February 2025. Hunston. Chichester. It wasn’t just Mrs RM and I “Catching Up With With The Southworths” (repeats available on Dave TV) this month. A great photo* of Pub Men smiling (well, a smile by Dave’s standard) with the Pride drinking well in Chichester, and the positivity shines through Joan and Dave’s posts from the… Continue reading AMERICANS. COMING OVER ‘ERE, DRINKING OUR BEER, PRAISING OUR TRAINS
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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.
POSH BOGNOR – THE FOX, FELPHAM
February 2025. Felpham. Bognor Regis. We’d headed down midweek to meet Joan and US Dave, two folk who could temporarily convince persuade you there are pockets of near sanity in America. By coincidence, we’d pick a similar self-catering style apartment south of Chichester, though our Boat House looks from the map as if it’s sited… Continue reading POSH BOGNOR – THE FOX, FELPHAM
HSB DRINKING WELL IN PULBOROUGH
February 2025. Pulborough. After duties to parents were fulfilled in Kent, and a solemn promise there’d be a Chinese takeaway from Meows next time, we took the first motorway to the coast, just like Don McLean in ’73. Blimey, it looks very green, doesn’t it ? I thought the South-East was a concrete jungle ?… Continue reading HSB DRINKING WELL IN PULBOROUGH
TOP 100 PUBS – THE ROCK INN, CHIDDINGSTONE HOATH
February 2025. Chiddingstone Hoath. Kent. You left us out in the gorgeous, straggly, villages west of Royal Tunbridge Wells, cheering up an octogenarian who’s not allowed out much except to have medical interventions and rehearse Handel’s “Messiah”. My last commenter (commentator ?) writes “You should have walked 30 minutes along the road to The Rock,… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ROCK INN, CHIDDINGSTONE HOATH
CHIDDINGSTONE
February 2025. Chiddingstone. Kent. Another trip down to cheer up the father-in-law, recovering from being poked about in East Grinstead, a terrible place to be poked about. Michael always perks up when we visit, particularly when we head to the pub. We started with culture, us being cultured and all. Chiddingstone village is owned by… Continue reading CHIDDINGSTONE
“FFS, not the craft bar !”
February 2025. Sheffield. Consternation in CAMRA-land at the imminent closure of Torquay’s Hole in the Wall, pretty much the only pub worth leaving the upcoming Members Weekend. Luckily for Paul Mudge, I have found an alternative “venue” to take him to during the interminable discussions on the definition of real cider or another pointless change… Continue reading “FFS, not the craft bar !”
PORTER BROOK LACINGS SPECIAL
February 2025. Sheffield. Another short, dull, post with no moral or great revelation, other than confirming that Ecclesall Road is worth a detour from your Kelham/Walkley circuit next time you’re in Sheffield. The Porter Brook is one of a surprising number of Greene King food-led pubs round here. See here the Sheffield Hatter pointing out… Continue reading PORTER BROOK LACINGS SPECIAL
ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT – LOXLEY No. 3
February 2025. Sheffield. A Sunday lunchtime in west Sheffield with the Sheffield Hatter, who is keen to promote the merits of Ecclesall Road and Sharrow Vale. It’s a bit like pushing the case for Chorlton or Stirchley; the beer is good quality but the bars might be a bit, er, pokey for some. Sharrow Vale… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT – LOXLEY No. 3
UNSUNG SHEFFIELD – THE LESCAR
February 2025. Sheffield. You’d be surprised how many times visiting #PubMen message me “Anything new and exciting in Sheff, RM ?“, assuming I spend my life going round pubs or something. I’d have said things had quietened down a tad in the UK’s top pub town (sit down, Norwich), but there were four (4) new… Continue reading UNSUNG SHEFFIELD – THE LESCAR
TOP 100 PUBS – STATION BUFFET BAR, STALYBRIDGE
February 2025. Stalybridge. “I don’t think I’d leave the railway station” commented Paul Mudge after my Stalybridge micro post, and while I think there’s space in the UK pub scene for all sorts of boozers, it’s true that many folk don’t wander beyond the Buffet Bar. If they did, they’d immediately find the pubs with… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – STATION BUFFET BAR, STALYBRIDGE
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