A quick post showing how I filled the gap between lunch and opening time at my New Mills new tick. After admiring the Torrs, and confirming that the micropub wasn’t opening especially for me, I hit the canal. Note the Cambridge United ultras sticker. I guess Cambridge fans are used to scary cows outside the… Continue reading HALT (AT) DISLEY
THAT’S THE WAY YOU SPELL NEW MILLS
I was recently thinking of UK places that have become iconic in the last few years, and came up with Halifax’s Piece Hall, the Ouseburn Valley, and the Millennium Walkway in New Mills. For all I know The South has some iconic places of its own, but it’s a while since I went to Aldershot.… Continue reading THAT’S THE WAY YOU SPELL NEW MILLS
A DODWORTH DAWDLE
My final GBG tick for South Yorkshire (there was only two !), came in Dodworth, which you probably know better than I do. 37 minutes on the train from Sheffield, population 5,900 (Waterbeach size), a former mining village that’s now in the posh end of Barnsley. Yes, that one. It’s most famous feature is the… Continue reading A DODWORTH DAWDLE
THE SHEFFIELD TAP. BIGGER ON THE INSIDE
Monday afternoon. No new Good Beer Guide but due to some embargo breaking friends I know the Dodworth Tap will be my last South Yorkshire tick. Already, a whole county complete. One of my minor pleasures is seeing how fast I can get to Sheffield Station. Google maps says 41 minutes, my record is 29.… Continue reading THE SHEFFIELD TAP. BIGGER ON THE INSIDE
THE PRE-EMPTIVE PROBLEM
A great day in Macclesfield, with two new faces to put a name to and then forget, but no new GBG ticks while down in Sussex young Simon was collecting dozens of them already. Simon has already completed his GBG Cross ticking, and found a lot of his preemptive pubs in the new Guide. See… Continue reading THE PRE-EMPTIVE PROBLEM
THE CASTLE LIVES !
Our final pub as night descended on Macclesfield wasn’t even on Bing Maps, having only just reopened after 6 odd years closed, and I’ll admit even a Macclesfield regular like me temporarily forgot the exact spot tucked away in the lanes leading up from the station before I recognised the lovely lane and black and… Continue reading THE CASTLE LIVES !
GUESS WHO’S TAKEN CONTROL OF THE JUKEBOX ?
Our Macclesfield crawl headed towards a climax at The Castle now, after a quick stop at the obligatory Robbies pub. Speaking of iconic beers, we literally bumped into Vaux Wanderer leaving the Jolly Sailor (his de facto home when he’s not doing something called work), and our group was suddenly up to seven (six humans).… Continue reading GUESS WHO’S TAKEN CONTROL OF THE JUKEBOX ?
LOOK WHAT WE’VE FOUND !
Only two of the seven pubs I used in Macclesfield were actually in the new Beer Guide (which I hadn’t actually seen then), tjough two of them seemed pre-emptive certs, and the next one was the main reason for the whole trip. We’ve Vaux Wanderer to thank for alerting us to the Bass at the… Continue reading LOOK WHAT WE’VE FOUND !
THE OLD CODGERS MAKE AN ADDITION TO THE GANG
Do keep up at the back. Official Pub No. 3 on the Macc Attack came via the underpass to Park Lane, after a quick stop to admire the Pie Maker. Some local school children had been roped in to design some graffiti tiles so that you lingered in the underpass, rarely a good idea. I… Continue reading THE OLD CODGERS MAKE AN ADDITION TO THE GANG
“Mug or straight glass, gents ?”
Our lunch stop, curated by Mudgie, took us outside the comfort of the Guide and the craft bars that have sprung up in Macclesfield to lure away half of our party. We were saving the Castle till last, and headed into the part of town with most lunch options. Very quiet for a Saturday, and… Continue reading “Mug or straight glass, gents ?”
