mudgie’s ancestral home of Widnes. Leaving my NBSS 3 half of Bury St Edmunds finest I set off to explore the coast, and admire the statue of the Childe of Hale. If he really… Continue reading “BELOW US ONLY MUD”
THE ONLY CHOICE YOU NEED
Back into That Cheshire next, for a pub I completely overlooked, having accidentally pinked it in on the GBG map. Hale ? Seen it on the map, but it’s a pub wasteland down there between Penny Lane and Halton, isn’t it ? Come to think of it, Widnes is a wasteland, but at least Simon… Continue reading THE ONLY CHOICE YOU NEED
BOW-LEGGED ON THE WIRRAL
We GBG tickers NEVER give up, and a week after NEARLY completing Merseyside, I was back in Upton to complete the task. Hopefully before BRAPA. I rather arrogantly assume I know this country like the back of my hand, but I’d never noticed, or at least noted, Upton on all my travels round the Wirral.… Continue reading BOW-LEGGED ON THE WIRRAL
CHESHIRE DINING PUB
What with the climate crisis and Covid variants and Spurs finding form the world is a scary place at the moment, according to Mrs RM, who has been off on a trip round the Antrim Coast before it disappears. While she was gone, I made myself useful by making some headway with Cheshire. SOME of… Continue reading CHESHIRE DINING PUB
TOUGH CHOICES IN NANTWICH
I actually wanted to use “Which sandwich in Nantwich ?” as the title. Indeed, my choice of lunch in Chatwins was the most problematic decision during my trip. I joined a queue in the market place for the iconic bakery, a queue that stretched across the road and into Crewe (that rhymes as well) by… Continue reading TOUGH CHOICES IN NANTWICH
A BLACK PUDDING SAUSAGE ROLL IN HELMSLEY
More North Yorkshire stragglers, and a first trip to the tourist honeypot of Helmsley (pop. 1,515) for 25 years. Is that possible ? It’s very North Yorkshire coach party/bikers/OAP destination for people who can’t brave the A170 to Scarbs and Whitby, but punches well above its weight and is undeniably a little bit lovely (though… Continue reading A BLACK PUDDING SAUSAGE ROLL IN HELMSLEY
