Another break from the 2020 Review before we reach September, which for me could be renamed “Dorset”. I’ve got plenty more urban walks and closed pubs from Tier 3 Hell to bring you, though whether there’s enough suburbs of Barnsley and Mexborough to string out this blog till we’re all vaccinated is quite another matter.… Continue reading A PITSMOOR PERAMBULATION
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.
2020 IN REVIEW – AUGUST
Rules, rules, rules. Pub-going seemed to get a little harder in August, though perhaps that was just the reality of Cornish and Devonian publicans being paranoid about the arrival of the London plague. Standing at, or even approaching the bar, became a capital offence. Yes, the Castle in King’s Nympton had really made sure you… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – AUGUST
2020 IN REVIEW – JULY
What happened in July ? Oh yes. The return of pubs. It was great. Wasn’t it ? Going to the pub with your mates, with only the hassle of writing “M. Mouse Tel. Pennsylvania 6-500” on a grubby slip of paper, discussing plans to knock down 5G masts. Hmmm. CAMRA members took a look at… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – JULY
SUNSET OVER KELHAM ISLAND
You left me on the edge of Wicker, attempting to keep up with Mrs RM, an event that only happens when a) I stop to take photos of pub tiling or b) Mrs RM needs a loo stop. Apart from the Asian takeaways and barbershops it was pretty dead. But there’s always a reassuring glow… Continue reading SUNSET OVER KELHAM ISLAND
CHRISTMAS DAY – BASS HUNTING IN BURNGREAVE
What did you do on Christmas Day ? Because it’s just another day in our (new) house, I wrote blogs, visited blogs, and ensured there was enough beer for Dasher, Comet and Baa Baa Toure. The pint glasses contain Kelham Island’s Pale Rider and Knight Rider, take-out from the Fat Cat. CAMRA will be delighted… Continue reading CHRISTMAS DAY – BASS HUNTING IN BURNGREAVE
2020 IN REVIEW – JUNE
“What did you do during the Corona, Daddy ?” “I re-read old football programmes, took photos of local closed pubs and ate crispy shredded beef, Son“. And I’m proud of that. June at least brought a date for pubs re-opening, and there was wild speculation about how we would register for our pub visits, whatever that… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – JUNE
2020 IN REVIEW – MAY
I wonder who’s going to drop in on the blog today, hiding from the fuss and frivolity. Welcome. Hard to sum up May 2020. More of the same, but at least pubs would surely be open in June. It was still very quiet in Cambridgeshire, as you can see from the bridge over the new… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – MAY
CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE FAT CAT
Christmas Eve just doesn’t work without the pub, does it ? A year ago I nursing a half in Dutton’s while I waited for Matt to have a post-work Punk with his new workmates (in Spoons), though in 2017 we ended up with an Arrogant Bastard in a dingy Los Angeles Travelodge as the bars… Continue reading CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE FAT CAT
THE MYSTERIOUS MALIN BRIDGE
With Sheffield holding resolutely in Tier 3, just as Cambridge slides into the darkness of Tier 4 (where you can’t even LOOK at pubs), I can still bring you reports on my urban walks until pubs return. This one takes you down to the Rivelin Valley and back via the mysterious Malin Bridge, the end… Continue reading THE MYSTERIOUS MALIN BRIDGE
2020 IN REVIEW – APRIL
April brought National Doom Bar Day, a successful attempt to derail a rival Bass celebration event. Which is ironic, as Doom tastes best in a Burton glass. April also became my first month without a GBG tick since THIS was Number 1. Which is ironic, really, as things would only get worse. And not just… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – APRIL
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