30th January 2023. From the Stag & Hounds in Bristol’s Old Market I headed back over the river to make sure the thieving Bristolians hadn’t stolen Mrs RM’s car, admire sunset against St Mary’s Redcliffe, and then head on to the Golden Guinea via the scary underpass on loan from Newport. I hadn’t noticed this… Continue reading THE GOLDEN GUINEA
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THE JOY OF CREAKY PUBS
30th January 2023. Before you ask, I didn’t walk UP the 15 floors to my Haymarket Premier Inn, but I did walk down. The cheapest price I’ve ever paid for a central hotel in Premier Inn; is Monday the new Sunday ? Pub 3, a quick hop into the Old Market, which bizarrely gets its… Continue reading THE JOY OF CREAKY PUBS
DOWN (or is it up ?) TO ZERO (DEGREES)
30th January 2023. Apart from not getting a gig at the end, and the absence of the usual trip out to the more colourful northern suburbs, Monday in Bristol was as good as it gets for the GBG ticker (not that I’m ticking, just “tick curious”). Two good hours walking in dry, bright weather, a… Continue reading DOWN (or is it up ?) TO ZERO (DEGREES)
“Didn’t this used to be a Brewer’s Fayre ?”
30th January 2023. Three nights in Waterbeach, only one (1) Chung Hwa takeaway, but now time to leave Mum and Dad to enjoy some peace and head off down to Cardiff for the Amber Arcades gig. Mrs RM wanted to come with me but I made her stay in Sheffield while the water meter was… Continue reading “Didn’t this used to be a Brewer’s Fayre ?”
GASTRO’D BY THE ORWELL BRIDGE
29th January 2023. Before we left for Sheffield I’d have ticked the new East Angular entries in full by the end of October. Now I’m oop North, and with the GBG delayed till October of late, it’ll be February before I can fully pink Suffolk and co. Zero (none, 0) new Suffolk town ticks this… Continue reading GASTRO’D BY THE ORWELL BRIDGE
JANUARY ’23 STOCKTAKE
The contractually obligated January review, which I thought had been a bit of a damp squib until I did the monthly travel map last night; OK, a bit light on the South West and Scotland, wherever that is, but still some decent travel in a month when I spent more time with my parents in… Continue reading JANUARY ’23 STOCKTAKE
POST-EMPTIVES ON THE EDGE OF DOWNHAM MARKET
Having made the effort to get to Denver for a tick, it seemed churlish not to make a first visit for 25 years to the other, non-Guided, village pub. A post-emptive, as we pros call it. Ideally I bring you a host of village highlights as well, but this is Norfolk, so all you get… Continue reading POST-EMPTIVES ON THE EDGE OF DOWNHAM MARKET
TOP JUICE AT DENVER SLUICE
28th January 2023. I’m spending most of my weekends with my parents at the moment. Not sure I’m any use, but I do collect the Chinese takeaway from Chung Hwa. So, not a lot of new GBG ticks, but the Blackstone Bar at Denver Windmill is an unexpected gem half an hour up the rail… Continue reading TOP JUICE AT DENVER SLUICE
ON THE BUSES TO OUTER BRADFORD
26th January 2023. I only just made the bus back from Eccleshill back into town to catch the next bus out to the Watchmaker’s in the west, but in their defence First Bradford or whatever they’re called are nice buses and it’s not their fault I always cock up by putting the bar code on… Continue reading ON THE BUSES TO OUTER BRADFORD
THE FOUR CANDLES JOKE FALLS FLAT IN THE GREEDY PIG
26th January 2023. I left the Royal Oak at 15:58 and walked the 34 yards (approx) to my first new Bradford GBG tick of the afternoon. If the Greedy Pig had still been closed (the owner was furiously hoovering earlier having just got back from Spain) I’d have been moderately miffed, as I had to… Continue reading THE FOUR CANDLES JOKE FALLS FLAT IN THE GREEDY PIG
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