August 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. It was approaching 8.30pm on a Tuesday in Tunbridge Wells and a combination of Imperial Stouts and Danish cherry wine had left Mrs RM less convinced on the merits of a walk along the A26 back to Southborough and the bosom of the in-laws. Being all heart (I even let… Continue reading QUIZ NIGHT AT THE TIGER TAVERN
When you visit The George in Tunbridge Wells, be very, VERY careful on the stairs.
August 2023. Tunbridge Wells. Mrs RM and I had had a hard day at Pembury hospital, and needed some exercise and 10% Imperial stout to clear the mind. Fuggles had obliged with the beer, and now it was time to head back up the A26, stopping to admire this garden, and this pun. But we… Continue reading When you visit The George in Tunbridge Wells, be very, VERY careful on the stairs.
NEVER MORE IN NEED OF THAT 16% DANISH CHERRY WINE IN A ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CRAFT BAR
August (finally !) 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Tuesday was, if anything, more stressful. Two (2) trips to Pembury Hospital from the in-laws, one to queue for an hour for medication and then another to take my father-in-law back for diagnostics. Another day spent sitting, walking the corridors, queuing for Costa. Again, I can’t praise the… Continue reading NEVER MORE IN NEED OF THAT 16% DANISH CHERRY WINE IN A ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CRAFT BAR
MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S FIRST CHINESE TAKEAWAY SINCE 1980
July 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. A week ago we were rushing down to Kent where my father-in-law had had a bad night and was getting an emergency referral to Pembury Hospital, birthplace of Mrs RM and other adverts for healthy living. Pembury is only 10 minutes from the in-laws Southborough home but the quickest route… Continue reading MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S FIRST CHINESE TAKEAWAY SINCE 1980
CURRY, CAMPERVANNING, A “CHEEKY” BASS TO WRAP UP ALSAGER
July 2023. Alsager. Nothing much in life gives me as much pleasure as visiting a place for the first time and getting to know it properly. Scandalously, we’d been in Alsager two hours, visited three decent pubs, but still not seen the actual mere which is the only thing the town is known for (if… Continue reading CURRY, CAMPERVANNING, A “CHEEKY” BASS TO WRAP UP ALSAGER
THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
July 2023. Alsager. Part 3 of 4 of our Big Night Out in Alsager, as we walk the six steps from the Joule to the Titanic. I’ve never heard anyone talk about Alsager as a pub town, but in the space of a minute you can go from Bass to Joules to Plum Porter, which… Continue reading THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
MORE ALSAGER JOULES
July 2023. Alsager. No (zero) Guide entries in Alsager this year, though the Lodge had just been named “South Cheshire CAMRA Pub of the Year”. Go figure*. Not exactly overpubbed, by the look of What Pub; Reader, we did all four of those. Just for you. A few yards from the Lodge, just past a… Continue reading MORE ALSAGER JOULES
AND A NIGHT OUT IN ALSAGER….
July 2023. Alsager. Four ticks by four, which sounds like a Ted Nugent album, and time for some non-GBG exploration. We were heading back to Sheffield in the morning, so nothing too adventurous. How about Alsager ? Said no-one ever. I couldn’t tell you anything about Alsager, bar its GBG history and location, all the… Continue reading AND A NIGHT OUT IN ALSAGER….
WEIGHING THE GREENGAGES IN HOLMES CHAPEL
July 2023. Cheshire. A fourth and final new GBG pub on the Cheshire mini-crawl with Mrs RM as taster-in-chief, and a rare visit to Holmes Chapel. With the social club in the Guide, I reckon all the remaining What Pub entries have made the GBG at some time. I can see I’ve been to the… Continue reading WEIGHING THE GREENGAGES IN HOLMES CHAPEL
“A few hints on how things work”
July 2023. Cheshire. Real Cheshire. Before I start, guess what’s behind the (frankly pathetic) swing at my next pub. Answer at the end (DON’T LOOK YET DAVE !). A third pub in an hour as we whizzed through posh Cheshire (just north of Middlewich), and the inevitable reacquaintance with Messrs Brunning & Price at Bostock… Continue reading “A few hints on how things work”
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