Blimey. How has the Ram Inn escaped the attention of the Guide for so long ? Well, though I’ve been ticking London for 25 years I guess it’s nearly 16 years since the Ram Brewery closed and its former tap returns to the Guide mainly due to the in-house Slybeast Brewery. Keep up. How could… Continue reading THE RAM INN
PRE-EMPTIVE WANDSWORTH
My three (3) ticks in South West London were pleasingly grouped along the railway line that loops from Waterloo to Twickenham (aaaagh !) and back, so only 10 minutes after leaving Putney I was in Wandsworth Town, one of the Guide’s forgotten places. Twenty years ago the GBG was full of proper Young’s boozers like… Continue reading PRE-EMPTIVE WANDSWORTH
MORE BRUNNING & PRICE DAY KENNELS MASQUERADING AS PUBS
Tick 2 of 3 in South West London, and a first ever visit to Queenstown Road Station, which is an ideal spot to take a photo of That London. The Telegraph is the only GBG pub in a vast area of posh South West London loosely described as “Greater Chelsea”. Or Greater Fulham if I’m… Continue reading MORE BRUNNING & PRICE DAY KENNELS MASQUERADING AS PUBS
BATTERING SW LONDON IN BATTERSEA
This post is brought to you from the 10.45 from Sheffield to Leeds, from where I’ll head on to my final North Yorkshire GBG 22 tick. I’ll expect fanfare, I’ll expect a welcome committee from BRAPA and Colin, I’ll expect a top pint of Landlord. Who knows? Wednesday saw me on a train from Waterbeach… Continue reading BATTERING SW LONDON IN BATTERSEA
MORE MALDON MAGIC IN MUNDON
My penultimate Essex tick for GBG22 came on the outskirts of Maldon, beloved of at least one former Pub Man of the Year on this blog. Maldon is an Essex highlight, even if it’s been a while since the town itself tempted me back with a new entry that wasn’t a micro or brewery tap.… Continue reading MORE MALDON MAGIC IN MUNDON
INTERRUPTING DELIVERIES IN PLESHEY
Only a few left in Essex, perhaps the most consistent county for pubs in the GBG. But you knew that. And if you didn’t, the Leather Bottle in Pleshey is a mere 11.7 miles walk from Stansted Airport. You know you want to. Pleshey is one of those timeless villages that Mid Essex excels at;… Continue reading INTERRUPTING DELIVERIES IN PLESHEY
“And a bang on the ear”
Monday evening. I’d left Mum and Dad watching Emmerdale (a farming soap without farmers) for an hour to see what Cambridge was like before the weekend surge. The circular route took me back to the station from the Elm Tree, and over Parker’s Piece, home to the invention of the rules of football (US :… Continue reading “And a bang on the ear”
A MILD MONDAY IN CAMBRIDGE
Back home in Cambridge for a few days, with ambitions to clear some of those irritating unticked pubs in Essex and London. But Day 1 was a wash-out, literally, as Storm Franklin put paid to ALL trains from Waterbeach to London. Mind, it was worse in Rotherham; Never mind ticks then, I had to get… Continue reading A MILD MONDAY IN CAMBRIDGE
THOUGHTS ON BEER QUALITY POST-COVID
Not many bloggers write about quality because a) it’s subjective and b) you might upset your local pubs if you say the beer isn’t great (even if the pub is). But I can say what I like, because all my local pubs serve good to great beer, and they did in Cambridge too. OK, some… Continue reading THOUGHTS ON BEER QUALITY POST-COVID
“We never win at home and we never win away…”
Still 90 minutes till the late kick-off at the Etihad; the weather in Manchester had improved since I’d arrived (funny that) as I left the Lass O’ Gowrie for student-land. There are approximately 37,577 different routes to take to get to the Etihad, and I chose the one that went past the famous Vimto statue.… Continue reading “We never win at home and we never win away…”
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