3rd March 2023. Due to popular demand we returned from Greece at the start of the month, just so I could start blogging about UK towns and pubs again for you, dear reader. It took longer to exit Luton Mid-term parking than it did to fly home, due to, and I quote the parking operator,… Continue reading A WINNER IN THE 11:15 AT UTTOXETER
“Whatever happened to Hanson ?”
28th February 2023. Time to say goodbye to Greece, after a rather chaotic last night following the Pubmeister Guide to Strong Craft in Athens, which I’ve probably credited enough now to avoid litigation. Koukaki is the smart quarter below Parliament and the Acropolis, your route taking you past a host of esteemed UK Universities running… Continue reading “Whatever happened to Hanson ?”
POLITICS ARE TEMPORARY, WU TANG IS FOREVER
27th February 2023. Our last day in Greece, and time to treat Mrs RM (I know !). Yes, it’s a two (2) mile walk to the Gas Museum, what gal wouldn’t like that. Situated in Technopolis, a Greek Kelham Island in the west of town, via the network of shops in central Athens. One street… Continue reading POLITICS ARE TEMPORARY, WU TANG IS FOREVER
HAPPY HOUR AT BEER TIME
27th February 2023. Having climbed the Acropolis we returned our attention to Pubmeister’s authorative (bar the lack of kebab reviews) Guide to Athens Craft. You left us on the rooftop of this bar which I can’t find on Google maps because it’s all Greek to me (must use that as a title). Vast beer hall,… Continue reading HAPPY HOUR AT BEER TIME
ACROPOLIS NOW !
27th February 2023. “Show us the hill already !” No ! not that one ! That’s Mount Lycabettus (I think), the one you get to by a funicular. I’ll save my funicular ride for Bridgnorth, I think. Monday was Acropolis Day. It was also “Clean Monday” in Greece, apparently, the first day of Lent, when… Continue reading ACROPOLIS NOW !
SUNDAY NIGHT IN ATHENS – BEER AND CURRY AND STAG DOs
ADVISORY : NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH 26th February 2023. Three (3) nights in Athens, as the old Murray Head hit almost went; let’s hit the town. Mrs RM didn’t fancy a walk up the Acropolis in the dark, which I consequently didn’t even see on that first night. What I did see was a young,… Continue reading SUNDAY NIGHT IN ATHENS – BEER AND CURRY AND STAG DOs
TREADING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN ART AND GRAFFITI IN ATHENS
26th February 2023. Mrs RM had beat me to Athens by 35 years, and her own recollection seemed to run to “smog, ouzo and grime“, which sounds like a Blackpool Jane away day in Middlesbrough (bar the parmo). I knew there was a big hill, and a curry scene, but then Lincoln has both of… Continue reading TREADING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN ART AND GRAFFITI IN ATHENS
TRAIN BEERS
26th January 2023. Tricky post to write, this one, as you’ll see at the end. I’d booked a train for the four hour trip from Thessaloniki to Athens at lunchtime, which took out most of a whole day but at least meant arriving in the capital in daylight, and gave us time to explore the… Continue reading TRAIN BEERS
THE MOUTAINOUS MONASTERIES OF METEORA
February 2023. More holiday snaps from northern Greece, but at least I don’t invite you over to Sheffield to see them as a slide show with sherry and Stilton like in the ’70s. We started our day trip (3 hours each way) to the famous mountain monasteries of Meteora at Thessaloniki Station, which is clearly… Continue reading THE MOUTAINOUS MONASTERIES OF METEORA
MY GREAT BIG GREEK CRAFT NIGHT
February 2023. I can’t profess much enthusiasm for this post, but as this site is legally tagged “Beer and Pubs” (which stops me accessing my own blog on train journeys with wowser Trans Pennine) I ought to mention the bars. There aren’t a lot of them in Thessaloniki, unless they’re all in the suburbs. In… Continue reading MY GREAT BIG GREEK CRAFT NIGHT
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