January 2024. Royal Tunbridge Wells. On Monday morning the snow fell in the Weald of Kent, rather scuppering any plans to take my Father-in-Law out for a drive to Lewes. Shockingly, despite having a Conservative MP, the Government was, as usual, passive in their response to this crisis; Mrs RM was working on her blog,… Continue reading THE DAY THE SNOW FELL ON ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 24 – NORTH LONDON
What even is North London ? Crudely, an upside town triangle stretching upwards from King’s Cross through the vast expanse of Islington, taking in the Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur support on the way to those hilly bits that Madness drove about in a car that wasn’t quite a Jaguar, I guess. And very specifically NOT… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 24 – NORTH LONDON
ON THE ROCKS – HARVEY’S AT MOUNT EDGCUMBE
January 2024. Royal Tunbridge Wells. I told you in that last post that Southborough only has a pub and a Chinese takeaway (and, to be fair, the Weald of Kent) to commend it. I lied. Rusbridge Family Bakery will sell you a Coronation Chicken roll, posh crisps, and a large Eccles cake for under a… Continue reading ON THE ROCKS – HARVEY’S AT MOUNT EDGCUMBE
SMALL STEPS, BUT FATHER-IN-LAW MAKES IT TO THE PUB
January 2024. Southborough. Royal Tunbridge Wells. We spent a couple of nights round Mrs RM’s Mum and Dad’s, seeing how my father-in-law is getting on after a lengthy period of hospitalisation and rehabilitation. He just wanted a Chinese takeaway and a trip to the pub, bless him. Only 8 minutes to the Imperial; you remember… Continue reading SMALL STEPS, BUT FATHER-IN-LAW MAKES IT TO THE PUB
NEW HAW ON SUNDAY
January 2024. New Haw. Addlestone. From Buckingham we headed round the M25 to the in-laws, a decent journey enlivened by a quick stop in that odd area of scruffy Surrey below Heathrow, You might not think it’s scruffy when a 2 bed Maisonette in Addlestone or Byfleet costs £2.8 million, but there’s not much sign… Continue reading NEW HAW ON SUNDAY
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 23 – EAST LONDON.
Well, if my Central London selections were “bobbins“, I dread to think what this lot from the east of the capital are. Once again, while they’re all Beer Guide pubs I’m more fussed about getting you to visit the best bits of the “county” as much as its “best” pubs. Whatever “best” is. NB I’d… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 23 – EAST LONDON.
TOP 100 PUBS – THE MITRE, BUCKINGHAM
January 2024. Buckingham. 18:41 on a Saturday night, which sounds like The Cure but they were writing about Crawley, not Buckingham. The only vaguely edgy pub conversation was a barmaid in the Grand Junction telling of her dating disasters; “There were only 3 things stopping us getting married. He moved to Scotland, got engaged to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE MITRE, BUCKINGHAM
IS LANDLORD THE MOST UBIQUITOUS PINT IN GBG PUBS NOW ?
January 2024. Buckingham. Buckingham doesn’t have a railway station, so short of walking to Oxfordshire we were restricted to the town centre for the rest of our evening entertainment (if you can call observing a bloke necking two pints of Lucky Saint entertainment). The What Pub menu is short. even more so now us real… Continue reading IS LANDLORD THE MOST UBIQUITOUS PINT IN GBG PUBS NOW ?
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 22 – CENTRAL LONDON.
This is tough. What even is Central London ? CAMRA keep messing about with it, moving W1 into West London. Where is Soho these days ? Anyhow, there’s far less in the centre of the greatest city on earth, pubwise, than you’d believe. I mean, I LOVE London, really love walking it aimlessly, but ask me… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 22 – CENTRAL LONDON.
“TWO (2) pints of Lucky Saint ? Really ?”
January 2024. Buckingham. Our target pub was the Grand Junction, a smart new addition to the Buckingham pub scene. OK London Pride and Gales Seafarers won’t get you in the Beer Guide most places, but the Pride was drinking well in the Grand Junction, so well that I stayed for a second pint and did… Continue reading “TWO (2) pints of Lucky Saint ? Really ?”
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