“Your favourite pubs in which to have a pint of Bass” Another request from Dave; those Yanks are so demanding, aren’t they ? Here’s seven, one a day. Quite a celestial bunch in many ways; The Star, Bath It’s two years since my Big Day Out in Bath, and not many days have bettered it… Continue reading MY FAVOURITE BASS PUBS
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.
IN CLUBLAND
Well, I asked for requests… “Aren’t Social Clubs in the Beer Guide great !” said no-one ever, remembering identikit rectangular halls and an odd, indefinable, absence of “cosiness”. Well, here’s one that is great. I haven’t been in the Red Shed for 2 decades, and was only reminded of it today by this comment on the… Continue reading IN CLUBLAND
UTTER MADNESS IN SAWTRY
You were warned. Teversham, Grantchester, and now Sawtry. And you’ve got Fulbourn, Hilton and Alconbury to come. #OpenThePubs Mrs RM feels my utter despair. “The ******** are going to keep the pubs shut, aren’t they ?” I just asked her. “Get me another coffee” she replied. But at least she’s accompanying me on my little… Continue reading UTTER MADNESS IN SAWTRY
GRANTCHESTER AND THE ARCMINUTE MICROKELVIN IMAGER
Yes, pubs MUST re-open on 2 December (somewhere, anywhere) or you face many more posts like this one. Yes, I’m scraping the Cambridgeshire village barrel now, but at least Grantchester has picturesque (albeit closed) pubs. It still gets the undergrads walking out along the Cam to admire a village seemingly untroubled by the temporary loss… Continue reading GRANTCHESTER AND THE ARCMINUTE MICROKELVIN IMAGER
THE MOON UNDER WATER
Regular and cherished reader Steve (crazy name) responded to my request for blog ideas; His own undefinable blog (here) is a joy, but I really should ask HIM what his ideal pub, his “Moon Under Water” is. What I look for in a pub is somewhere I feel welcome, included and cosy. I don’t care… Continue reading THE MOON UNDER WATER
TEVERSHAM TANTRUMS
Half-way through Lockdown 2 (possibly), and I need you all to write to your MP with a single message; “Stuff Christmas; re-open the pubs (in a Covid secure way)“. Off you go. Otherwise you’re in for a lot more of this unsatisfactory mix of highlights packages and gentle Cambridgeshire walks past closed pubs and no-one… Continue reading TEVERSHAM TANTRUMS
24 HOURS IN GLASGOW
“How long do I need to do Glasgow ?” asks one of my regular readers. Well, that depends whether you want to do ALL the Guide pubs, and whether you’ve a cultural bone in your body or not. You could easily spend two days doing Glasgow’s fantastic museums like the Kelvingrove and Burrell Collection. There’s… Continue reading 24 HOURS IN GLASGOW
TOWN AND GOWN
Let’s start the local posts, then (groan). Cambridge, starting at my usual free parking place in Chesterton. What a lovely sky, almost as if the good weather follows me around, eh ? Cambridge seems busier than in the first Lockdown, even though nothing is open. Not even Primark, which I always assumed was the very… Continue reading TOWN AND GOWN
DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN
Thanks for all your ideas on blogging to keep me out of trouble. Some of them seem semi-legal. Unlike folk in the plague-infected north I hope to move to some day (just as it enters Tier 4+ I expect), I follow those silly rules the 80 seat majority Government impose on us. So I’m staying… Continue reading DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN
THE TICKING AND THE DAMAGE DONE
Pubmeister, the only man to have completed a CURRENT (as opposed to 1987) Good Beer Guide has been clamouring to see my ticking spreadsheets. His own records of completion are kept on papyrus in the National Archive of Ticking Outputs in Egypt (Bucks). It’s also where Duncan keeps his secret stash of his favourite beer.… Continue reading THE TICKING AND THE DAMAGE DONE
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