October 2025. Leicester. A large gap (well, 3 hours) between pubs now as Mrs RM does a deep dive into her map of Leicester tourist deers (above), which I ignore and instead take photos of painted Cliff Richard albums, and colourful globes in Victoria Park, which I know are more interesting than the car park… Continue reading SOARING – LEICESTER STREET ART
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HIGH TABLES, LOW TABLES. THE CLARENDON, LEICESTER
October 2025. Leicester. 36 hours in Leicester, loads to tick on Mrs RM’s “deer map“, let’s get my last Leicestershire tick (there WAS only one newbie, incredibly) and an early lunch at the Clarendon. In truth, a lot of Leicester seemed to open at four, while the Ale Wagon was actually “closing soon” with its… Continue reading HIGH TABLES, LOW TABLES. THE CLARENDON, LEICESTER
36 HOURS IN LEICESTER.
October 2025. Leicester. The last trip of the month, as we become Leicester’s tourists. Just under the hour from Sheffield, just under £25 off-peak return, and budget hotels right next to the Ale Wagon (of which more later). 36 hours, rather than a day trip, gives you a leisurely night on the cask curry, and… Continue reading 36 HOURS IN LEICESTER.
A JUG OF PRIDE IN BOROUGH’S TRINITY
October 2025. Borough. Trinity Four Guide London pubs on Monday raised hopes of a rare “ten pub week”, the sort of thing BRAPA knocks out in his sleep on his way to GBG immortality. I almost skipped the Trinity in favour of an old classic to end the night, but it was only 10 minutes… Continue reading A JUG OF PRIDE IN BOROUGH’S TRINITY
LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
October 2025. Elephant & Castle. London. You left me on Hungerford Bridge after leaving the Old Shades, admiring the view. The view changes rapidly as you leave the culture of South Bank and the sunset over Waterloo Station to head the mile to Elephant & Castle, a pub graveyard of late. It could only be… Continue reading LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
THE OLD SHADES, SW1
October 2025. Whitehall. London. While I sat in the Admiralty I scribbled down a few notes, mainly about queuing tourists and naff modern pop, but also “another week another two (2) London pubs two minutes apart“. Should have been 30 seconds to the Old Shades, but something in the space/time dimension where WC2 becomes SW1… Continue reading THE OLD SHADES, SW1
TOURIST PUB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE
October 2025. Trafalgar Square. London. Another year, another paltry handful of GBG newbies in what you’d imagine was a vast chapter of central London pubs. On the other hand, a lack of churn suggests consistent standards year-on-year, surely ? A couple of debutants right by Trafalgar Square within sight of Big Ben, which a generation… Continue reading TOURIST PUB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE
WALKING IN LONDON
October 2025. London. I should have said in that last post that I almost caught up with the blog in October; just a couple of Big Days Out in the capital and Leicester to bring you. Irritatingly, trains from Waterbeach were cancelled the last two weekends, which is when Fen Edge folk actually want to… Continue reading WALKING IN LONDON
OCTOBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW
Another typical month of dashing between home and care home, with odd diversions from the route to tick a few Midlands and London pubs. Thirty-seven different pubs in October sounds pathetic, but there were also a bakers dozen in Romania to start the month, and if it had been in St Georges (Somerset) rather than… Continue reading OCTOBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW
AN ANGEL IN YARWELL
October 2025. Yarwell. Northamptonshire. Another day, another hitherto unexplored bit of “just off the A1“. I’d driven within yards of Yarwell, I guess, a thousand times or more times (fifty this year alone) and never stopped. Ditto Wansford. Another bit of ‘lil ol’ England that Mrs RM can include in her forthcoming “Can’t afford the… Continue reading AN ANGEL IN YARWELL
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