With 8 hours to kill until our ferry to Guernsey on Day 2 of the Channel Islands Chug I picked a trip to the edge of St Brelade’s Bay on Jersey’s upmarket west coast. At the end of May Jersey’s buses were heaving, packed with floppy-haired French families from Brittany saving about 4 euros a… Continue reading BASS MIRRORS IN ST BRELADE’S BAY
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PUB TICKER MASCOTS ON THE ST HELIER DOCK
Day 2 of the Great Channel Islands Completion started with an “adequate” breakfast in the Thalatta Guest House, the sort that reads “Orange Juice OR grapefruit juice OR apple juice” and uses thimble glasses. “OR” is the most disappointing word in the English language. Nice dining room, mind; We’d only landed in Jersey the previous… Continue reading PUB TICKER MASCOTS ON THE ST HELIER DOCK
ST HELIER’S PEIRSON – SLIGHTLY WORN, STILL WONDERFUL
One more pub in St Helier, because it looked so gorgeous at 8:30 pm and the alternative was a curry and Mrs RM was eating light or something. And there’s no calories in beer if you blog about it. Ah, the Peirson. Did that in 1999, not in the GBG any longer, perfect. A bit… Continue reading ST HELIER’S PEIRSON – SLIGHTLY WORN, STILL WONDERFUL
LUCKY DIPA !
I like St. Helier. Frankly, I like everywhere apart from M********d, and I suspect that feeling’s mutual. It’s not overly posh, but it is graceful, the art is intriguing, the toilets have nice handwash, and the centre is mostly pedestrianised, with some evidence of urban living around squares like the one at the top of… Continue reading LUCKY DIPA !
ST HELIER’S FIRST “MICROPUB”
I’d managed to tick three (3) of the four (4) GBG pubs I needed on Jersey within two hours of landing, which is the perfect way to begin a run ticking chase. No idea what Mrs RM had been doing in the meantime in St Helier, but I caught up with her just as M… Continue reading ST HELIER’S FIRST “MICROPUB”
RESIGNED TO THATCHERS ORANGE AT THE TRAFALGAR
A great start to the 2022 Channel Islands Completion Circuit with a posh pub and a not-so-posh pub, but it went awry, as so often, in St Aubin, patron of resistance to pirate attacks. I could have walked to the Trafalgar (1:13 hrs), but then I’d have kept Mrs RM waiting at St Helier M… Continue reading RESIGNED TO THATCHERS ORANGE AT THE TRAFALGAR
ME AND THE FARMERS
Simon liked that photo when I stuck it on Twitter a month ago, and BRAPA & Colin the Cauliflower are my target audience. They understand what makes a pub great. Folk of all types standing around talking rubbish, a comfy seat, a cheery landlord, brown walls full of tat, a pint of drinkable beer. All… Continue reading ME AND THE FARMERS
THE TIPSY @ ST.PETER AND THE LIVE STREAMED FISH
Channel Islands Pub No.1 – The Tipsy, St Peter, Jersey. Almost forgot. Mrs RM was first on the plane to Jersey. She’d want you to know that. Last off, mind. While she explored the quaint shops of St Helier (M & S and Boots), I walked the 25 minutes to my first tick. Now, the… Continue reading THE TIPSY @ ST.PETER AND THE LIVE STREAMED FISH
PLANNING THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TICKATHON
Right, if you’ve an allergy to the Channel Islands I should come back to this blog in, ooh, October. Twenty-three GBG entries for 170,499 islanders, and I needed ten (10) ticks for the set, having not set foot there since 2014 (before this blog started). If I’m going to finish the Guide this year, I… Continue reading PLANNING THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TICKATHON
COMBE FLOREY’S JOEL GARNER STAND
If I were you I wouldn’t be anywhere near the M5 this next week what with Glasto and by-elections, so good job I did a tricky Somerset tick in Combe Florey a month ago. Yes, a month ago. But this is the last post before we get onto the Channel Islands, and I know how… Continue reading COMBE FLOREY’S JOEL GARNER STAND
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