MINI PLOUGHMANS IN WEST LINDSEY

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December 2023. Laughton. Lincolnshire. A penultimate tick in Lincs GBG24, and perhaps the archetypal Lincolnshire village local. I liked the Ingram Arms in Laughton, but I wouldn’t have fancied getting the bus there from Gainsborough (one bus weekly, returning before it arrives). You can feel safe in a place that takes egg security seriously. Be… Continue reading MINI PLOUGHMANS IN WEST LINDSEY

HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 6 – CORNWALL.

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Tonight’s half dozen comes from a county I only really got to grips with just before lockdown, so most of these pubs have been visited relatively recently. I won’t say these five pubs picked themselves, but there’s a common theme running through most of them you might spot. Falmouth – Seven Stars (last visited 2020)… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 6 – CORNWALL.

SPECULATIVE PRE-EMPTIVES UNDER THE HUMBER BRIDGE

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December 2023. The Humber Bridge. Mrs RM had seen some Instagram posts of picturesque cottages under the Humber Bridge, so on the morning after Retired Martin Day we went in search of blog material for Mrs RM. Sadly, we soon found the picturesque cottages are in Hessle, and the south bank has more earthy attractions.… Continue reading SPECULATIVE PRE-EMPTIVES UNDER THE HUMBER BRIDGE

ALL DRESSED UP FOR A NIGHT OUT IN THE FOX AND CONEY

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Retired Martin Day. South Cave. Not the most spectacular birthday, but huge relief after resolving a major domestic issue* that morning to actually be out, somewhere I hadn’t really been before. And after a great new find in Beal, a complete circuit of Snaith, a bath (first of the year) in a castle, and a… Continue reading ALL DRESSED UP FOR A NIGHT OUT IN THE FOX AND CONEY

HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 5 – CHESHIRE

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A late Christmas present for Pub Curmudgeon, who will be chomping at the bit to critique my five for Cheshire (“Wot no Frodsham !”), but at least there’s no gastro horrors. He’ll agree with this first one. Macclesfield – Jolly Sailor (last visited 2023) In fact, I was highly tempted to steal Mudgie’s wonderful pic… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 5 – CHESHIRE

BLACK EYE FRIDAY IN SOUTH CAVE – VOLTAROL AND DOOM BAR UNDER THE BODDIES SIGN

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Retired Martin Day. South Cave. Before I give you your Christmas Day “Half A Dozen Pubs” (Cheshire !), another slice of pub life from Retired Martin Day in our South Cave night out. I’d considered ticking the Bear via Brough station on the way back from Hull last week, indeed I had a title in… Continue reading BLACK EYE FRIDAY IN SOUTH CAVE – VOLTAROL AND DOOM BAR UNDER THE BODDIES SIGN

HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY – No. 4 – CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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Well, this will be a controversial one. Five pubs in my home county, and one for you to pick. There’s a problem with Cambridgeshire. It’s called Cambridge. I could pick half a dozen pubs in the county town on a mile from the station. But I only get one pick, and it’s the obvious one.… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY – No. 4 – CAMBRIDGESHIRE

SNAITH – BOUNDARY ISSUES, HERBERT NAPPY ASKE AND JACK PUNTON THE WALKING MAN

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December 2023. Snaith. Pubs are fine, but what you really want (possibly) is a compelling reason to visit small, unsung, market towns on your UK holidays. Towns like Snaith (pop. 3,176 souls), an improbable 55 minutes by train from Leeds (not on Sundays, nothing happens on Humberside on a Sunday). Your reward at the rail… Continue reading SNAITH – BOUNDARY ISSUES, HERBERT NAPPY ASKE AND JACK PUNTON THE WALKING MAN