Yes. I’m doing requests. Even for Dave, who just wrote off most of my playlist as “a dirge“. Where’s best on Thanet (and slightly beyond) ? It’s a good question, and Dave will have plenty of time to plan his trip while sipping East Coast murk in his Minneapolis bar home. Spoiler : It’s Ramsgate… Continue reading THE FUTURE IS OURS SO LET’S PLAN IT, THANET
FUN WHILE IT LASTED
2 March 2020 Day 6 of the Distancing. I’m getting a couple of hours solid walking into the day, miles from anyone, just enough to stay sane. But yesterday things went a bit awry as I headed west towards hilly (all relative) Royston but somehow ended up at Wimpole. Wimpole Hall is the great South… Continue reading FUN WHILE IT LASTED
MARTIN’S MARVELLOUS MELANCHOLY MELODIES
No pubs, but it is my diary, and my weird music is keeping me going at the moment. So here’s half a dozen of my current favourite songs for your March mood. Guaranteed Dire Straits free. Songs that make me ache, or weep, or shudder. Or, in this first case, all three; 1) Maria McKee… Continue reading MARTIN’S MARVELLOUS MELANCHOLY MELODIES
SAVE THE CABINET
20 March 2020 Day 5 of The Isolation, and I finally get to leave the Cambridgeshire Fens. Whoopee. Only just into Hertfordshire, as the Old North Road drifts past Royston . I’m looking for places I’ve never been to before, preferably with hills or entertaining street art or abandoned but unopened barrels of Bass. Let’s… Continue reading SAVE THE CABINET
ELY LOOKS TO RIDE OUT THE STORM
March 2020 Well, BRAPA is safely back from Spain to find all our pubs closed; the two events are unrelated. I’ve suggested Si start a new blog series called “Saucy Si’s Saturday Sipping Suggestions“. He could have reviewed this bottle of Kernel Saison I got from Ely’s Bake Shop yesterday, He could have but the… Continue reading ELY LOOKS TO RIDE OUT THE STORM
A FAREWELL TO KINGS (HEAD, WILBURTON)
March 2020 Day 3 of The Distancing. As part of my public service responsibility I’ve created a hand-washing guide you can use to the accompaniment of Julia Jacklin‘s paean to avoiding bodily contact. Go to https://washyourlyrics.com/ if you’d rather wash to “Aqualung” or “God Save The Queen” or “Subterranean Homesick Blues“. The blog is just… Continue reading A FAREWELL TO KINGS (HEAD, WILBURTON)
LITTLE THETFORD – (REPLACEMENT) HIPS DON’T LIE
March 2020 Day 2 of the “World Without Pubs“, and the latest in my series of increasingly desperate attempts to sell the Fens to you as a holiday destination, should you ever be allowed to leave Paisley or Maidstone or Bridgend. If you’d assumed Little Thetford was next to normal Thetford on the A11 to… Continue reading LITTLE THETFORD – (REPLACEMENT) HIPS DON’T LIE
CAMBRIDGE – SCARILY BEAUTIFUL
March 2020 It seems folk are still reading this rubbish. Have you nothing better to do ? More publess travel for you, starting with a Monday afternoon trip to Cambridge to buy the essentials. Including the new Maria McKee album. These days I only go to town for the £5 Monday cinema at Vue (no… Continue reading CAMBRIDGE – SCARILY BEAUTIFUL
GRUMBLES IN GRUNTY FEN
My “Social Distancing” days are falling into a routine already, and I hate routine. Wash hands Make Mrs RM coffee. Wash hands Clean all clothes used yesterday Write blog post Wash hands Make Mrs RM lunch Wash hands Clean house Wash hands Travel a few miles up the A10 and walk for 2 hours Wash… Continue reading GRUMBLES IN GRUNTY FEN
WONDERFUL WORCESTER
Even shorter posts from now; more time for you to wash your hands and catch up on back issues of BlackpoolJane. I forgot to give you the pinked map for Worcestershire; I know in these uncertain times a pinked map brings great comfort. No more new pubs to bring you for the forseeable future, but… Continue reading WONDERFUL WORCESTER
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