February 2025. Manchester. Life slowly returns to normality, with three weekends in a row in Manchester, with ticks in the GBG and the CAMRA Manc Book, the latter packed with hipster bars in the Northern Quarter, a phrase that was outdated years ago. Stevenson Square, barely two minute walk from Matthew’s Piccadilly flat, is the… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK. FLOK.
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ORGANIC EGGS AT THE RED LION IN REDBOURNE
February 2025. Redbourne. Lincolnshire. One of the problems with rural Lincolnshire pubs, and BRAPA is your oracle here, is that they serve such a small population they inevitably struggle to support Monday to Sunday opening, and you can’t make cask shine when you’re only selling it Friday evening to Sunday lunch. With only 400 souls,… Continue reading ORGANIC EGGS AT THE RED LION IN REDBOURNE
THE CROWN, GLENTHAM. YOUR CLOSEST PUB TO “THE BATTLE OF SPITAL IN THE STREET”
February 2025. Glentham. A GBG newbie for Scunthorpe CAMRA, still in the afterglow of Sir Humphrey re-opening the Berkeley, though the causal observer may say “Surely that’s Gainsborough ?“. Bing Maps reckons Glentham is in Market Rasen, which is Lincoln branch. Traditionally these territorial disputes are settled to see who can drink the most pints… Continue reading THE CROWN, GLENTHAM. YOUR CLOSEST PUB TO “THE BATTLE OF SPITAL IN THE STREET”
A WADDINGHAM WANDER. WITHOUT THE PUB
February 2025. Waddingham. Lincolnshire. Bing maps says it’s Gainsborough, but you and I can clearly see it’s Greater (Lesser) Scunthorpe. Yes, after a week of exciting pubs, I’m succumbing to customer demand to bring you a remote, unpubbed, Lincolnshire village. Why ? Well, it’s there, that’s why. And the Marquis of Granby was in the… Continue reading A WADDINGHAM WANDER. WITHOUT THE PUB
FEBRUARY ’25 STOCKTAKE + MARCH PREVIEW
My “statutory obligation” summary of the previous month, a post I was tempted to title “56 pubs, 2 BlueSky cancellations and a funeral“, but thought better of it; it’s not the done thing to mock BlueSky. I wondered what I’d done to upset the woke Twitter, as my trips to Greater S****horpe haven’t been blogged… Continue reading FEBRUARY ’25 STOCKTAKE + MARCH PREVIEW
“Reserved for the Coldstreams V.I.P.”. THE PARK TAVERN, CHICHESTER
February 2025. Chichester. I won’t declare Chichester a great pub town on the basis of our flying visit to “Meet the Southworths” last week, but Dave and Joan had done a fair bit of research in their extended stay, in-between P trips to the Pallant, Petworth and Pompey, and confidently declared The Park the best… Continue reading “Reserved for the Coldstreams V.I.P.”. THE PARK TAVERN, CHICHESTER
CHICHESTER’S COMPETITIVE WINGS NIGHT IN THE LITTLE MONSTERS
February 2025. Chichester. Rushing to finish the Chichester micros before catching up with the Southworths now. Joan and Dave were in a Proper Pub in the next street; I don’t think they travel thousands of miles to sip thirds in a converted shop, with seating like this. and no hand pumps. I think as a… Continue reading CHICHESTER’S COMPETITIVE WINGS NIGHT IN THE LITTLE MONSTERS
MRS RM DRAGS AMERICAN CASK CHAMPS TO THE CHICHESTER CRAFT BAR
February 2025. Chichester. When I was vigorously ticking the GBG (try it, it’s fun, and still largely legal) I’d really enjoy the bi-annual revisits to our gorgeous towns as much as the pubs. Chichester was always a tad disappointing, cathedral apart, a Poundship Canterbury as someone once called it. But last Wednesday it excelled. Clean,… Continue reading MRS RM DRAGS AMERICAN CASK CHAMPS TO THE CHICHESTER CRAFT BAR
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
February 2025. Chichester. The obligatory “culture between the cask” post back in Chichester from Emsworth. The West Sussex county town has always seemed to me a modest place, the Bedford of the South. But we caught the centre on a day when blue skies emerged from hibernation, the streets clean, the entire genteel (and rowdy)… Continue reading CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
TOP 100 PUBS – THE COAL EXCHANGE, EMSWORTH
February 2025. Emsworth. Leaving Emsworth in Hampshire 7 years ago I wrote; But now I’m back, showing US Dave what a Top 100 pub looks like. I couldn’t actually remember if it was just that tiling I loved a decade or more back, but one step into this single roomer with proper fire, low key… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE COAL EXCHANGE, EMSWORTH
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