Definitely not a “county”, more a random collection of tourist-friendly hills and lakes, overseen by a benevolent creature who occasionally emerges to pick inaccessible GBG entries out of a hat on the riverbank near Inverness. My first five picks will delight the tourist as much as the beer connoisseur. John O’Groats Brewery Tap Well, this… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY NO. 66 – HIGHLANDS AND WESTERN ISLES
DOING THE LAMBETH WALK, OI
October 2024. Kennington. SE1. No, I skipped the Royal Oak, so I could hop back on the Northern Line and bring you highlights from NEW gems in South London. Possibly. I was still having to work out which were the new entries, but fairly sure Kennington’s Dog House was one of them. By law, London’s… Continue reading DOING THE LAMBETH WALK, OI
NEW IN BOROUGH
October 2024. Borough. London. Mum is in Addenbrookes for the week for tests, and Mrs RM and I are going mad staying in my parents house in a way only the eternally restless will understand. Knowing we need to grab respite when we can, we jumped on the first train south on Wednesday and ended… Continue reading NEW IN BOROUGH
QUEEN EDITH TO THE RESCUE
October 2024. Cambridge. With daily trips to visit Mum and Dad over the last week in care homes and hospitals this last week, the need for a post-visit pint has been high on our minds. Not many pubs around Addenbrookes, as I’ve just found out on the half hour slog from Cambridge Station. But the… Continue reading QUEEN EDITH TO THE RESCUE
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 65 – GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE VALLEY
Yes, get the spoiler in early. For most folk, Glasgow means two things. A nine (9) minute train to Paisley Gilmour Street’s cultural highlights, And curry. Oh, and a bloke with a traffic cone on his head. But some great pubs, too, and compared to the Scottish capital a bit easier to find them outside… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 65 – GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE VALLEY
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 64 – EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS
A belated return to the celebrated (in North Korea) “Half a dozen pubs…” series, which I might finish by 22nd December. Talking of which, where will I be on the most important day of the year ? Obviously, somewhere I’ve never been before, but a few new pubs would be nice. What about Mid Calder… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 64 – EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS
THREE FOURS IN A ROW
October 2024. Waterbeach. Mum has been in Addenbrookes Hospital this last week, so we’ve been minding the house in between attempting to find spaces at the multi-storey car park and accompanying Mum to endless tests. In consequence, absolutely no new GBG pubs and a growing sense of the walls closing in around me; I struggle… Continue reading THREE FOURS IN A ROW
IT’S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE IT BACK
October 2024. Langley Mill. You left me in Ripley, waiting at a bus stop with half a punters pie and gentlefolk bemoaning the bus service back to Nottingham. “It’s always SUMTHIN’ !”. They were also, oddly, discussing Ben Johnson, which is coincidental as I’d run the 100 metres from the Talbot to the Town Hall… Continue reading IT’S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE IT BACK
PUNTERS PIE AT THE TALBOT, RIPLEY
October 2024. Ripley. From Derbyshire, to Nottinghamshire, and back to Derbys, like Brian Clough poaching players in the ’70s. Our map covers some of the least compelling towns, but best countryside and pubs in the country; The Rainbow One takes you from Eastwood to Ripley in comfort and with a phone charging outlet, which is… Continue reading PUNTERS PIE AT THE TALBOT, RIPLEY
FROM LANGLEY MILL TO EASTWOOD
October 2024. Langley Mill. Sunday afternoon means rail trips to godforsaken East Midlands towns to tick micros. 40 minutes to Langley Mill, the station built especially to meet the needs of micro pubs in industrial Derbyshire and Notts, then a 35 (RM – 22) minute slog over the Erewash Canal, past the county border, stopping… Continue reading FROM LANGLEY MILL TO EASTWOOD
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