20 September 2022. I’m less than two (2) months behind with the blog ! Hard to characterise the last two months, but I have made a start in visiting some old (non-Guide) Sheffield favourites, such as… ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 133 – Old Grindstone, Crooks I remember doing the Crookes pubs… Continue reading STINGO. A REWARD FOR MRS RM.
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“OPENING EARLY ON 19 SEPTEMBER FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL WATCHING NEEDS”
19th September 2022. While I was in the Blue I had a look at what the other Cambridge pubs were doing on funeral day. Well, that’s clear. BRAPA noted two pubs in the same village, one “closed as a mark of respect“, the next “open as a mark of respect“. The concept of “respect” is… Continue reading “OPENING EARLY ON 19 SEPTEMBER FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL WATCHING NEEDS”
FROM THE GRAVEYARD TO THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE
19th September 2022. The Queen’s funeral. A chance to thank Elizabeth for her service and show respect; But what would the pubs do ? While Mum and Dad followed the progress of the cortege along the A40, I went to Cambridge to find out. The town was surprisingly bust at midday, though the White Swan… Continue reading FROM THE GRAVEYARD TO THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE
THE OTHER SYDE OF THE RIVER CAM
Someone asked me today if I intended to tick the new Good Beer Guide. I said “Yes” straight away (Mrs RM wasn’t there) but I’m not sure using GBG23 to guide my travel is quite the same as being determined to finish it again. For a start, if you’re aiming to complete the Guide you… Continue reading THE OTHER SYDE OF THE RIVER CAM
I KNOW WHERE THE ESB HAS GONE, SIMON
I visited the parents the week after The Completion, as much to make sure the Waterbeach takeaways were surviving as to check up on Mum and Dad. And I popped in to help Sis sell flowers and veg down the field, mainly by keeping out the way. That week after the Queen died, before the… Continue reading I KNOW WHERE THE ESB HAS GONE, SIMON
SORRY, COULDN’T RESIST IT
Mid-September 2022. Really getting into the swing of post-GBG pubbing now, with a month to go till the new Guide dropped (ugh). After the Railway I took the tram into town. Honestly, Sheffield looks better by the week. No idea why. But why not. Perhaps I intended to buy Mrs RM a present for all… Continue reading SORRY, COULDN’T RESIST IT
DARE TO BE A DANIEL
As Kevin Rowland sang on “My Beauty” (one of the greatest but worst selling albums by a major artists), “It’s over it’s over it’s over, let it go“. And so I said goodbye to the epic journey that had led to the completion of the Good Beer Guide on 10/9/22, and like the fish who’d… Continue reading DARE TO BE A DANIEL
A NERVOUS WAIT FOR THE FERRY FROM TINGWALL
WARNING : Contains yet more of me wittering on about THAT day. 10th September 2022. A momentous day that your grandchildren will surely be taught about alongside 13/05/12, 04/07/20 , 00/00/00 and 22/12/64. The day Retired Martin completed the Good Beer Guide. In 1966, England won the World Cup. A year later the Scots became… Continue reading A NERVOUS WAIT FOR THE FERRY FROM TINGWALL
PRE-EMPTIVE TICKS IN KIRKWALL. DOES A SINGLE MALT COUNT ?
Five Kirkwall GBG pubs ticked, and it’s only 7pm as we enter what professionals call “Pre-emptive time”. This is where CAMRA comes in, What Pub providing a list to all the cask outlets in Kirkwall, the closest of which attempts to bewilder us with its pointy arrows. The Neuk was closed, the Bothy Bar was… Continue reading PRE-EMPTIVE TICKS IN KIRKWALL. DOES A SINGLE MALT COUNT ?
THE AULD MOTOR HOOSE
9th September 2022. One more Beer Guide pub in Kirkwall, the penultimate tick in the whole GBG. Back to the Auld Motor Hoose, with this classic car seeming to guide us through the quaint shopping streets on our way. A plain exterior greets you, but the interior is a motor-themed marvel, particularly for fans of… Continue reading THE AULD MOTOR HOOSE
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