This blog likes to bring you the pick of UK culinary hotspots, so here’s Ecclefechan. Effectively your first service station escaping “BRAPA in Cumbria” on the way to Glasgow, or your chance to stock up on the eponymous tart for your Scottish friend wife. It’s a bustling place. You can see the legendary Premier Stores… Continue reading ECCLEFECHAN TART (BUT NO REAL ALE)
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THE WEAVERS – NO STRATHAVEN FOR HALLOWEEN HATERS
No, that’s not BRAPA after a third pint of barley wine tonight. This is the sight we’ve all faced in pubs since the middle of October, uniform Halloween tat, to be replaced by Christmas tat next week (if not already). As you’ll know, I don’t believe in celebrating anything, bar my own birthday (22 December… Continue reading THE WEAVERS – NO STRATHAVEN FOR HALLOWEEN HATERS
PERTH PERFECTION
My second pub in Perth was one I’d already visited before, 20 years ago, but I felt sorry for it. When I marked up my new GBG in September (cross-checking) I missed the Old Ship Inn, having only added the words “Ship” on my spreadsheet back in 1999 (SuperCalc days). An intern would have spotted… Continue reading PERTH PERFECTION
BLAMING SPOONS QUEUES ON THE SNP IN PERTH
More holiday snaps, this time from a surprise revisit to Perth only 6 months after I thought I’d finished it for ever back in those halcyon days of the CAMRA AGM. Apparently today the north of Britain is under water, but a week ago Perth was bathed in Autumnal splendour. Back in April I gave… Continue reading BLAMING SPOONS QUEUES ON THE SNP IN PERTH
GOOD CRIEFF !
Duncan deserves most of the credit for this post. He suggested the minor detour from Perth AND came up with the title. I have come to expect nothing less from the great man. Only half an hour from Cumbernauld, and I confess I was expecting someting like Brechin. But despite the fact the “I” thief… Continue reading GOOD CRIEFF !
BARMY IN BRECHIN
As we’ve now officially entered the election campaign I’m following the advice of Hull Tigers fan and brains behind BRAPA, Tom. As we are now in Purdah, please note that to maintain neutrality, I will be unable to post, comment, like or share anything which could be considered at all political. Please do not be… Continue reading BARMY IN BRECHIN
A BREWDOG CASK HUNT IN ABERDEEN
Reader “US” Dave has threatened to cancel his sub to this blog if I keep writing about craft beer, and that might endanger the $3.50 p.a. I get to plug American cheese on these pages, so I’ll tread carefully. Oh sorry. Here’s a picture of a Proper Pub. If Mrs RM gets another gig in… Continue reading A BREWDOG CASK HUNT IN ABERDEEN
FITTIE AND FITBA IN ABERDEEN
I am so woke (if not actually awake) I’m able to give obscure Aberdeenshire villages their preferred names; the same applies to our national sport. Not content with my first Highland League fixture, I made Sunday the designated “Watch Scottish football on TV in a pub” day. Where better than famed Belhaven boozer Ma Cameron’s… Continue reading FITTIE AND FITBA IN ABERDEEN
TOP 100 – THE NEW INN, FOGGIELOAN
This next one was marvellous, but frankly you’re going to need to look at the pub porn and imagine it, so poor was my note-taking. I don’t normally stick a place straight into my coveted Top 100 on one visit but sometimes rules need to be broken (there are no rules). Eagle-eyed readers, which narrows… Continue reading TOP 100 – THE NEW INN, FOGGIELOAN
BANFF – IT’S NOT (MAC)DUFF
Oh, you find a better title. BRAPA will, no doubt. “The origin of the name is uncertain. It may be derived from the Scottish Gaelic banbh meaning “piglet”; buinne, a stream; or a contraction of Bean-naomh meaning “holy woman” “- Wiki Another day, another Aberdeenshire coastal gem. As before, I’ve marked BrewDog HQ on the… Continue reading BANFF – IT’S NOT (MAC)DUFF
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