June 2023. Rochester. Still an hour till my new Beer Guide target opens, an hour to rest and contemplate in the Cathedral, or a leisurely lunch at a Dickensian tavern ? Obviously not, when there’s the Coopers Arms to pop in for the first time in 20 years. Four entries in the GBG, but three… Continue reading David 6.15 ish or 6.30 pm
“My question is – what kind of a man goes in a pub and only has one beer ?”.
June 2023. Rochester. In Rochester at 11, my final Kentish Guide pub opens at 1. What to do ? Well, the funfair rides outside the castle weren’t open (flippin’ micros) and the castles themselves bore me rigid, I guess I could just take photos of the High Street, or do the Dickens Trail, visiting all… Continue reading “My question is – what kind of a man goes in a pub and only has one beer ?”.
TAKE THE FIRST (OFF-PEAK) TRAIN TO EBBSFLEET INTERNATIONAL
June 2023. Rochester, via Ebbsfleet. The preamble post. I’d left myself one pub to complete Kent, a very expensive (even off-peak) lone tick in Rochester. With trains using the fast link to St Pancras via Ashford and Ebbsfleet costing more than a villa in Gillingham I was going to make the most of it, too.… Continue reading TAKE THE FIRST (OFF-PEAK) TRAIN TO EBBSFLEET INTERNATIONAL
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER…
June 2023. Ashford, Kent (there’s one in Middlesex, allegedly). Our rail trips from Rye always involve a change at Ashford International. If you were compiling a “Bucket list” for someone aged 58 (still young) I doubt “get to the heart of the eternal mystery that is Ashford would be on it. But Mrs RM and… Continue reading CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER…
DEAL SHIP OR NO DEAL SHIP ?
June 2023. Deal. Middle Street in Deal is one of the greatest streets in the world, along with one of those flowered covered lanes up the hill in Bergen and the one with Uerige on it in Dusseldorf. You’ll have your own favourite, I guess. Having bagged the tick, Mrs RM and I strolled the… Continue reading DEAL SHIP OR NO DEAL SHIP ?
TOP 100 PUBS – SMUGGLERS RECORDS, DEAL
June 2023. Deal. Right in the heart of Deal, opposite the Just Reproach, where King St meets Middle St. Regular reader and all-round legend writes “I must say I chuckled but also grimaced a bit at “a micro-cum-record-shop”; I mean, I’m sure it can be done well, but the odds are not stacked in its… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – SMUGGLERS RECORDS, DEAL
SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN DEAL SPOONS
June 2023. Deal. 27 minutes round the coast from Broadstairs to delicious Deal, and a penultimate Kent GBG23 tick. First time in Deal in 5 years, after seemingly spending most of the mid-2010s in pubs on that east Kent coast. Smugglers Record Shop provided that little bit of opening hours peril that a micro-cum-record-shop provides,… Continue reading SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN DEAL SPOONS
SHE’S IN BROADSTAIRS
June 2023. Broadstairs. You can never have too many Half Man Half Biscuit references in your blog. “She’s on the Isle of ThanetI wake up on a trolleyAnd realise the follyI tell them I can manageThere isn’t any damageAnd as I’m being led outI get my A to Z out“ That “A to Z” really… Continue reading SHE’S IN BROADSTAIRS
“You can’t rush Guinness, can you ?”
June 2023. Winchelsea. Mrs RM has enjoyed her time down in Rye Harbour, tidying up the caravan, contemplating her next bottle of Shepherd Neame 1698, and contemplating possibly engaging in some twitching at the nature reserve. The harbour is heaving with gentlefolk in beige, armed with binoculars, heading for the hides. Twitter seems to have… Continue reading “You can’t rush Guinness, can you ?”
TERRIBLE TUESDAYS
Don’t worry, Three Sheets to the Wind, I’ll be back two days later praising you to the skies. A nice short post for you as recover from The Death of Bazball. Word Press tells me you’ll be able to read this in one (1) minute, but then those calculations suggest I could read a WHOLE… Continue reading TERRIBLE TUESDAYS
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