April 2025. Hinckley. All that Bass taking its toll now, but by law there has to be one GBG craft bar selling LocAles to counteract the evil of the national brown slop, and Elbow Room has established itself over nearly a decade as Hinckley’s purveyor of CAMRA-endorsed indie beer. Paul gamely surveyed the mass of… Continue reading WILL PAUL BE TEMPTED BY THE DIPAs IN HINCKLEY’S ELBOW ROOM* ?
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THE WILLIAM BASS TRAIL REACHES THE PESTLE & MORTAR
You try coming up with blog titles for four successive Bass pubs. April 2025. Hinckley. Well, this hastily convened exploration of a rarely visited (for pubs, I’m sure folk visit for the household wares shop) Leicestershire market town was going well, and a fourth pint of Bass in three hours came two minutes from our… Continue reading THE WILLIAM BASS TRAIL REACHES THE PESTLE & MORTAR
TOP 100 PUBS – THE GREYHOUND, HINCKLEY
April 2025. Hinckley. It’s just gone 1pm as our Gang of Four (nice post-punk reference for Quinno there) and we decide on a bus for the mile and a half back into Hinckley and Pub 3. I’d have walked to save 3 quid, but it’s a dull old route, and at least the bus gives… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE GREYHOUND, HINCKLEY
MORE BASS IN BURBAGE
April 2025. Burbage. I do have a number of rules I apply to my blogging. No more than ten pictures, a two minute read so you can read it in the time it takes to sink a pint of Bass, all facts checked independently by ChatGPT, and NO MORE than 100 pubs in the Top… Continue reading MORE BASS IN BURBAGE
THE RED LION. BEAUTIFUL BASS IN BURBAGE
April 2025. Burbage. While I’d been leading Stafford Paul on a curated tour of church doors, horsepools and wildflowers, our fellow toppers Quinno and Leon were on a meandering route to meet up at the Red Lion. A solid place to start, though perhaps not a cask line up to impress folk who believe all… Continue reading THE RED LION. BEAUTIFUL BASS IN BURBAGE
“Putting the world to rights, lads ?”. Banter in Burbage
April 2025. Burbage. I suspect that 98% of the UK couldn’t place Burbage on the map, not that folk have maps in 2025. Tucked in between Leicester, Nuneaton and the world famous Watling Street/M69 junction, it’s virtually contiguous with Hinckley, which leaves you none the wiser.. As Official Custodian of the tour, I’d produced a… Continue reading “Putting the world to rights, lads ?”. Banter in Burbage
THE NEW WALK
April 2025. Leicester for Hinckley. Another Big Day Out, arranged at very short notice, in Happy Hinckley. I’d managed to set up my Old Person’s Railcard on my phone, well, Mrs RM did that for me, and an almost bargain rail trip gave me a close-up view of iconic power stations at East Midland Parkway,… Continue reading THE NEW WALK
ANYONE FANCY A COLIN DEXTER ?
April 2025. Wentworth Castle. Barnsley. Let’s take a break from pubs for a day, and enjoy the sunshine at one of Yorkshire’s many unsung National Trust properties. Hard to describe where Wentworth Castle Gardens are, particularly with another Wentworth east of the M1, and “south of Dodworth” will leave you none the wiser, I guess.… Continue reading ANYONE FANCY A COLIN DEXTER ?
APRIL ’25 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
Seventy (70) posts published in an month that was my second best for blog views ever, and I still end April a week and sixteen pubs adrift. It didn’t seem an especially exciting month, the usual ploughing up and down that strip from Manchester to Tunbridge Wells via Waterbeach, but there were fifty-six different pubs… Continue reading APRIL ’25 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
OH DEAR, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO SHEPS ?
April 2025. Chatham. Back at the luxurious but also affordable (£27.99) Chatham Docks Travelodge it was time for tea. Being refined gentlefolk from the Wells, my in-laws were expecting a pre-dinner G & T, so I had to skip my planned Travelodge craft check-in on Untappd, and buy a round of Gordon’s and tonic (£6… Continue reading OH DEAR, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO SHEPS ?
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