February 2024. Leeds. Part 2 of our Big Monday Out in Leeds, and I decide to be unsociable at the first hurdle by letting Caroline, Andy and Will take the bus up Kirkstall Road while I leave them to walk the 1.6 miles. Not only do I detest buses, I just can’t sit still all… Continue reading A PINT IN THE CARDIGAN
A CURATED, CULTURED, TOUR OF LEEDS HOSTELRIES BEGINS AT BREW SOCIETY
February 2024. Leeds. Unexpectedly, Mondays are the new Fridays. 2024 has seen pub crawls in London and Manchester and Tunbridge Wells at the start of the week, having long believed that pubs don’t even open till 4pm on Thursday these days. And beer quality hasn’t suffered either. “Fancy a Monday pub crawl artisanal curated guidance… Continue reading A CURATED, CULTURED, TOUR OF LEEDS HOSTELRIES BEGINS AT BREW SOCIETY
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 49 – EAST YORKSHIRE
It punches above its weight, it really does. Bring back Humberside and you’d have a great GBG chapter. Well, you’d add one pub from Barton-on-Humber, anyway. In truth it’s hard to stick to one pub in ‘ull, as any UK tourist ought to spend a week here, if only to visit the loos, and a… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 49 – EAST YORKSHIRE
FEBRUARY ’24 STOCKTAKE + MARCH PREVIEW
Quite a busy travel map in February, but another month focused on the North-West, Yorkshire and East Anglia, with no plans at all at present to visit Wales, though the CAMRA AGM in Dundee next month sounds like a chance to take the campervan round Fife and Tayside again. HIGHLIGHTS Pub Crawls with Stafford Paul,… Continue reading FEBRUARY ’24 STOCKTAKE + MARCH PREVIEW
MALTMEISTER MANAGES MORE THAN 2 MINUTES IN A PUB
February 2024. Sheffield. Back home on Saturday Mrs RM wanted nothing more than a pizza in the Blind Monkey. 100 steps from door to door wasn’t burning off many calories, but hey ho. The pizza bases had run out, but we managed to find something equally unhealthy so that’s OK. You get a half pint… Continue reading MALTMEISTER MANAGES MORE THAN 2 MINUTES IN A PUB
COCKTAIL NIGHT AT THE SUN
February 2024. Waterbeach. You know The Sun, and if you haven’t been, you should. Waterbeach may be the dullest place on earth (sorry Mum, sorry Dad) but it does have one of the UK’s best Chinese takeaways, kebab vans, brewery taps, fruit breweries and pubs. Helen at The Sun is making plans to restart the… Continue reading COCKTAIL NIGHT AT THE SUN
MORE CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE PUBS
February 2024. Cambridge. As you’ll know I’m a creature of habit, and on my first Cambridge history quiz trail I was keen to pick a dull, predictable, heritage pub to celebrate completion of pages 1 and 2 of my book (recommended for children age 8-12). The Eagle and Bath House were unpleasantly packed, so they can… Continue reading MORE CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE PUBS
LOOKING FOR CLUES IN TOURIST CAMBRIDGE
February 2024. Cambridge. On the move, so short posts for a while. Mum and Dad tend to have a post-lunch snooze before The Chase, the highlight of the day, which is when I nip out for the 15,000-20,000 steps I need or else I’ll seize up completely. Mrs RM bought me a quiz trail of… Continue reading LOOKING FOR CLUES IN TOURIST CAMBRIDGE
FISH FRIDAY AT THE HARE AND HOUNDS
February 2024. Harlton. Cambridgeshire. Dad is just desperate to get out, anywhere; not surprising I can’t spend a day at home really, Not too far, of course; pills to take, routines to follow, but he loves his food and I knew just the place om Friday. Shamefully, I hadn’t popped the dozen miles to Harlton… Continue reading FISH FRIDAY AT THE HARE AND HOUNDS
“You should always keep in touch with your friends”. But stop at Fakenham for a sausage roll on the way.
February 2024. Fakenham. Returning from Battersea on Wednesday morning as Mum had a doctor’s appointment, Mrs RM stayed on for a day to visit Tate Modern and see “Book of Mormon” (great, apparently). I was jealous, and not just because I’d have knocked off a half dozen Guide pubs in what has been an unproductive… Continue reading “You should always keep in touch with your friends”. But stop at Fakenham for a sausage roll on the way.
