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
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“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
The first airing of “Stop The Cavalry” in 2024 comes in….Walthamstow.
November 2024. Walthamstow. E17. After 3 weeks stuck in the parental home in Waterbeach I headed down into Kent where Mrs RM was paying her own elderly folk some overdue attention. Approaching middle-age, I’ve pretty much swapped the car for the train, particularly in the winter months, and you can get from Cambridge to Rye… Continue reading The first airing of “Stop The Cavalry” in 2024 comes in….Walthamstow.
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 69 – NORTHERN ISLES
Ah, yes, the Northern Isles. I spent 30 years looking at that tiny section of the Beer Guide, contemplating overnight ferries from Aberdeen or Loganair flights from Edinburgh, those evocative pub names in Kirkwall calling me. But if I did those pubs in 2011, would I just need to go back a decade later ?… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 69 – NORTHERN ISLES
“NO FILTER” CHAPPELL ROAN RULES IN GREAT CRANSLEY
November 2024. Great Cransley. Northamptonshire. GBG25 has many themes, I may even blog about them if I stop going to pubs, but rewarding unsung towns is a key one. The suburbs of Rotherham are flush with good newbies, and now we have a second debutant in the foothills (?) of Kettering. In truth, I’d no… Continue reading “NO FILTER” CHAPPELL ROAN RULES IN GREAT CRANSLEY
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