July 2025. Glasgow. A dash back from Koelschip to the Central Station, the Glasgow rain obediently holding off. Then 20 minutes brisk walk along Argyle Street and Gallowgate to my gig; I might just make the support act. But only if I don’t stop to take photos of Scottish legends. That’s Mel Gibson*, preparing to… Continue reading THAT FATAL PINT OF TENNENT’S. LUCY DACUS AT GLASGOW BARROWLANDS
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COOL CASK IN GLASGOW SOUTHSIDE. THE KOELSCHIP YARD
July 2025. Glasgow. With what would qualify as a decent public transport network anywhere outside London, I’d get good value from my £7.70 Glasgow Roundabout ticket. I left the Doublet just before 5, but with a bag to dump out west in a Clydebank “hotel”, and a pub to tick in Southside before my gig… Continue reading COOL CASK IN GLASGOW SOUTHSIDE. THE KOELSCHIP YARD
THE DOUBLET, GLASGOW. A SYMPHONY IN BROWN
July 2025. Glasgow. One night in Glasgow, and a fourth and final West End newbie to restore my faith in Scottish GBG entries. It’s all about Kelvin now. Down into Kelvinhall station, under the river Kelvin, and up at Kelvinbridge where the Doublet awaits. I never did get to Kelvingrove Art Gallery, but the Doublet… Continue reading THE DOUBLET, GLASGOW. A SYMPHONY IN BROWN
AN NBSS 4 ! IN JULY !! IN SCOTLAND !!!
July 2025. Glasgow. I had a Simple Plan for Glasgow for my flying overnighter. Lucy Dacus gig at Barrowlands, a Curry-Heute curry cafe, bit of Culture, and six pubs to pink in the Greater Glasgow chapter of the GBG. But throw a couple of Pub Men into the mix and chaos ensues. Already Duncan had… Continue reading AN NBSS 4 ! IN JULY !! IN SCOTLAND !!!
TOP 100 PUBS – THE LISMORE, GLASGOW
July 2025. Glasgow. A Tuesday afternoon in the West End of Glasgow with Duncan “Pubmeister” McKay, a man determined to prove Scotland deserves its GBG allocation. But first, he’d prove the grandeur of Argyle Street, looking particularly majestic on the entry into Partick, with my 3rd GBG newbie across the street. The Lismore is a… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE LISMORE, GLASGOW
GLASGOW KELVINGROVE BREW DOG 10 YEARS ON
July 2025. Glasgow. A string of pubs along studenty Argyle Street (red ones are GBG, white is our Brew Dog), a street leading past the majestic Kelvingrove Gallery, where I make a note to “Do the culture“. Hard to believe, but this little blog is about to reach its 10th anniversary, and you know how… Continue reading GLASGOW KELVINGROVE BREW DOG 10 YEARS ON
A CLIMB TO THE BEN NEVIS
July 2025. Glasgow. One night in Glasgow, an expensive one we’ll hear more about later. 10 minutes on the train back from Jordanhill brings you into the heart of the West End, where a room in a flat off Argyle Street like this one; cost £30 at the start of the century. Thinking about it,… Continue reading A CLIMB TO THE BEN NEVIS
A GLASGOW WESTENDER
July (finally) 2025. Glasgow. We leave June with Dad celebrating his 90th in some style, and the next morning I’m at Sheffield station catching the TransPennine to Glasgow. £65.90 return, old folk advance rate, that’s not bad. And in fairness all the trains were on time with actual seats that hadn’t been taken. The Avanti… Continue reading A GLASGOW WESTENDER
CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BRAMFIELD, SUFFOLK (NCSS 3.5)
June 2025. Bramfield. Suffolk. Just to annoy etu, a break from pubs to admire Suffolk churches. Another St Andrew, too, after last year’s Westhall classic. Bramfield’s parish church, hard to spot on the village tapestry, isn’t quite as essential, but it is Grade 1 listed, as is the rare separate tower, built in the 12th… Continue reading CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, BRAMFIELD, SUFFOLK (NCSS 3.5)
LET’S FINISH SUFFOLK ! THE QUEEN’S HEAD, BRAMFIELD.
June 2025. Bramfield. Suffolk. My Dad reached 90 at the end of January, a remarkable achievement considering his appetite for Chinese food, a mid-life heart bypass, 50 years of manual work and the stresses caused by his son over an even longer period. Some of that stress would no doubt have come on the A1120… Continue reading LET’S FINISH SUFFOLK ! THE QUEEN’S HEAD, BRAMFIELD.
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