Talk of Tolly Follies yesterday took me back to a couple of Ipswich trips 3 years ago, and the realisation that I’ve never been in this specialist Doom Bar pub; Only an hour on the train, so I’ll be tempted to go back when things return to normal. Can there really be nothing new since… Continue reading IPSWICH’S GOLDEN HOUR
LET’S CELEBRATE……SCUNTHORPE
Two views on Scunthorpe from my readers. The Venice of the North, says Pete, from Brum. The real mastermind behind BRAPA has a different view, as Simon reports; “As I turned my lights out and drifted off, my phone buzzed. I noticed it was a text from the legendary Tom Irvin. Too tired to see… Continue reading LET’S CELEBRATE……SCUNTHORPE
“BEARING UP, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”
I was going to do a post on Scunthorpe tonight, but I ran out of enthusiasm. Sorry. So here’s one about the Lockdown. Tomorrow marks a month since my last pub. Hopefully not EVER. Only one bottle of Doom Bar (purely for research purposes) in all that time, despite some bloke on Twitter trying to… Continue reading “BEARING UP, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”
ANDOVER – TESTING TIMES
More exciting pub towns for when the lockdown ends. “Andover ?!” “Really?” Why not ? Less than 2 hours from Heathrow, you Yanks could possibly do it as a day trip from the States, if you weren’t working on different time zones to us. “Open your mind, relax and float downstream (to the source of… Continue reading ANDOVER – TESTING TIMES
PUBMEN MILL AROUND IN BELPER
Interesting to note, looking back at 5 years worth of posts, just how many towns get three visits in that time. What can it mean ? Well, a new micropub every two years, that’s what. If we get a GBG for 2021 then Belper might get a third micropub (Elvis Costello themed !) in the… Continue reading PUBMEN MILL AROUND IN BELPER
WISBECH – ON THE BRINK
Hope you’re well and enjoying the cleaning. If honest I’m coping better mentally than physically, despite eschewing beer for a month and eating quite well. It’s easy to get very lethargic when you haven’t got work (pub ticking) to go to. My blog visits are down by about a quarter since the Coronavirus lockdown, which… Continue reading WISBECH – ON THE BRINK
WELFORD – POSH, P****D AND PEDI
I can’t say I enjoy writing these retrospectives, but I DO enjoy reading some of my old posts (and Pubmeister, BRAPA, LifeAfterFootball et al). And blogging beats trying to find something exciting in Waterbeach. Look closely at the “Mon” symbol next to the cutlasses marking the Battle of Naseby, where Curry Charles and I fought… Continue reading WELFORD – POSH, P****D AND PEDI
ON THE (MIDDLE)MARCH IN STAMFORD
It’s a fortnight since I left the village, 3 weeks since I left the Fens, and I’m missing those long drives up the A1 belting out Julia Jacklin and Bruckner on the way to The North. Roads are so quiet I could be in Stamford in under an hour, unheard of 6 months ago. The… Continue reading ON THE (MIDDLE)MARCH IN STAMFORD
NATIONAL BASS DAY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
With all the fuss about Doom Bar you may have missed the fact that Draught Bass is also being commemorated by a few twiggy beer lovers in the sticks today. I can do no better than bring you some pics of blokes (normally me) drinking Bass and hope you’ll be able to do the same… Continue reading NATIONAL BASS DAY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
WREXHAM WONDERS
Happy Doom Bar Day. I thought you’d like to see Mrs RM’s coping mechanism, which at least supports a beleaguered and misunderstood homebrewer from rural Aberdeenshire. My coping strategy is this blog, and the Jamaican patties our local shop has started stocking. More increasingly random highlights packages from underrated towns for you. I chose Wrexham/Wrecsam… Continue reading WREXHAM WONDERS
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