PARENTAL ADVISORY : CONTAINS MAIDENHEAD I don’t wish to over excite my readers, but you can expect posts from Mrs RM on Maidenhead very shortly. Once she’s had an hour in her luxury Brighton hotel to recover. Spoiler : I will be entirely vindicated. As a teaser to the main event, here’s a post from… Continue reading PINKNEYS GREEN – MORE EXCITING THAN IT SOUNDS
A DONNY OVERKILL
You can’t have too much Doncaster, though Simon may disagree. He’s a delicate flower. Two new Guide pubs in Donny, putting it level in the table with North Rotherham and Holy Island for new GBG thrills. I started a mile out in Scawsby, which really wants the Sun for Scawsby. Doncaster may take a look… Continue reading A DONNY OVERKILL
RUNNING WATERS – THE 7am PINT
I’m not saying never trust WhatPub opening hours, but… This is the 3 Horseshoes in Running Waters, named after an Indian chief buried in a micropub on Durham Station. Hopefully it will revert to a Old Hassop location in GBG21 in order to confuse BRAPA. It’s not that isolated, though any map below Navigator level… Continue reading RUNNING WATERS – THE 7am PINT
A LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF LUNCHTIME OPENING
A month in to the new GBG, and Duncan, Si and myself have now all had the joy of tipping up at an unexpectedly closed Guide pub. Not just micros, either; in fact there’s a minor trend for micros to open longer as the trade builds. No, I’ve had tickers lament in two proper pubs… Continue reading A LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF LUNCHTIME OPENING
I’M AT MY WALLSEND
A quick post, as I’m in Maidenhead and I think they may have been reading what I write about their dump of a town. Back to a more civilised Tyneside. Grief, it’s already 9pm and I haven’t eaten since 2. A dash for the last of the Tyneside 8. I feel a con, not bringing… Continue reading I’M AT MY WALLSEND
ANARCHY IN TYNEMOUTH
One more on the coast with Electric Pics, who was obviously paying far more attention than I was to little things like details. Tynemouth certainly has a motley collection of pub names. Hugo’s @ The Coast The Cumberland Lola Jeans (a pre-emptive cert for Si) Barca Gibraltar Rock and of course our very next tick… Continue reading ANARCHY IN TYNEMOUTH
MY FIRST NEWCY BROWN
What a year of revelation this has been for me on the beer front. My first Kronenburg in Paris, my first Arkells for a decade at GBBF, chilli flavoured gin at midnight in Paddy’s in Bangor, and now my first Newcastle Brown Ale in, er, Newcastle. My niece’s boyfriend is from Chicago. I know that… Continue reading MY FIRST NEWCY BROWN
MAKING GBG HAY IN WHITLEY BAY
Already half way through my eight Guide Tyneside ticks, and not a dud yet. Time to “meet a local” who knows everything about Newcastle, and has the good fortune to drink at one of the best Draught Bass houses in the country. Electric Pics, who posts under the alias “Adrian” was responsible for this… Continue reading MAKING GBG HAY IN WHITLEY BAY
I WON’T BE BEATEN IN MONKSEATON
Heading off to the seaside now, without ever actually seeing it on the 20 minute metro meander round the coast. The revelation on the metro journey came late. “Next stop Tine-mouth” I’d always been told it was “Tin-muff” by those evil Geordies. I’d always also been told that railway stations were places you bought overpriced… Continue reading I WON’T BE BEATEN IN MONKSEATON
BYKER (TREASURE) TROVE
Next stop Byker. Or is it Ouseburn ? A mile in the rain. Mere mortals would have taken a taxi, but they’d miss out on the views of Newcastle’s iconic Quayside. Actually only 15 minutes after leaving Beer Street I was coming up to the Free Trade. How did I resist ? A ticker’s… Continue reading BYKER (TREASURE) TROVE
