In the event that City lose a game we dominate, we take comfort in the recent news that (XG) will be used should points being equal at the end of the season. Here’s the (XG) from one of only TWO (2) games (the other was the Euros final) I’ve watched on telly since Covid. City… Continue reading (XP) – THE EXPECTED PUBS PHILOSOPHY
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TOP 100 PUBS – LOGGERHEADS, SHREWSBURY
So predictable. With 20 minutes till the train back to Stafford and a 10 minute walk through the back streets to get there, I had to squeeze in a half at the Loggerheads. In truth, the journey there was as good as the destination. I enter to the sound of Shakey’s “Merry Christmas, Everyone“. That’s… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – LOGGERHEADS, SHREWSBURY
NOVEMBER ’21 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
An odd November, but at least it was better than November 2020, perhaps the most miserable of my life. Not much of a travel map, and only 32 new GBG pubs (ticks), which compares shamefully with BRAPA’s haul of 61. Not that I didn’t save pubs, sometime single-handedly. Eighty-four (84) different pubs in a month,… Continue reading NOVEMBER ’21 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
THE ADMIRAL BENBOW
Congratulations to Corby Mark for guessing my next destination. I mean, how could you resist the Benbow ? As Vaux Wanderer says; The Benbow has been a GBG regular for decades, though perhaps sitting behind the Loggerheads, Coach & Horses and 3 Fishes in the pantheon of Shrewsbury pubs. My return visit on Thursday night… Continue reading THE ADMIRAL BENBOW
OVER FRANKWELL BRIDGE
My second Salop tick was over the Severn, after I’d dragged myself away from the Marston’s pub next to the craft bar. Shrewsbury looks gorgeous in the dark, and I almost wish I still had its ten or so GBG pubs still to do. The Anchor (top) is a fairly modest new entry, rather refined,… Continue reading OVER FRANKWELL BRIDGE
SHROOSBURY OR SHROWSBURY ? CRAFT BAR OR MICRO ?
After the Railway Inn, Will and Paul set off into the night in search of Doom Bar; I headed for the station in search of at least a couple of GBG ticks. Oooh, how about Shrewsbury ? Two possible routes, too. Via Crewe or Wolves. Guess which I chose. The highlight of the trip, apart… Continue reading SHROOSBURY OR SHROWSBURY ? CRAFT BAR OR MICRO ?
NO BASS AT STAFFORD’S RAILWAY INN
One more day of Stafford posts from last Thursday, then I can bring you November highlights AND a little series of posts moaning celebrating the detail in the new GBG. You left me at the Bird In Hand, where I nipped off to check in to my digs at Bridgewood House, leaving Will and Paul… Continue reading NO BASS AT STAFFORD’S RAILWAY INN
COB, PINT OF MILD, FIRE
Yes, more Stafford, it never ends. Next we did the cultural bit. For a bit, anyway. Oh, yes, the Hovis street, I wanted Will to see that. “What’s keeping you ?” said Paul, who’d made the Bird In Hand half an hour before. His pace is undiminished in 18 months. Now this was Black Country… Continue reading COB, PINT OF MILD, FIRE
A STAFFORD JOULE, BUT IS IT A JEWEL ?
I rather disclosed the rest of the itinerary in that last post, didn’t I ? On to the most photogenic part of the trail, as Stafford’s Ancient High House retains its majesty, despite being sullied by Savers Health & Beauty and Fone Giant. As always, look UP (and expect to bump into someone). Joule’s Rose… Continue reading A STAFFORD JOULE, BUT IS IT A JEWEL ?
TITANIC
There’s some great pubs called The Sun. For a start, there’s my old local in Waterbeach, and the banked Bass stronghold in Stockton-on-Tees, and the fake boozer in Beamish wasn’t bad, either. Titanic’s foray into Stafford isn’t quite a great pub, but it starred last Thursday. Titanic, Joules, and Black Country brought some freshness to… Continue reading TITANIC
