There were an awful lot of folk leaving Pembroke Dock on Friday night. Not many pashminas and Prosecco ; most of them had bottles of WKD. They were headed for Tenby’s pubs, of which more very soon. Oddly, few folk seemed to be making the trip in reverse. And that despite the draw of a… Continue reading KANGAROO AIR FORCE VENTILATOR
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 THE DOCKS
Day 2 in warm beer land. I’d made Pembroke Dock my base for the next couple of days because; a) It’s cheaper than Tenby. By a factor of four. b) There’s loads of unticked GBG pubs within easy reach. c) It’s at the end of the train line, always a thrill (see also: Heysham, Holyhead)… Continue reading IN THE DOCKS
SAUNDERSFOOT SHUFFLE
Still a flood of Welsh posts to come, most of them very short. But not all involving plant pots and urinals. As The Spreadsheet will soon reveal (calm down, Duncan), I’ve now visited more West Wales Guide pubs than those in any other county this GBG season. Next up, A Proper Pub. With people drinking… Continue reading SAUNDERSFOOT SHUFFLE
COTTAGE-INN
My third (count them) GBG pub in Llandeilo, or Pentrefelin if you place Guide entries where they actually are, rather than you’d like them to be. The Cottage is very pink, in that faded Welsh style Welsh drovers pubs only generally exist for one of two purposes. Either to provide a weekly difficult choice for… Continue reading COTTAGE-INN
AREN’T POT PLANTS GREAT
I’m writing this to the backdrop of Friday night karaoke in Middlesborough, so don’t expect much. “We don’t” says Russ. Welsh Pub no. 5 was an award winner, aren’t they all. I calmed down by taking in the sights of Llandeilo. Some of them are worth seeing. Wales really is stunning. The Salutation looks solid… Continue reading AREN’T POT PLANTS GREAT
LLANDEILO – DIDN’T IT ALMOST HAVE IT ALL ?
Llandeilo. Closest town with a GBG pub to Bethlehem, from where I sent a postcard home on my 33rd birthday after a pint of Bass in Pontfaen. Llandeilo had been near the top of my Bucket of Bass list for years. On the edge of the Black Mountains, with its own railway station and three… Continue reading LLANDEILO – DIDN’T IT ALMOST HAVE IT ALL ?
TRAPP-ED
Yes ! It’s a Heritage pub ! Just in case any of you are starting to feel sorry for me, fear not. I was loving this tour of dodgy cask pubs. The next one up is beautifully located an hour up narrow roads from Llandeilo Station. The Cennen Arms looks like a rural Welsh… Continue reading TRAPP-ED
SPOT THE CASK DRINKER
Llandybie Pub No.2, and a total contrast to the gentlefolk-friendly Red Lion, two minutes and a dispensing chemist away. The Ivy Bush is either a Beer Guide regular or they love those mid-2000s stickers as much as I do. A dozen in, Old Boys and “tradesmen”, and a sight to delight the multi-pump hater. Landlord… Continue reading SPOT THE CASK DRINKER
LLANDYBIE – RED LION, WELSH WRESTLING
More low-key Carmarthenshire thrills for you, from the swathe of pleasantness between Guardian reader infested Brecon and Southworth-infested (in a nice way) Tenby. Before this trip I’d only managed 39 ticks in West Wales, ever, which is probably less than I’ve done in Worthing in the last 5 years, but I do recall a… Continue reading LLANDYBIE – RED LION, WELSH WRESTLING
DESPERADOS
And so begins a run of 22 pubs in Wales, on a seventh day of Welsh pubbing in 2019. What a wonderful country. What (largely) woeful cask beer. I was tempted to lump this lot together, but I know how quickly your patience runs thin when I go over 400 words. And you need to… Continue reading DESPERADOS
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