I’m not saying I want to close down all breweries, but it would make it much easier to see the pubs on the GBG maps if we did. On this extract from the Northern Ireland map, you might make complex travel plans before you realise that ALL the entries bar Coleraine are within a Causeway… Continue reading MORE BREWERIES THAN GBG PUBS IN HORSHAM
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.
HORSHAM BOYS (AND GAL)
From Maidenhead we headed towards the coast, where Mrs RM is just about to start an assignment yards from Brighton Station the Evening Star. 20 years ago we’d have set off from Hitchin on a Friday night, phoned a Premier Inn/Lodge on the way, and end up somewhere interesting for £30. “Interesting” meaning Stroud, Sandbach… Continue reading HORSHAM BOYS (AND GAL)
“IS TARA COMING TO THE HUNT ?”
Oh grief, I’ve just read that cartoon. Too late to stop now. I was hoping Mrs RM would blog about the Winning Post in Winkfield, but she said she “can’t be bothered“. It’s a shame, as she overhears more than I do. She’s let me use her photo, though. Apparently the one on the left… Continue reading “IS TARA COMING TO THE HUNT ?”
A MAIDENHEAD REDEMPTION ?
I see the respected town critic Mrs RM has just pronounced on Maidenhead, and it’s not pretty. “my presentation works in Roland the rat catcher and Cyril the cesspit emptier. It seemed somehow fitting…. “ Reader, I have to tell you I was almost keen to defend Maidenhead after her vitriol against the town as… Continue reading A MAIDENHEAD REDEMPTION ?
PINKNEYS GREEN – MORE EXCITING THAN IT SOUNDS
PARENTAL ADVISORY : CONTAINS MAIDENHEAD I don’t wish to over excite my readers, but you can expect posts from Mrs RM on Maidenhead very shortly. Once she’s had an hour in her luxury Brighton hotel to recover. Spoiler : I will be entirely vindicated. As a teaser to the main event, here’s a post from… Continue reading PINKNEYS GREEN – MORE EXCITING THAN IT SOUNDS
A DONNY OVERKILL
You can’t have too much Doncaster, though Simon may disagree. He’s a delicate flower. Two new Guide pubs in Donny, putting it level in the table with North Rotherham and Holy Island for new GBG thrills. I started a mile out in Scawsby, which really wants the Sun for Scawsby. Doncaster may take a look… Continue reading A DONNY OVERKILL
RUNNING WATERS – THE 7am PINT
I’m not saying never trust WhatPub opening hours, but… This is the 3 Horseshoes in Running Waters, named after an Indian chief buried in a micropub on Durham Station. Hopefully it will revert to a Old Hassop location in GBG21 in order to confuse BRAPA. It’s not that isolated, though any map below Navigator level… Continue reading RUNNING WATERS – THE 7am PINT
A LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF LUNCHTIME OPENING
A month in to the new GBG, and Duncan, Si and myself have now all had the joy of tipping up at an unexpectedly closed Guide pub. Not just micros, either; in fact there’s a minor trend for micros to open longer as the trade builds. No, I’ve had tickers lament in two proper pubs… Continue reading A LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF LUNCHTIME OPENING
I’M AT MY WALLSEND
A quick post, as I’m in Maidenhead and I think they may have been reading what I write about their dump of a town. Back to a more civilised Tyneside. Grief, it’s already 9pm and I haven’t eaten since 2. A dash for the last of the Tyneside 8. I feel a con, not bringing… Continue reading I’M AT MY WALLSEND
ANARCHY IN TYNEMOUTH
One more on the coast with Electric Pics, who was obviously paying far more attention than I was to little things like details. Tynemouth certainly has a motley collection of pub names. Hugo’s @ The Coast The Cumberland Lola Jeans (a pre-emptive cert for Si) Barca Gibraltar Rock and of course our very next tick… Continue reading ANARCHY IN TYNEMOUTH
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