Staffordshire, obviously. Well, Beermat did ask, and I’m always happy to provide the definitive answer. Of course, some will say I’m biased due to the brewery that produces this classic, but not at all. Leave the brewery counting to Norwich and Sheffield and look inside a pub like the Coachmakers in Hanley. Staffordshire has the… Continue reading AND THE BEST MIDLANDS COUNTY FOR PUBS IS…
SUPPER IN A SUPER SHEFFIELD SPOONS
November 2023. Sheffield. The short trek from central Sheffield’s industrial quarter, between the Moor and Bramall Lane, is spookily quiet on Friday night. It’s one of the real points of contrast between Sheff and Manchester; less folk on the streets, but the pubs and diners still seem packed. We’d missed the Christmas market, including the… Continue reading SUPPER IN A SUPER SHEFFIELD SPOONS
TRIPLE (ON) POINT
November 2023. Sheffield. More from our night out in Sheffield, with a comfy bed in a windowless Easyjet greeting the end of our mini-crawl. With no room at the (Rutland) inn, the pressure was on me to come up with tea NOW ! Or four minutes walk through the industrial streets below the Moor, to… Continue reading TRIPLE (ON) POINT
STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE RUTLAND
November 2023. Sheffield. The last day of November, in fact. We had to be back in Sheffield as the plumber man was coming to fix our boiler, whatever that is. Equally, we didn’t fancy sleeping in an igloo, so I extravagantly booked a luxury hotel in the middle of our city, barely a mile from… Continue reading STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE RUTLAND
THREE LITTLE BIRDS
November 2023. Waterbeach. On Wednesday, Mrs RM came home from nigh on a month in Kent visiting her hospital-bound Dad, who is now in rehab in Sevenoaks. Any of you who have ever been to Sevenoaks, the Wilmslow of the South, will wonder what Michael has done to deserve this. I’ll take him down the… Continue reading THREE LITTLE BIRDS
TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELM TREE, CAMBRIDGE
November 2023. Cambridge. I think by law there needs to be at least one (1) new Top 100 pub every fortnight so that by March 2026 there’s a 1,000 of them and then we can apply a 10:1 devaluation or something. Bit surprising that GBG perennial the Elm Tree hadn’t made my chart before, but… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELM TREE, CAMBRIDGE
SHOPPING FOR LLOYD WEBBER IN THE BURLEIGH STREET CHARITY SHOPS
November 2023. Cambridge. Staying in Waterbeach this last month my main respite has been the occasional couple of hours into Cambridge. It’s hard explaining to people who (almost literally) never leave the house that it’s only leaving the house that keeps me sane, and what I really need each day is to see something completely… Continue reading SHOPPING FOR LLOYD WEBBER IN THE BURLEIGH STREET CHARITY SHOPS
NOVEMBER 2023 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
November, the cruellest month. Or something. Mrs RM spent the entire month in Kent and Sussex, mainly at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, while I spent most of the month overseeing my own father’s recuperation in Waterbeach, where at least I had the compensations of the Sun and Chung Hwa; So my travel map for the month… Continue reading NOVEMBER 2023 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
UP THE (SAWLEY) JUNCTION
November 2023. Long Eaton. 20,871 steps on this Sunday, as well as a county-completing GBG tick and a five goal thriller, so a good day in Long Eaton only slightly diminished by a dull walk back to the station. If there was anything left to see in Long Eaton I’d have seen it… The Corner… Continue reading UP THE (SAWLEY) JUNCTION
SCORING THE BURGERS AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN v SPORTING KHALSA
November 2023. Long Eaton. This is the content you come for; women’s football on non-league grounds, burger and onions, pint of keg Sharp’s Atlantic in a plastic glass. #LivingTheDream Having completed my last Notts tick at the Bird Hide, a visit to some “proper football” (the terms folk who support every team other than Manchester… Continue reading SCORING THE BURGERS AT NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN v SPORTING KHALSA
