September 2023. Chesterfield. A very inefficient start to the new GBG year, so it’s a good job I’m not a professional ticker anymore. My attempt on 3 Chesterfield pubs last Thursday was halted by the bloating “Chinese takeaway in the rain” and my conversion to “pints only” after completing the Guide. But there’s nothing worse… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE CHESTERFIELD ARMS
WELCOME TO THE 2024 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
It’s your favourite day* of the year ! The new Good Beer Guide is “officially” launched today, back in its rightful late September launch date for the first time since Covid. Note that the Iron Maiden version has less entries (any pubs with prog rock on their jukebox have been excluded ) than the “plain”… Continue reading WELCOME TO THE 2024 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
JAM JAR JOY IN STRETFORD’S LONGFORD TAP
September 2023. Stretford. Enough of The Smiths heritage, let’s head back to Stretford’s heritage mall. I thought there might be a tourist office to explain the history of the “Stretford Giants“, but sadly not. Feeling inspired by those “Meat Is Murder” quotations on the Iron Bridge I had brunch in the Stretford Canteen, as good… Continue reading JAM JAR JOY IN STRETFORD’S LONGFORD TAP
BACK TO THE IRON BRIDGE
Public Decency Warning : Contains Morrissey September 2023. Stretford. NOT Manchester. I let Manc legend Quosh know I was venturing into Trafford and would need some advice. Not only did he say he’s bike across town to say hello, he sent me some tourist info. What a guy. Stretford is only really on the tourist… Continue reading BACK TO THE IRON BRIDGE
FROM CHINATOWN TO STRETFORD
Some very short posts now, but you’ll get your ten photos, no problem. September 2023. Manchester. A first visit to the Etihad since August, and a first cut at Matt’s new salon in Chinatown. Lovely, spacious salon, great cut, usual duff music choice (joking). Up there on the 3rd floor, just above the Chinese “medicine”… Continue reading FROM CHINATOWN TO STRETFORD
YOU “PHILTHY ANIMAL” ! CHINESE TAKEAWAY IN THE RAIN IN A CHESTERFIELD SUBURB
September 2023. Hasland, Chesterfield. My second “recommended pub” wasn’t in Chesterfield, it was in Hasland. But show me someone who doesn’t think Hasland is a suburb of that noble town and I’ll sell you a crooked spire. Leaving the Spread Eagle I’d already got my pre-emptive tick for the day, and I could relax and… Continue reading YOU “PHILTHY ANIMAL” ! CHINESE TAKEAWAY IN THE RAIN IN A CHESTERFIELD SUBURB
3 CHEERS FOR CHESTERFIELD
September 2023. Chesterfield. Another year, another Big Trip to Chesterfield, another three (3) recommended pubs to visit. Who are these people who recommend pubs. Why, they must remain mysterious. A fiver for the fifteen minute rail journey from Sheff, my 378th consecutive trip on a packed Northern journey. And folk tell you we don’t need… Continue reading 3 CHEERS FOR CHESTERFIELD
THIN GLASS ATROCITITIES AT THE SOURCE OF THE DARENT
September 2023. Brasted, Kent. A last Kent pub for now, before we leave my father-in-law thankfully in recovery mode. Next time down south I WILL attempt to find something nice to say about Sevenoaks (I won’t). Brasted IS technically in Sevenoaks, just up the A25 from the council recycling centre where Mrs RM was working… Continue reading THIN GLASS ATROCITITIES AT THE SOURCE OF THE DARENT
THE PUB SIGN SWINGS IN THE BRASTED BREEZE…
September 2023. Brasted, Kent. First things, first. Congratulations to Leon for his remarkable achievement in ticking the Spoons, ALL the Spoons. Here he is on the Wirral showing how you raise children properly. In pints, too, the only way to tick. No wonder Simon was first to congratulate him. There’s a Leon just up the… Continue reading THE PUB SIGN SWINGS IN THE BRASTED BREEZE…
“Hey mate, watch my bag for a minute while I go and get a scratchcard”. Drug drama at Tonbridge Castle.
There are three things likely to improve your blog views. 1) Blogging from an unheralded town and slagging off its classier neighbour, 2) Queueing (especially in Spoons), 3) Tipping your beer in a plant pot. Let’s see if a reference to drugs can be added to our list. We needed to catch a bus back… Continue reading “Hey mate, watch my bag for a minute while I go and get a scratchcard”. Drug drama at Tonbridge Castle.
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