MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE NEAR NEWARK….

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

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

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