November 2023. Morton. Notts. Slow progress through the new Beer Guide this year, but without the pressure of completion it’s like being “Sherpa” Tenzing after climbing Everest*, happy to tick castle mounds in Essex for the rest of his life. I ticked my penultimate Nottinghamshire newbie just downstream of Newark, a brisk walk from Fiskerton.… Continue reading MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE NEAR NEWARK….
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMPLETE – BEER STRAIGHT FROM THE POT PLANTS, NOT IN THEM
November 2023. Wisbech. A final Cambridgeshire Guide tick, and yet more GBG24 joy as I’m taken kicking and screaming to Wisbech, which a bit of me still believes in is Lincolnshire. Perhaps GBG25 will place it there, like that pub in Danehill that keeps moving back and forth across the Sussex borders. I know you… Continue reading CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMPLETE – BEER STRAIGHT FROM THE POT PLANTS, NOT IN THEM
SURREPTITIOUS PUB PHOTOGRAPHY – MORE TIPS FOR THE ASPIRING BLOGGER
Of course there’ll always be a market for blogs that only give you photos of pub exterior, but the real money glory comes from those interior shots with real people in. Pubs only exist because people visit them, much as some folk would like to keep unviable places open due to misguided nostalgia. Taking photos… Continue reading SURREPTITIOUS PUB PHOTOGRAPHY – MORE TIPS FOR THE ASPIRING BLOGGER
STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
**** it it’s (a) fine (city) November 2023. Norwich. 16:25. The train leaves Norwich in less than half an hour, best head back, eh ? Quite a bit of street art for you in the underpass leading to St Stephens Street. That one is for our own DAVE, who probably gets the cultural reference in… Continue reading STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
November 2023. Norwich. I’ve been on the move this week, alternating between Waterbeach, Sheffield, Manchester, Waterbeach, Pembury (Kent) and Rye in rapid succession, so the reports from Norwich are a bit “disjointed”. Bit like me as I headed back towards the station last Sunday with an hour to go. Time for one revisit, I reckoned;… Continue reading JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
November 2023. Norwich. Stop No. E on the Great Norwich GBG Mop Up came a mere 5 minutes after Stop D . I really should have slowed down, but only Mrs RM could have made me do done that, and she was in Tunbridge Wells. And she couldn’t have caught me anyway as I sped… Continue reading A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
WEST HAM ARE ON THE TELLY AGAIN
November 2023. Norwich. A Sunday afternoon in Norwich ticking pubs is one of the joys of life. Add in a crisp Autumn (or is it Winter ? Never know) day and a route through pleasant suburbia and it’s hard to beat. Perhaps a Sunday afternoon in Maidenhead is the way to go next. A mere… Continue reading WEST HAM ARE ON THE TELLY AGAIN
NORWICH’S GARDEN HOUSE – IS THIS REALLY A CRAFT UNION PUB ?
November 2023. Norwich. Less than 2.5 hours to tick four pubs, get lost, find a tasty tea and rush for the train back to Ely. Right, let’s walk. Norwich is a Fine City, and a Great Walking Town (just stay clear of the unexpected red light district just west of the station across the river… Continue reading NORWICH’S GARDEN HOUSE – IS THIS REALLY A CRAFT UNION PUB ?
TICKING SIR TOBY AT NORWICH MARKET
November 2023. Norwich. Ornate, and Art Nouveau, the arcade leading you to your first Norwich tick in GBG24. Yes, straight through to Norwich‘s colourful market, best seen from space (top). For such a revered real ale city, the actual centre of Norwich doesn’t have as many great pubs as just outside the ring road. I… Continue reading TICKING SIR TOBY AT NORWICH MARKET
DOES NORWICH STILL CUT THE MUSTARD ?
November 2023. Norwich. Back home in Waterbeach attempting to care for Mum and Dad I can only look on with admiration, but not resentment, as BRAPA does the whole of Northants in a week and Duncan does Dartmouth, which sounds like a less successful to the controversial 1978 original. There aren’t many easy Guide pickings… Continue reading DOES NORWICH STILL CUT THE MUSTARD ?