It’s your favourite day* of the year ! CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is officially launched this morning, only a few hours after the local media get there first with the new entries; Is that Carlton Club in Whalley Range actually a pub ? Looks more like a car boot sale. First and foremost, a big,… Continue reading WELCOME TO THE 2025 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
ROTHERHAM ROARS !
September 2024. Rotherham. A 25 minute walk from Rotherham Central to the Wilton, our, ahem, “recommended” pub. Look, I know it says 19 minutes on the map, but we can’t all cross the road when it’s completely clear and there’s a pub in view, can we ? Kimberworth gets its own heading in the GBG,… Continue reading ROTHERHAM ROARS !
THE ROAD TO MILMOOR
September 2024. Rotherham. “This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” sang the cast of Hair, but actually this is the Age of Rotherham. You’ll find out why tomorrow. Wednesday saw a concerted effort to remedy a year of neglect in our garden. Here’s the result; You can now see eighteen (18) GBG (24,… Continue reading THE ROAD TO MILMOOR
HANDPUMP DISAPPOINTMENT IN WORSBROUGH DALE
September 2024. Barnsley. Tuesday brought another trip to a “recommended” pub, and a first ever visit to Worsbrough Dale, birthplace of Mick McCarthy, which is all you need to know. We tipped up at the Boatmans Rest, near the banks of the Dove, and resisted the artisan snacks at the entrance, in favour of what… Continue reading HANDPUMP DISAPPOINTMENT IN WORSBROUGH DALE
KENNEDY
September 2024. Sheffield. So, why am I heading back to the Grapes, Sheffield’s premier authentic Irish pub ? That would be an ecumenical matter. Perhaps it’s to admire the tiling in the right hand bar. Perhaps to admire the Somersby tap (proper Irish that). Nope. It’s because the rumour is true, this Guinness stronghold is… Continue reading KENNEDY
THE WOODHOUSE MILL REGULATOR
September 2024. Woodhouse. Sheffield. We arrived home last Monday lunchtime to a package on the door mat. “It’s your Beer Guide !” shouts Mrs RM, bemused at my lack of interest after 25 years when the bid drop was the highlight of the year. Nowadays, the GBG completed, the excitement comes from reading the embargo… Continue reading THE WOODHOUSE MILL REGULATOR
TOP 100 PUBS – THE LORD HARROWBY, GRANTHAM
September 2024. Grantham. Is “Sunday last” yesterday or the one a week ago ? Is “Sunday last” the same as “last Sunday” ? These are the questions that keep me awake at night. Anyway, 8 days ago Mrs RM was having her second successive night in a Grantham car park, unwilling to join me on… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE LORD HARROWBY, GRANTHAM
SWAYING INTO SWAYFIELD
September 2024. Swayfield. Grantham. A fun day, last Sunday. Wake up in a park in Grantham, breakfast of Lincolnshire fruit loaf (NLFLSS 4.5) at the bowls club, visited Mum and Dad, had a quick Chung Hwa, then headed back up the A1 to the exact same overnight parking spot in Grantham. Oh, one other stop.… Continue reading SWAYING INTO SWAYFIELD
A 33 MINUTE WAIT FOR A PINT IN SPOONS
September 2024. Grantham. Anyone who actually reads this will realise I’ve no problem with Spoons or Tim Martin. Like McDonalds or Maidenhead Conservative Club they fulfill a function, but I wouldn’t want to live there. And last Saturday in Grantham as the clock ticked past 9 it was Spoons or a kebab, all other chain… Continue reading A 33 MINUTE WAIT FOR A PINT IN SPOONS
GRANTHAM AT NIGHT
September 2024. Grantham. The problem with writing a blog as a diary is you have to write what actually happens, the slog up and down the A1 punctuated only by the Greggs at North Muskham, the brewery taps in Manchester, the Sheffield pubs revisited just to get out of “doing the garden”. But September brings… Continue reading GRANTHAM AT NIGHT
