April 2023. Trekking up and down the A1 between Sheffield and Waterbeach we’re on the lookout for new and fascinating places to break the journey. Just south of naughty Newark (famous for a seminal event in pub blogger history, forget what), you’ll find a brand new service station with Pret, Greggs and Burger King/ And… Continue reading THE DRINKING TABLE, NEWARK
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“I think it’s off” says Mrs RM. “No, it’s supposed to be a bit tart” I say.
April 2023. I’ve been skipping the GBG completed chapter pics because, well, my heart’s not in it. But I still can’t look at a page of the Guide with unticked pubs with anything other than unease, and it was good to put (the entirely fictitious) East Yorkshire to bed. The Bosville Arms is the annual… Continue reading “I think it’s off” says Mrs RM. “No, it’s supposed to be a bit tart” I say.
WELCOME TO WITHERNSEA
April 2023. How many Britons could place Withernsea on a map ? Admit it. Even the “sea” isn’t a giveaway. Whittlesea is nowhere near the coast, nor is Waterbeach. No railway, a bumpy old ride east out from Hull, and no Wetherspoons when you get there. But they have sea, and chips, and ice cream… Continue reading WELCOME TO WITHERNSEA
SPURNED
April 2023. The George Inn at Barton on Humber was good value, certainly in 2023 UK terms, and our massive slight disappointment that the artisanal breakfast kippers were off was assuaged by a well cooked full English. The bridge across the Humber is good value, too (£1.50), though as Paul Mudge reminds us in the… Continue reading SPURNED
MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
April 2023. Lincolnshire GBG23 complete, we headed for the Humber, and a night renewing acquaintances in Barton upon Humber before crossing the river to tackle East Yorkshire the next morning. Mrs RM demanded, and Mrs RM got, a night in a nice (cheap) hotel rather than the campervan. Apparently, boys have it easier when it… Continue reading MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
SOUTH OF SCUNTHORPE
April 2023. Not as good a film as “East of Ipswich”, for those of you who remember that classic. Another pub that they’ve put in the Guide because there’s no way BRPA can get there on public transport, though he could walk from Scunthorpe if he’s not distracted by Scunny’s embryonic* craft scene. Our journey… Continue reading SOUTH OF SCUNTHORPE
ALL THE TABLES WITH A “RESERVED” SIGN; WHAT WILL MRS RM DO ?
April 2023. We loved this little trip to North Lincolnshire. Said no-one ever, except us. Two new GBG pubs to tick (IF I am ticking the Guide), starting with the Heneage Arms in Hainton, which you’ve never heard of, even if you live in Market Rasen. The Heneage Arms has been brought into community ownership… Continue reading ALL THE TABLES WITH A “RESERVED” SIGN; WHAT WILL MRS RM DO ?
MRS RM HAS A COLLISON WITH A ZEBRA IN MARKET RASEN
April 2023. I decided I’d use the last Friday in April to finish the Lincolnshire GBG entries. Honestly, you would too. They’re either rubbish, or never open, or both. Mrs RM said she’d come with me. I think she mixed up Market Rasen with Market Drayton or Melton Mowbray or Mogadishu in her head. We… Continue reading MRS RM HAS A COLLISON WITH A ZEBRA IN MARKET RASEN
TOP 100 PUBS – THE HOLE IN THE WALL, BRIGHTON
Five posts from Brighton and no pictures of the beach, so here’s one from Daniel. April 2023. Four new GBG ticks in two hours, just like the old days. It concluded at the Hole in the Wall, tucked away in an unprepossessing little street near that big pole in the ground which turns out to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE HOLE IN THE WALL, BRIGHTON
OLD
April 2023. Old. Not just one of the best tracks from one of the best albums of 1982 produced by a Brummie, but the highlight of my third tick on the Greater Brighton Tickathon. In truth, the Harvey’s Old was the only highlight of Guide newbie the Maris & Otter, virtually dead at 3pm and… Continue reading OLD
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