November 2023. Waterbeach. On Wednesday, Mrs RM came home from nigh on a month in Kent visiting her hospital-bound Dad, who is now in rehab in Sevenoaks. Any of you who have ever been to Sevenoaks, the Wilmslow of the South, will wonder what Michael has done to deserve this. I’ll take him down the… Continue reading THREE LITTLE BIRDS
TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELM TREE, CAMBRIDGE
November 2023. Cambridge. I think by law there needs to be at least one (1) new Top 100 pub every fortnight so that by March 2026 there’s a 1,000 of them and then we can apply a 10:1 devaluation or something. Bit surprising that GBG perennial the Elm Tree hadn’t made my chart before, but… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELM TREE, CAMBRIDGE
SHOPPING FOR LLOYD WEBBER IN THE BURLEIGH STREET CHARITY SHOPS
November 2023. Cambridge. Staying in Waterbeach this last month my main respite has been the occasional couple of hours into Cambridge. It’s hard explaining to people who (almost literally) never leave the house that it’s only leaving the house that keeps me sane, and what I really need each day is to see something completely… Continue reading SHOPPING FOR LLOYD WEBBER IN THE BURLEIGH STREET CHARITY SHOPS
NOVEMBER 2023 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
November, the cruellest month. Or something. Mrs RM spent the entire month in Kent and Sussex, mainly at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, while I spent most of the month overseeing my own father’s recuperation in Waterbeach, where at least I had the compensations of the Sun and Chung Hwa; So my travel map for the month… Continue reading NOVEMBER 2023 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
UP THE (SAWLEY) JUNCTION
November 2023. Long Eaton. 20,871 steps on this Sunday, as well as a county-completing GBG tick and a five goal thriller, so a good day in Long Eaton only slightly diminished by a dull walk back to the station. If there was anything left to see in Long Eaton I’d have seen it… The Corner… Continue reading UP THE (SAWLEY) JUNCTION
SCORING THE BURGERS AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN v SPORTING KHALSA
November 2023. Long Eaton. This is the content you come for; women’s football on non-league grounds, burger and onions, pint of keg Sharp’s Atlantic in a plastic glass. #LivingTheDream Having completed my last Notts tick at the Bird Hide, a visit to some “proper football” (the terms folk who support every team other than Manchester… Continue reading SCORING THE BURGERS AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN v SPORTING KHALSA
DIVING INTO ATTENBOROUGH
November 2023. Attenborough. Nottingham. That’s a pathetic play on David Attenborough (geddit, geddit ?), who would no doubt approve of the nature reserve here on the edge of Nottingham. but my only interest in a Bird Hide was the micropub I needed to complete Notts, but the real joy was the two mile walk from… Continue reading DIVING INTO ATTENBOROUGH
(NOT QUITE) THE ALAN WINFIELD MEMORIAL TRAIL
November 2023. Long Eaton. Derbyshire. Catching up with the blog now; what on earth will I do when I’ve no more pubs to write about ? The late, great, Alan Winfield used to tell us about pub crawls of 21 or more halves like this one in Mexborough. Alan was a proud man of Nottingham,… Continue reading (NOT QUITE) THE ALAN WINFIELD MEMORIAL TRAIL
A WARNING TO BUCHAREST
James and his Sheffield housemates have just flown off to Bucharest for 3 nights of, well, something. They’ve been to Germany and Italy on cultural trips (no great drinkers, I think), but Romania is a bit left-of-centre (or is it east). £20 flights from Stansted and a shared apartment added up to a £100 trip,… Continue reading A WARNING TO BUCHAREST
MOOR BEER, AND TOP TOILET GRAFFITI, ON THE BERMONDSEY BEER MILE
November 2023. Bermondsey. I’d given myself an hour to re-explore Bermondsey on the trip home from Tonbridge to Waterbeach, though apparently these days there’s no restrictions on when you use your off-peak ticket to leave the capital, only getting there. Can this be true ? I confidently told you that the Anspach & Hobday Tap… Continue reading MOOR BEER, AND TOP TOILET GRAFFITI, ON THE BERMONDSEY BEER MILE
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