Three to go to finish this;` Note the effort to provide the contrasts in colour in those two photos. The travel map for the last three gets a bit messy. You’d left me in Lewisham, waiting for the short journey to London Beer Dispensary, one of those pubs that Deserter write about but which you… Continue reading DOWN TO THE RIVER (TO FINISH THE LONDON GBG)
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TinSEL(ondon)town in the rain
Three down, five to go to finish South East London and the world London. SEL, as they call it in CAMRA-land, has the capital’s best pubs but worst transport. I really needed Tom Irvin to plan my routes, The problem with logistics is it doesn’t take into account a) Micro opening times and b) the… Continue reading TinSEL(ondon)town in the rain
“DID YOU ENJOY YOUR CARDINAL SIN ?”
Deciding on blogpost titles is the toughest game there is. Alliteration ?, pun ?, historical riddle ?, or something someone said to you in the pub ? It was either the one I picked or “Selsdon Sizzler“, to be honest. As you’ll know by now, the Good Beer Guide giveth (a trip to a suburb… Continue reading “DID YOU ENJOY YOUR CARDINAL SIN ?”
GREATNESS IN GREENWICH
I knew things would pick up as soon as I made it into South-east London, they always do. On Tuesday I set off from Waterbeach with a notional target of eight pubs to finish off That London, my trusty Indy Man pencil, and a scruffy bit of paper I couldn’t read. Oh, and the Deserter… Continue reading GREATNESS IN GREENWICH
GRAFHAM HAILS THE A14 HUNTINGDON BYPASS
Regular readers will be familiar with my weekly journeys along the A14 to proper towns. The toughest section is the first bit. Even at 21:44 tonight, it would take me 1hr 39 to get to Rugby, for instance, missing last orders at the Half Moon. Fifteen years ago that would have taken 1hr 10. I… Continue reading GRAFHAM HAILS THE A14 HUNTINGDON BYPASS
NO NONSENSE NONSUCH
“Enough of all these attractive looking boozers,” you say “give us a South London suburban Spoons in a shopping precinct”. Pub experts will see past the great swathes of suburbia in the map above and identify The Hope in Carshalton, the Black Lion in Surbiton, and of course the Carling hit in Chessington World of… Continue reading NO NONSENSE NONSUCH
ANDOVER – PIGS IN BLANKETS
Yes, this morning I thought you probably needed a picture of oversized ladies underwear in Andover market. Probably a metaphor for something. To prove this blog isn’t computer generated, here’s the result from the Andover etc parliamentary elections overnight. Tells you all you need to know. I arrived in town on Saturday to be pounced… Continue reading ANDOVER – PIGS IN BLANKETS
