June 2025. Bridlington. Bridlington New Town isn’t an architectural gem, to be honest. My neighbours are visiting Filey this week, the Southworths are probably seeking permanent residence there, and Brid doesn’t quite have the features to compete with Scarbs. Most folk would head for the puffins and other flying objects on the Flamborough coast, but… Continue reading BRIDBREWER
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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.
TOP 100 PUBS – THE BRUNSWICK, BRIDLINGTON
June 2025. Bridlington. My penultimate East Yorkshire GBG pub (not many new entries here in honesty) hasn’t had rave reviews from the ticking community, but often that reflects lack of “exciting beers” (ugh) rather than pubbiness. So I was in a state of high excitement approaching the Brunswick Hotel, particularly in light of a claim… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE BRUNSWICK, BRIDLINGTON
BASS LAMP, STATION BUFFET, BRIDLINGTON NEW TOWN
June 2025. Bridlington. The set up post. Yesterday Mrs RM quizzed me triumumphantly. “How many blog views you had this morning, eh, eh ?”. Imagine that in a Tunbridge Wells accent. “Er, 231”. “I’ve had 251 !”. And she had, too, having finally posted something new to her excellent travel blog One Small Bag, your… Continue reading BASS LAMP, STATION BUFFET, BRIDLINGTON NEW TOWN
SOUTH ESSEX IN A NUTSHELL
June 2025. Great Warley. Essex. A day down in Southborough attending to the father-in-law on his 87th birthday. When you get to 87, or 60 for that matter, all you want is a pint and a sumptuous Chinese Meal for Three from Meow’s. His pint would have to wait. Our pint came on the way… Continue reading SOUTH ESSEX IN A NUTSHELL
CURRY NIGHT IN WATERBEACH
June 2025. Waterbeach. A rare Tuesday night in Waterbeach, where The Sun and Chung Hwa are closed and the White Horse (South Asian restaurant and all) is being refurbished. Biryani at the Taps, then. I hadn’t rushed back to the (Brewery) Taps since it was revived last year, but they’ve delivered on their promise to… Continue reading CURRY NIGHT IN WATERBEACH
ONE PUMP IS PLENTY, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ENOUGH
June 2025. Scunthorpe. Our third and final Scunny pub takes us north from the Berkeley, up to the exciting Charnwood estate. Another potential bed for the night (and the cheapest petrol in many years) at Kirk’s Korner. Sadly, Fiona gives a less than glowing endorsement of Kirk’s Motel; When Fiona says she can hear EVERY… Continue reading ONE PUMP IS PLENTY, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ENOUGH
THE BERKELEY. LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT THE DOOR.
June 2025. Scunthorpe. The name doesn’t help, does it ? I didn’t “complete” Scunny on Monday, so I shall be organising a return visit on a day when the Visual Arts Centre is open. Then I’ll scour the town centre for culture, then head for the suburb of Ashby with its GBG perennial and ultra-rare… Continue reading THE BERKELEY. LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT THE DOOR.
SAVING CASK, ONE £1.59 PINT OF JAIPUR AT A TIME
June 2025. Scunthorpe. I’d ticked the Scunny culture, bar waiting till midnight to see if the steelworks light up. I’d ticked the Scunny GBG pubs years ago; they never change. The almost micro Honest Lawyer, a genuine beery place a mile or two south in Ashby, an open/closed/open Sam Smiths by the football ground, and… Continue reading SAVING CASK, ONE £1.59 PINT OF JAIPUR AT A TIME
I AM SCUNTHORPE’S TOURIST
June 2025. Scunthorpe. One of these days I will spend 24 hours at home. But not today. In this endless English Summer, Sheffield is on the first train for the coast. Or at least, the train to Scunthorpe where a bus replacement service awaits. This is the first time I’ve seen “Scunthorpe” as the end… Continue reading I AM SCUNTHORPE’S TOURIST
SUNDAY NIGHT IS QUIZ NIGHT AT SHEFFIELD’S TWO & SIX
June 2025. Sheffield. By Sunday night I’d had two (2) days to recover from the excesses of That Derby, and suddenly realised I had 10,000 more steps to walk. Sunday night in a Sheffield pub, then. The city centre has been improving rapidly since Mrs RM and I arrived to gentrify the place in 2020,… Continue reading SUNDAY NIGHT IS QUIZ NIGHT AT SHEFFIELD’S TWO & SIX
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