Don’t worry, it’s not entirely “one pub = one post” on the Stockport Stagger or I’ll be here till Christmas (always a good time to do Stocky). Where were we ? Oh yes, (D), the Arden, pretending to walk off a huge pie on the way down to Portwood. On the way we pass some… Continue reading SUPER STOCKY PART IV
INSIDE THE ARDEN
Pub No. 3 on the Codgers in Cheshire Crawl took me back to the Arden Arms, where my youngest lad was converted to a lifetime of joy drinking Unicorn in April. Well, actually he drinks at Vocation and Fierce so #CaskIsDead. It really is a lovely pub. Six months ago we had to enjoy lunch… Continue reading INSIDE THE ARDEN
TOP 100 PUBS – SWAN WITH TWO NECKS, STOCKPORT
A reminder that if you can’t be bothered to read my report look at my photos from the Stockport crawl you could always go straight to the more concise posts from Pub Curmudgeon (here), Kentish Paul Bailey (here) and Brummie Pete (here). I suspect Cheshire Life had a reporter there too. Stockport had anticipated our… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – SWAN WITH TWO NECKS, STOCKPORT
STOCKPORT OLD CODGERS REUNION ’21 – IT BEGINS
Friday the 8th October 2021. The day Pub Curmudgeon got the gang back, the first meeting of the Beer & Pubs Forum since you-know-what. I wore my special Bass shirt (actually the smartest thing I own since I threw the suits away, which will be awkward at funerals). It was a lovely day to cross… Continue reading STOCKPORT OLD CODGERS REUNION ’21 – IT BEGINS
SHEFFIELD’S PUB HERITAGE
The problem with Sheffield, if you’re a pub ticker, is that it’s easy to be distracted from The True Path (ONLY visit new GBG pubs, don’t get distracted by revisits and beer festivals and keg pubs). We’re getting a few visitors now from backwaters such as Cambridge and Dereham and Hook, and they all expect… Continue reading SHEFFIELD’S PUB HERITAGE
MATILDA MANN MANIA
Oh no, scary new music that’s not 50/70 year old blokes still playing their ’90s/’70s hits ! Don’t worry, there’ll be another pub post along in a minute. I finished an epic Wednesday in London, NOT in the Parcel Yard but just behind it at Lafayette, a new basement venue tucked into the flashy new… Continue reading MATILDA MANN MANIA
INTO ISLINGTON
On the home straight now, as I declare on five GBG ticks and try to think of things to do while waiting for my gig to open doors at 19:00 that doesn’t involve researching pubs. Here’s my “heat map”; bit of a midfield battle, isn’t it ? The walk through Finsbury takes us past some… Continue reading INTO ISLINGTON
CLOUDY IN STROUD(Y) GREEN
Oh no ! Pictures of beer ! What happened to the photos of London’s architectural wonders, cosmopolitan dining scene and hemp shops ? All present and correct on the walk from Finsbury Park to Stroud Green, from Arsenal to Tottenham if you like. I cannot lie, this bit of North London is a bit of… Continue reading CLOUDY IN STROUD(Y) GREEN
THE SHIP & SHOVELL – BUT WHICH ONE ?
You rejoin me at Battersea Power Station tube, where I’ve ticked four Good Beer Guide pubs in two hours* and completed a lovely section of GBG pinking. My next tick would involve either a long and complex set of journeys to Hanwell, or to Bexleyheath, neither of which appealed. I’d peaked too soon, and had… Continue reading THE SHIP & SHOVELL – BUT WHICH ONE ?
TUBE TICKING AT BATTERSEA POWER STATION
BRAPA would have come up with a witty title, something involving “Some Like It Hot” (the song, duh) and rhyming Battersea with “I need a pee” and oh, how we’d laugh. But I’ve overwritten my notes from this one and I’m not in the mood for frivolities. Besides, I was tense as the Battersea Brewery… Continue reading TUBE TICKING AT BATTERSEA POWER STATION
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