Enough of the Retired Martin love-in, let’s get back to the hard yards of Retired Martin travelling to unassuming Northern* towns and finding pubs unexpectedly closed. 27th October 2022. Proving Chesterfield‘s northerness, they don’t yet have parchment, and have maps painted on the side of the houses leading west towards Chatsworth House, which is where… Continue reading MAGGIE MAY BE CLOSED, CAN I CONQUER CHESTERFIELD ?
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INFAMY AT LAST
As you’ll know I’m incredibly shy, I really am. But also incredibly stupid, and could never say “No” to anything, particularly if there was a pub at the end of it. Having to explain the inequities of NHS funding to Southend Council in 2011 was a particularly daft thing to volunteer for, but the shopping… Continue reading INFAMY AT LAST
SPIREITES
27th October 2022. The new Good Beer Guide (done it, mate) arrived. Alfie and Baa Baa wondered whether I’d be wasting my life ticking this one. We’ll see. On the tickers WhatsApp group, talk turned to the venue for the AGM to discuss weighty matters like whether a shot of whisky at a wake counted… Continue reading SPIREITES
“Courtesy of Mrs Harlow”
First things first. WHY does a random question pop up (top) when I start a new post ? 26th October 2022. Now I’m not going to claim the little corner of North Notts between the Dukeries and Lincoln are worth a detour from Sheffield or Sheppey, but I’ve always had admiration for a bleak area… Continue reading “Courtesy of Mrs Harlow”
THE JOLLY BOYS OF BARNSLEY
24th October 2022. Apart from being my diary and method of proving to Mrs RM that I’m not up to any mischief (wandering into that Maidenhead red light district while looking for the Conservative Club was a gruesome misunderstanding), the blog aims to get you to visit the unsung towns of the UK. Not much… Continue reading THE JOLLY BOYS OF BARNSLEY
THE BEST OF BARNSLEY
24th October 2022. I still didn’t have the new Beer Guide, but I knew that South Yorkshire only had four new entries (all of them micro bars and brewery taps, fact fans), and I’d just done two of them. And then the tickers discovered the new Maison du Biere had closed even before it’s GBG… Continue reading THE BEST OF BARNSLEY
STEPTOE’S FOR ONE
23rd October 2022. On the train back from Conisbrough the inspector checked my mobile ticket. “It’s OK to break my journey at Rotherham, yeah ?”. “Well, strictly, NO, it’s not. But you’ll be fine, I expect“. That’s the worst possible answer, isn’t it ? I should have asked Tom Irvin. My second South Yorkshire micro… Continue reading STEPTOE’S FOR ONE
COMPLIMENTARY PORK PIES IN CONISBROUGH
23rd October 2022. Back in Sheffield, the new GBG hadn’t arrived, as priority had been given to Yorkshire tickers with pub mascots. Hey ! That’s me ! How come BRAPA got his a week before me ? Never mind; we’d shared Sanskrit copies of the GBG pages and I knew I had two South Yorkshire… Continue reading COMPLIMENTARY PORK PIES IN CONISBROUGH
LOOK WHAT I’VE FOUND IN CULLOMPTON !
22nd October 2022. I stopped for the night in Cullompton (pop. 7,439). Someone has to. They don’t exactly illuminate the GBG, but the market towns off the M5 between Bristol and Exeter have some real pub gems, and more importantly cheap B&Bs and places you can leave your campervan overnight and wake up to it… Continue reading LOOK WHAT I’VE FOUND IN CULLOMPTON !
“That one !”. RANDOM POINTING IN FALMOUTH.
22nd October 2022. I finally summoned the energy to leave the Premier Inn at Helston at 11:17 on the Saturday. In truth if I hadn’t arranged to meet my Sis in Falmouth I might have stayed a third night and started on the Doom Bar at the Beehive, about which What Pub has exceedingly little… Continue reading “That one !”. RANDOM POINTING IN FALMOUTH.
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