November 2025. Cambridge. Never change, King Street. A row of cars competing for penalty charges on one of the parking lanes closest to town. I laughed about it with a lad coming out of the Prince who then said ” **** I forgot to pay“. That new craft bar with its trestle tables won’t win… Continue reading TOWN OR GOWN ? THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES
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THE HANDSOME PRINCE, CAMBRIDGE
November 2025. Cambridge. Forgive the dull blog title; I’m just back in Sheffield from Rye (via Waterbeach) and a bit brain dead after the UK’s slowest rail journey, in which the train seems to be subject to weird gravitational pulls either side of Grantham. Mrs RM seemed a bit worried about me as I left… Continue reading THE HANDSOME PRINCE, CAMBRIDGE
SUPPING SUSSEX IN THE SWAN
November 2025. Lewes. Back from Newhaven to Lewes for a fourth new GBG tick by 3pm. Four in the bag so early in the week used to set me up for those 20 pub weeks that BRAPA knocks off on the way to Beer Guide glory, but in 2025 I don’t have that stress anymore.… Continue reading SUPPING SUSSEX IN THE SWAN
A HARVEY’S OLD IN NEWHAVEN
November 2025. Newhaven. East Sussex. There’s a lot of dashing around at the moment, multiple rail journeys planned, some mobile tickets, some you have to print out (why ?) and then you miss your train. And on the trip from Brighton to Lewes (patience) on Monday it suddenly occurred to me I could actually make… Continue reading A HARVEY’S OLD IN NEWHAVEN
A FAREWELL TO GRUBBS
November 2025. Brighton 2 pints before 12.30, and no breakfast. Bad idea, right ? Time for something healthy like a burger. I could have popped in one of the North Laines GBG pubs for grub, the Nelson or the multicoloured Albert, but the two things you can’t legally miss out on a trip to Brighton… Continue reading A FAREWELL TO GRUBBS
PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN
November 2025. Brighton. Can’t help feeling that an hour and two pints in Brighton straight back to the station is poor form, I didn’t even see the seaside, but it’s dark by 4 and I had other targets on the Sussex coast. And I did have time for a quick glimpse of Max Miller, who… Continue reading PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN
BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
November 2025. Brighton. A few new GBG entries along the Sussex coast, so let’s follow up Eastbourne and St Leonards with everyone’s favourite bit of London-by-the-Sea. Brighton feels a major city these days, with a Top 10 Premier League team and some of the highest parking charges in Western Europe, though the station itself is… Continue reading BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
A MODERATE MASTER BREW IN RYE HARBOUR
November 2025. Rye Harbour. One of the BIG questions, along with “Why ?” and “Would you like some wine Mrs RM ?“, is “Can you get a good Shepherd Neame beer anywhere ?“. Well, I’ve not found it in a generation, and the Sheps managed houses (including the nice looking one near the in-laws) seem… Continue reading A MODERATE MASTER BREW IN RYE HARBOUR
“Are you joining us for lunch ? Fabulous !”
November 2025. Iden Green. Kent. Our hour of National Trust worthiness at Sissinghurst over by 11, we took the picturesque route through the Weald of Kent, all oast houses and Bloomsbury set country houses and refined dining. On the way to Iden Green we pass Benenden, where Mrs RM once had to make a court… Continue reading “Are you joining us for lunch ? Fabulous !”
SISSINGHURST
November 2025. Sissinghurst. Kent. Coming to the end of our year of middle-aged National Trust membership now, but still time for a few late ticks from our temporary South-Eastern base in Rye before we ignore the requests to renew for ’26. Actually, has anyone ever completed a National Trust Handbook in a single year ?… Continue reading SISSINGHURST
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