The tales of Simon’s traumas in rail replacement bus to Barrow put to shame our own mild irritation with the drunk poet on Rye-Hastings leg of our Saturday Sozzler. We were pleased to make the safety of the scruffy underpass, but then kept bumping into the Port Laureate of the Downs on every corner, haranguing… Continue reading HASTINGS SPARKLES IN THE RAIN
BACK TO THE CASTLE
An hour between trains in Rye, just long enough for that frantic half in the micro and a mad search for an open loo. Don’t laugh, you’ll be old once. Always a wonderful place to amble when the coach loads from Arundel and Ashford have gone. Strangely quiet at 6pm, and that wasn’t because they… Continue reading BACK TO THE CASTLE
WATERWORKS
No, nothing to do with Newark North. This was the cutely named new micro bar in Rye. Yeah, the one Paul Bailey probably advised me to do earlier this year when we walked past. Yes, there’s a spare table outside. But it was about 10 degrees too cold for Mrs RM, so we braved the… Continue reading WATERWORKS
“PRETEND IT’S 1995”
Back to the Sussex Downs, where Mrs RM was delighted to discover that eight drops of rain had fallen, meaning my planned eight mile walk to Alfriston had been replaced with a pint in the Eight Bells in Jevington. GBG aficionados will know the Downs is a hotbed of GBG activism, home to classic village… Continue reading “PRETEND IT’S 1995”
SEPTEMBER ’19 STOCKTAKE + OCTOBER PREVIEW
What a month September was. THE HIGHLIGHTS In sport, England won the Ashes after the Aussies returned home before the 100 ball decider, Liverpool clinched the Premier League, and VAR was cheered to the rafters in Tottenham. Elsewhere, Cambridge finally got a Brewdog , Mrs RM started a blog just to slag off Maidenhead‘s most… Continue reading SEPTEMBER ’19 STOCKTAKE + OCTOBER PREVIEW
POLEGATE – FAIR DINKUM
One more post before the September Stocktake, which for a change will be virtually up-to-date. We had real fun finding a hotel close to the coast, eventually getting an apartment (wait a minute) on the edge of Eastbourne. I’m with holding judgement and reviews till I get the deposit back. Golly, ideally placed for two… Continue reading POLEGATE – FAIR DINKUM
MORE BREWERIES THAN GBG PUBS IN HORSHAM
I’m not saying I want to close down all breweries, but it would make it much easier to see the pubs on the GBG maps if we did. On this extract from the Northern Ireland map, you might make complex travel plans before you realise that ALL the entries bar Coleraine are within a Causeway… Continue reading MORE BREWERIES THAN GBG PUBS IN HORSHAM
HORSHAM BOYS (AND GAL)
From Maidenhead we headed towards the coast, where Mrs RM is just about to start an assignment yards from Brighton Station the Evening Star. 20 years ago we’d have set off from Hitchin on a Friday night, phoned a Premier Inn/Lodge on the way, and end up somewhere interesting for £30. “Interesting” meaning Stroud, Sandbach… Continue reading HORSHAM BOYS (AND GAL)
“IS TARA COMING TO THE HUNT ?”
Oh grief, I’ve just read that cartoon. Too late to stop now. I was hoping Mrs RM would blog about the Winning Post in Winkfield, but she said she “can’t be bothered“. It’s a shame, as she overhears more than I do. She’s let me use her photo, though. Apparently the one on the left… Continue reading “IS TARA COMING TO THE HUNT ?”
A MAIDENHEAD REDEMPTION ?
I see the respected town critic Mrs RM has just pronounced on Maidenhead, and it’s not pretty. “my presentation works in Roland the rat catcher and Cyril the cesspit emptier. It seemed somehow fitting…. “ Reader, I have to tell you I was almost keen to defend Maidenhead after her vitriol against the town as… Continue reading A MAIDENHEAD REDEMPTION ?
