November 2024. Eastbourne. A few days down in Rye with Mrs RM to give us both respite from child/parent duties, and allow me to get a couple of bits of pink marker in a GBG that’s feeling unloved. Just under the hour to Eastbourne with a couple of new (and, Spoiler : controversial) entries, but… Continue reading HALLELUJAH ! SPOONS KEEP CASK ALIVE IN EASTBOURNE
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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.
STICK SEASON IN ROLVENDEN LAYNE
November 2024. Rolvenden Layne. Deep in the heart of Kent’s High Weald lies GBG newbie the Ewe and Lamb, a couple of miles from Tenterden‘s collection of bridal shops, heritage railways, and horseback riding services. Apart from that church we just saw, Rolvenden has a picture postcard collection of white boarded cottages, a couple of… Continue reading STICK SEASON IN ROLVENDEN LAYNE
St. Mary the Virgin, Rolvenden. NCSS 3
November 2024. Rolvenden. Kent. I snatched three nights down at our caravan in Rye with Mrs RM, who’s attending to her own parents struggles with old age nearby. Rye is a good base for ticking Kent and East Sussex, and the rural pubs give Mrs RM a chance to fluff up her Instagram accounts with… Continue reading St. Mary the Virgin, Rolvenden. NCSS 3
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 70 – TAYSIDE
OK, we’ve reached the end of the Scottish GBG chapters, and I have to say I’m a bit disappointed that more Perthshire pubs didn’t make a case for inclusion in that lovely chunk between the the central belt and Aberdeen which serves as your gateway to the Cairngorms and the lochs (I got that off… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 70 – TAYSIDE
“Oh, go on then”
November 2024. Rye. Mrs RM met me at Rye Station on the Sunday night, which was nice of her, though it sadly meant that a) Mrs RM couldn’t have a beer and b) I felt almost obliged to, even though I’d had more than enough. At 5pm on Sunday Rye has emptied of French language… Continue reading “Oh, go on then”
LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
November 2024. Ashford. Two (2) successive posts about Kent’s most beleaguered town (blimey, even Rainham is better these days), can Paul Bailey and I make Ashford the new beer destination ? Well, no, obviously not, but the Spoons is half decent, the flashy Curious Brewery by the station is plain curious, and that GBG sports… Continue reading LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
ASHFORD’S SURPRISING NEW BEER GUIDE ENTRY
November 2024. Ashford. Kent. Just back from Rye today; left at 9:48 and arrived in Waterbeach at 12:12, which seems rather quick, though I did deny myself a few pints at the CAMRA Smithfield crawl. That trip involved a bus, two changes of train, a short delay and a 12 minute walk, the sort of… Continue reading ASHFORD’S SURPRISING NEW BEER GUIDE ENTRY
Your OTHER pint option at King’s Cross St. Pancras.
November 2024. St Pancras. London. 3 London ticks on Sunday lunchtime, but I supposed I’d better head down to Rye to see my wife for the first time in a week. One thing that always strikes me is how much ground those tube trains cover in minutes, so it was just my luck that a… Continue reading Your OTHER pint option at King’s Cross St. Pancras.
CATCHING THE BUBBLE IN WOOD GREEN
November 2024. Wood Green. London. Three ticks by two, on a Sunday. I’d forgotten what multiple GBG pub ticking was. Leaving Higham Hill, I nearly got distracted by the craft options on Blackhorse Road; Actually, it’s Cafe Rodi I regret being too full to tick, their Mediterranean breakfast looks like a thing of beauty. 20… Continue reading CATCHING THE BUBBLE IN WOOD GREEN
HIGHAM HILL, HIGH HOPES
November 2024. Higham Hill. E17. London buses, eh ? The little display on Google Maps delights on telling me the W15 from Walthamstow to Highams Hill is running two, three, five, seven minutes late. And then as soon as it starts it stops, dead, for a change of driver mid-journey. My fault, should have walked;… Continue reading HIGHAM HILL, HIGH HOPES
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