12th January 2023. The Surrey ticking season begins. It’s not all bad, there’s an entry in Addlestone this year, but in general Surrey means dining pubs in an AONB (Area Of NBSS 2.5 Beer). That’s not entirely fair, the hills between Horsham and Box Hill House some crackers. But the Seven Stars at Leigh is… Continue reading “Are you SURE you don’t want to eat ?”
THE POST-MATCH INQUEST AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN ARMS
11th January 2023. Just back from a rather more convincing City performance than a week ago, when Southampton played us off the park (not for the first time). Never mind. Just as you don’t go to a pub to drink beer, you don’t go the the football to enjoy football. Or something. The highlight is… Continue reading THE POST-MATCH INQUEST AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN ARMS
GIDDY TIMES
11th January 2023. Saints v City for a place in the Mickey Mouse (now we’re out) cup. As a “glory hunter” (my first City game was at Luton in 1977; Will was probably glory-hunting at that game too) I only qualify for a few tickets for away matches each season, and Southampton is always a… Continue reading GIDDY TIMES
ANY SALLY PORT IN A STORM
11th January 2023. A third new Beer Guide tick in Greater Pompey (hey, perhaps I am attempting GBG23), after a mad dash from the Gosport ferry to the Sally Port, another Old Town new entrant. It looks like it’s half the old pub, the rest of the space an antiques shop that’s open when the… Continue reading ANY SALLY PORT IN A STORM
“Hello Steven, This Is Clem Fandango, Can You Hear Me ?”
11th January 2023. Waiting in Gosport for the Fallen Acorn to open, I nipped in the Spoons to record for posterity the price of a pint of craft in January 2023. Stowford Press seems to be your best bet. While the Star was ticking over, the pedestrianised High Street wasn’t a picture of health. Even… Continue reading “Hello Steven, This Is Clem Fandango, Can You Hear Me ?”
GOSPORT GOES PUNK
11th January 2023. I feel cold just writing this a week on. No idea why I decided to catch the ferry to Gosport over an hour before Fallen Acorn opened, I think it was drier on the boat (marginally). The general feeling on Blue Moon, the City forum, was that I was mad heading to… Continue reading GOSPORT GOES PUNK
WHY ISN’T PORTSMOUTH BETTER KNOWN ?
11th January 2023. Having ticked the Dolphin, I now had to walk in pouring rain to the Gosport ferry, visit a dull sounding brewery tap, take the ferry back, walk in the rain back to Old Portsmouth to visit the Sally Port, then drag my sodden self to Southampton for the football. Sounds an ordeal,… Continue reading WHY ISN’T PORTSMOUTH BETTER KNOWN ?
NEW LIFE IN OLD POMPEY
11th January 2023. A dreich day, as the Tand would say, turning to torrential downpour in the afternoon, Perfect for exploring three new Guide entries in Portsmouth from our Southampton base, before seeing City march into the League Cup semi-finals that evening. A long wait at Southampton Central allowed me to bring you EXCLUSIVE photos… Continue reading NEW LIFE IN OLD POMPEY
EAST OF EASTLEIGH
10th January 2023. We didn’t really explore Eastleigh, of course. I did that back in 2019 and once was enough. Nope, just a 3 minute train ride from Southampton airport, and a 3 minute walk over the bridge, and a five minute wait to cross the road to Steam Town, the only GBG entry in… Continue reading EAST OF EASTLEIGH
….REDEEMED BY ALBION
10th January 2023. It had cost me £4.50 for my ticket from Saints Airport to Winchester (bargain evening return, well done South Western), so I felt I HAD to sneak in one before rescuing Mrs RM from spreadsheets and questions about “receivables”. As luck would have it, the train was delayed just long enough to… Continue reading ….REDEEMED BY ALBION
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