Short posts for a while, getting seriously behind and Aberdeen will make it worse. On to my penultimate East Sussex pub, and thankfully back to a traditional name after all those silly Red Lions and Five Bells. I can assure Mark Crilley this is the only Lion and Lobster in the UK, so I now… Continue reading ALL THAT JAZZ
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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.
HOVE’S BLIND BUSKER – A STERLING EFFORT
Three pubs to visit in Brighton & Hove (Albion) to finish East Sussex, so I’d picked the reliable if dingy Travelodge in Preston Park. The walk through Brighton suburbia toward Hove is alternative tourism at its best. On the way I tried to make sure I didn’t hear the City v Chelsea score, as I… Continue reading HOVE’S BLIND BUSKER – A STERLING EFFORT
SUNSET OVER SEAFORD
A lot of pubs in these posts; I must have been in a hurry to finish Sussex. Seaford was the end of the line, so I had 41 minutes to get to the White Lion and back AND find something new and interesting about a town I only visited last June. Excitingly, the White Lion… Continue reading SUNSET OVER SEAFORD
LEWES LIFTS THE SPIRITS
When you’ve just been called out on your blog for being grumpy it’s a bonus if the next post comes from Lewes. I don’t think I’ve ever left Harvey’stown without a spring in my step. Oh, there was this. Looking back at my last post from here, I could basically just copy and paste what… Continue reading LEWES LIFTS THE SPIRITS
PRAVHA, PASHMINAS, PLAYBOYS
Yes, a rash of grumpy posts till I catch up. Quite how I’ll do that on the Sleeper from Euston to Aberdeen tomorrow (mostly Scottish lagers on board), I’ve no idea. Next up is a delightful looking country pub in the heart of classic car land somewhere north of Lewes. Loads of dining places… Continue reading PRAVHA, PASHMINAS, PLAYBOYS
HAYWARD’S HELL
Just when you think you’ve seen it all… I have lists of favourite towns of course, but also a lifelong interest in finding a truly hapless town. If pressed, the average Briton would come up with a list of places they’ve never actually been to. Bootle, Grimsby, Luton, York etc. etc. They’d surely never pick… Continue reading HAYWARD’S HELL
“WARNING: This is a Proper Pub”
Well, we’ll be the judge of that, won’t we ? First stop in Sussex (West) is that intriguing breed, the community-owned pub. Balcombe’s Half Moon could be one of those all-out gastros that guarantee gentkefolk a supply of £7.95 sandwiches, or one of the drinking clubs where middle-class pashmina wearers block the bar and the… Continue reading “WARNING: This is a Proper Pub”
FEBRUARY ’19 STOCKTAKE
A review of February, and a look ahead to matters of some import. I thought I might get up-to-date first, but daring Dorset and soaring Sussex trips mean I’m already 20 pubs behind, which means it’ll be April before you get to read about my (latest) Cheshire gastro horrors. Simon and Duncan have posted their… Continue reading FEBRUARY ’19 STOCKTAKE
YOUR PRINT-OUT-AND-KEEP FELTWELL GUIDE
My options for easy ticks have long gone. As of today, my closest new Guide pub is a cricket club with one handpump in Yardley/Sheldon/Marlborough/East Brum, a mere 3hrs 38mins away on the train. Perhaps I should ask BeerMat to recommend some highlights of the Sheldon area (Andre Marriner was born there ?) and then… Continue reading YOUR PRINT-OUT-AND-KEEP FELTWELL GUIDE
A LOOK BACK, A HOP(A)HEAD
I rarely look back, there’s no ticks in it. But my next pub is my local, a monthly visit at best, and I suddenly remembered what it looked like a year ago today (top). Yes, we were in the middle of the Beast from the East, I was contemplating being snowed in for all… Continue reading A LOOK BACK, A HOP(A)HEAD
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