November 2024. Battle. Sussex. I wanted to use “1066 and all that” as my title, but best save that for an actual visit to Battle pubs, rather than this fleeting stop on the way back from the White Horse to Rye to give Mrs RM some blog material. I’d been tempted to stop for lunch… Continue reading LET BATTLE COMMENCE

November 2024. Bodle Street Green. East Sussex. Mrs RM jumped at the chance to tick the White Horse Inn; 5 minutes from where she used to visit her aunt in historic Herstmonceux, a photo opportunity in Battle, and an attractive looking GBG debutant in the unlikely sounding Bodle Street Green (pop. not many). looking little… Continue reading EAVESDROPPING ON BANTER IN BODLE STREET GREEN

November 2024. Hastings. Let’s break our journey back from Eastbourne to Rye in the jewel of the Sussex coast (sorry Worthing). In fairness, a 40 minute gap between trains made a walk into the Old Town obligatory, particularly as Google said I couldn’t make it to the First In First Out and back in 40… Continue reading OUT OF THE BEER GUIDE, BUT THE FIRE AT HASTINGS F.I.L.O. STILL BURNS BRIGHT

November 2024. Eastbourne. One last leg of the Eastbourne explorer now, as I tick the Art Deco Italian gelateria and craft beer with ice cream infusions bar. Just east of the pier, Famoso is my memory of that promenade from years ago, though I also thought I’d had Harvey’s in a pub called the Armada… Continue reading “I like my ice cream in a cone, not in my beer*”

November 2024. Eastbourne. With an hour till GBG newbie No. 2 opens, a short break from pubs as I take a look at the fortunes of East Sussex’s retirement town. I’d nipped in the Towner, where the exterior was better than a gallery with a single free (un-ticketed) gallery, and left inside 15 minutes. Being… Continue reading EAST-BOURNE AGAIN ?

November 2024. Eastbourne. From the Lamb to Ninkaci, the Mesopotamian goddess of beer named after CAMRA’s deeply misguided attempt to appeal to women before it was discovered that What Women Want is the right to be served a pint without being asked “Are you sure love ?“. What were they thinking ? And what is… Continue reading ANOTHER ONE FOR THE DUBIOUS GBG ENTRY PANEL

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

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