I set the alarm for 3.30am this morning, and by 4.15 my Sis and I were on the A14 heading for the coast, like on the Sonic Youth cover. We’re heading to Helston to see Wren, Julie’s first grandchild. It’s just possible there’ll be pubs. Mrs RM is perfectly happy drinking low alcoholic lager at… Continue reading AND HE’S OFF
LAZY OTTER, LUSCIOUS IPA
The Fenland stretch A10 between Greater Waterbeach and King’s Lynn may not have many great pubs, but there’s some great names. The Slap Up (now a curry house), The Five Miles From Anywhere, The Fish & Duck (RIP), Downham Home & Garden Centre. And of course the Lazy Otter, beloved of boat people and revolving… Continue reading LAZY OTTER, LUSCIOUS IPA
TOM THE PUB RETURNS
Some people idolise brewers; with me it’s the guys and gals who get magic out of the pumps. Our own Andrew and Helen at The Sun, Jeff at the Ypres Castle, Terri and Jethro at the Blue, and the folk at Durham’s Station House and Stockport’s Petersgate Tap. Meet Tom the Pub, a Southern Cambridgeshire… Continue reading TOM THE PUB RETURNS
IT’S BEEN 5 LONG YEARS….
and I love retiredmartin just the same. Here’s some suitably naff power pop to meet my contractual requirements with Mark Crilley, and celebrate five years of the blog, as I was reminded by WordPress this week. If any of you actually know this Colin James classic (I picked up the tape for $3 in Adelaide)… Continue reading IT’S BEEN 5 LONG YEARS….
BEE RESCUING IN GRAFHAM
This is the George, Spaldwick; It’s a lovely pub. And three jolly gentlefolk seemed to confirm its loveliness as they bounded past us on our return from Leighton Bromswold. “If you’re heading for the pub, it’s closed” said Panama hat man, grumpily. And so it was, at 3.15pm on the hottest day of the year. … Continue reading BEE RESCUING IN GRAFHAM
LLAMAS, LACINGS & LAZY DAYS IN LEIGHTON BROMSWOLD
Too far to travel for a new tick, that’ll have to wait till Tuesday in Cornwall, but I DID get Mrs RM to join me on a walk in hilly Cambridgeshire. Honest, hills. Well, close enough. This is the footpath from Spaldwick to Leighton Bromswold, perched on the eponymous high ridge which is a magnet… Continue reading LLAMAS, LACINGS & LAZY DAYS IN LEIGHTON BROMSWOLD
473 PINTS A WEEK
No, not BRAPA’s consumption last week. That’s the claimed sale of cask ale at We*herspoon’s Weepinh *sh in St. Neots last week. I used to pop in this classic gentlefolk Spoons quite regularly for flat whites, Thursday curry and the occasional pint of Saffron (why ?). On Thursday afternoon it was very quiet, the gentlefolk… Continue reading 473 PINTS A WEEK
TOP 100 PUBS – YE OLDE SUN, ST NEOTS
Back in St Neots, I scoured my options for a second pint of mainstream BBB before meeting back at Lidl. Alan Winfield did (nearly) all the pubs in 2016; I’d have liked a pint in a Craft Union in his honour but St Neots CAMRA is still campaigning for one of those. So Ye Olde… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – YE OLDE SUN, ST NEOTS
ST NEOTS, SINGLETS & THE SECRET DOOM BAR PUMP
So, you are no so much a “Beer Blogger”, but a “Pub Blogger” So wrote a venerable CAMRA branch chairman (not THAT one) this week as we amiably discussed good pubs down south. “Pub Blogger” was written in the way you might write “Hull fan” or “Moth botherer”, I thought. It’s Life After Football’s fault.… Continue reading ST NEOTS, SINGLETS & THE SECRET DOOM BAR PUMP
VEGAN BEE DRAMA IN MILTON
My enforced diet has crashed into the barrier that is Rishi Sunak’s “Get Fat for a Fiver“ offer, available Monday to Wednesday in August. With current events preventing me ticking GBG pubs 3 hours away, I’m a bit tied to local pubs (Ugh !), so I might as well see how many folk are flocking… Continue reading VEGAN BEE DRAMA IN MILTON
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