I’m off to visit some famous walls tomorrow*, and not Chester either, but I reckon Conwy has the best of the wall walks. And I somehow persuaded Mrs RM to walk them, with the promise it was the quickest way back to the campervan. Just shy of the walls, we note a weird row of… Continue reading LOSING MRS RM ON THE CONWY RAMPARTS
CONWY – RISING PRICES, SMALL HOUSES, “MAGIC”, GUTO KEBAB
You left Mrs RM and myself in the Conwy Valley Hotel, a motel 5 miles south of town with ’80s discos and keg Lees MPA. You may be horrified to learn I resisted (both). While many travellers succumb to the on-site overpriced breakfast, it’s pretty much retiredmartin policy to NEVER eat at the hotel, and… Continue reading CONWY – RISING PRICES, SMALL HOUSES, “MAGIC”, GUTO KEBAB
APRIL ’22 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
Mrs RM promised me she’d get me behind with the blog, and the April highlights post finds me nine (9) days and twenty-three (23) pubs behind. I’ll never catch up ! Do I care ? Of course not. April saw me tick fifty-five (55) new GBG entries, a return to form after the Spanish flu… Continue reading APRIL ’22 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
MISSING PATRICK IN BANGOR
Last tick of a thrilling day, a sixth (6th) in North Wales, and what is always a joyful return to Bangor. Even when Duncan insists we drink after midnight on Sunday. Except it wasn’t. Due to Mrs RM’s punishing schedule, I didn’t go to Patrick’s Bar, which as you know is one of my favourite… Continue reading MISSING PATRICK IN BANGOR
3 “D”s IN A ROW – MORE LOCAL BEER NEAR SNOWDON
A resume of our trip round North Wales as we approached the crucial part of the day where we had key decisions to make; -Stay in the campervan in a layby on the A55 or book a nice hotel with fluffy pillows -Chance a Chinese takeaway in Bangor or just eat the rest of the… Continue reading 3 “D”s IN A ROW – MORE LOCAL BEER NEAR SNOWDON
A TYPICAL TICK IN LLANUWCHLLYN
20 minutes later Mrs RM parked up in Llanwchllyn, yet another GBG entry that starts with Ll.. just to confuse me. “Take your time” said Mrs RM. I think she’d found a WiFi hotspot. I’d found a GBG entry open mid-afternoon in the quietest Gwynedd village imaginable. Welsh schools still in Easter holiday, Wiki calls… Continue reading A TYPICAL TICK IN LLANUWCHLLYN
BASS CLICK-BAIT BY LAKE BALA
It’s 25 years ago since we had a brief brush with Lake Bala, visiting from the unpronounceable Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant where an Englishman owner had the misfortune to place his B & B at the end of a drive owned by a Welshman intent on blocking access to his guests. I believe that Hugh Grant made a… Continue reading BASS CLICK-BAIT BY LAKE BALA
ALL QUIET ON THE LLANDDERFEL FRONT
Best I add a pic of the place mat from the Bryntirion Inn in Lllandderfel; it’s only there so I can spell it wrong successfully in the title. This was my map of the GBG ticks I need in North Wales (East and West). Nice little circuit there round Snowdon. After Llangollen a “closed pub”… Continue reading ALL QUIET ON THE LLANDDERFEL FRONT
MRS RM TIPS THE DOOM BAR IN LLANGOLLEN
“I want you to get massively behind on your blog” says Mrs RM as she drives me kicking and screaming round another half dozen pubs yesterday. Last week we made a much needed trip into North Wales, which from our overnighter in Eccles only took 90 minutes. Honestly, Llangollen is gorgeous, isn’t it ? Shame… Continue reading MRS RM TIPS THE DOOM BAR IN LLANGOLLEN
SUNSET OVER MANCHESTER
Wednesday night is football night in Manchester, unless you play in Trafford in which case it’s Thursdays. I treated Mrs RM to a stopover in Eccles (I know, I know, I spoil her) on our way to Wales, combining City v Brighton, a haircut at top barbers Maclure’s and a Northern Quarter curry. Life gets… Continue reading SUNSET OVER MANCHESTER
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