August 2023. Sheffield. After our pleasant, sensible, hour in the Kelham Island Tavern Will left me on the corner of the Wellington, which in retrospect seems a bit untypically cruel but that’s what Premier League status does to you. I should have kept walking up this hill, but these days the Welly is too inviting,… Continue reading RECONSTRUCTING A LOST AFTERNOON
NEVER BETTERED…
August 2023. Kelham, Sheffield. I realise that I’m the Pollyanna of pub blogging and my relentless positivity must be crushed, but it must be said; beer quality this year is the best I’ve ever had. Take August. Average NBSS score of 3.43, with 3 the normal minimum for GBG entry. Obviously when CAMRA branches do… Continue reading NEVER BETTERED…
EVERYTHING CHANGES. EVEN THE BLIND MONKEY.
August 2023. Sheffield. As you’ll know the Blind Monkey in Walkley is our local, and a significant reason for our house choice back in 2020. If anything, since we moved it’s only got better, the cask quality getting it in this year’s GBG, prompting a string of celebrity pub tickers (and BRAPA) up one of… Continue reading EVERYTHING CHANGES. EVEN THE BLIND MONKEY.
TOP 100 PUBS – THE BILLI TAP, BILLINGSWORTH
August 2023. Billingshurst. I know I owe you an August highlights post. Be patient, be patient. The last week of Summer (before it arrived on the 2nd of September) brought some of the best beer I’ve ever (ever) drank. Some in Sheffield, obviously, but also in Billingshurst. Our decision to set up camp 100 yards… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE BILLI TAP, BILLINGSWORTH
BIGGING UP BOGNOR (SLIGHT RETURN)
Sitting waiting for a gig I’m Manchester, next to the country’s oldest pissoir, just enough time for a micro post on Bognors first micro. But first, Bognor, no more than ticking over in the last week of August. Blame the British summer. The Dog & Duck was already open when I arrived at 4.58. You… Continue reading BIGGING UP BOGNOR (SLIGHT RETURN)
“It’s closed today” texts Mrs RM
August 2023. Bognor Regis. I’d arranged to meet Mrs RM at the Dog & Duck for my penultimate West Sussex Guide tick at 4pm. What Pub said it opened at 4, the pub’s Facebook said 4. It must be true. On the walk back along the beach from the George, Mrs RM texted me “Closed… Continue reading “It’s closed today” texts Mrs RM
YOU GET A MORE POLITE SAUCY POSTCARD IN POSH BOGNOR
August 2023. Bognor Regis. I’ve said it before and every month brings fresh confirmation; the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2023 is a gem, packed with Proper Pubs that give a lie to the belief put about on Discourse that the GBG is all micros and brewery taps these days. Two new entries in Bognor Regis,… Continue reading YOU GET A MORE POLITE SAUCY POSTCARD IN POSH BOGNOR
I PARKED IN JENGERS MEAD…AND SURVIVED
August 2023. Billingshurst. You’re right to be jealous of me (and Mrs RM, especially Mrs RM). A night in a dogging site (they walk your dogs there) in Godalming followed by a night in a shopping arcade car park in Billingshurst, BOTH of them with county-concluding GBG ticks. Yes, you too could fly into Gatwick,… Continue reading I PARKED IN JENGERS MEAD…AND SURVIVED
FORK HANDLES
August 2023. Petworth. Well, Greater Petworth, anyway. The Welldiggers is on the exciting road out towards our room for the night, a car park in Billingshurst, from whence we will complete the GBG for Sussex. It’s almost exhilarating, though not quite Rousay levels. Nice looking country pub, 8/10 for the literal sign. It’s not known… Continue reading FORK HANDLES
A LANGHAM REDEMPTION IN LODSWORTH
August 2023. Lodsworth, West Sussex. Back from four days in Cranborne Chase where the internet is “intermittent to non-existent”, I’ve a few posts to catch up on from the end of August. The refunds due to my beloved Patronised readers who were guaranteed daily posts could bankrupt me. Pints in the borderlands between Guildford and… Continue reading A LANGHAM REDEMPTION IN LODSWORTH
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