Nice obscure Canadian post-rock reference there for Russ and any other Canucks reading this. We pick up the story as the train from Perth arrives at a Dundee station bursting with pre-AGM anticipation. I headed straight to Caird Hall to pick up my CAMRA Members’ Weekend goody bag, my first since the Isle of Man… Continue reading GOD SPEEDWELL YOU ! GREEN EMPEROR
SAINTS AT THE CHERRYBANK
One last pub in Perth before I could join the queue for goody bags and “Say No To Craft” badges back in Dundee. A fairly hefty walk to the Cherrybank, the one I’d been looking forward to most. Always best to alternate your pints of keg with caffeine of course, so I stopped in Blend… Continue reading SAINTS AT THE CHERRYBANK
HAZY JANE
Yes, BrewDog. You can’t avoid them in Scotland, even in small cities like Perth. You’re probably safe in Stranraer if you’re a hater. Two pubs in to my Perth Perambulation, I walked along the Tay, scouring Google for a hipster cafe for lunch. I couldn’t find any of those coffee houses. Not surprising as they… Continue reading HAZY JANE
SCUMMY HEADS IN FLESHERS’ VENNEL
Onward to my 2nd Perth tick, definitely a Proper Pub, at the end of a Proper Street. Perhaps Perth lacks the majesty of Paisley, or the drama of a night in Coatbridge, but there’s a good mix of folk in the shops and more in the pubs than you’d see on a Friday lunchtime in… Continue reading SCUMMY HEADS IN FLESHERS’ VENNEL
A CAMRA/BREWDOG TRUCE IN PERTH
With four hours ’till the CAMRA Weekend opened to mere mortals I took the 20 minute journey to Perth, home of three GBG ticks AND a Brew Dog bar. Unlike BRAPA, there aren’t many towns left to visit with more than a lone new Guide pub to visit now (though there’s NINE in Plymouth). The… Continue reading A CAMRA/BREWDOG TRUCE IN PERTH
DUNDEE CULTURAL INTERLUDE
Day 2 of the CAMRA Weekend, and an early start for Dundee with an advance ticket beautifully stamped with a cutout of a choo-choo train. Just for Tom Irvin. My seat gave me a prime view for an on-board ScotRail art piece called “Extreme Noise vs The Wedding Present”. The noisiest wrapping in the history… Continue reading DUNDEE CULTURAL INTERLUDE
SUNSHINE ON LEITH
My Deuchars itch successfully scratched at the Oxford, I headed along the Water of Leith to my second Edinburgh tick. Well, close to the Water as it weaves magically through the piano and pashmina heartlands of Broughton and Warriston towards Leith and the Dreadnought. The Dreadnought would turn out to be my third great pub… Continue reading SUNSHINE ON LEITH
THE OXFORD BAR
Moving on from the BrewDog bar, where the Punk music selection was a Punk version of 500 Miles and Green Day, clearly the original punks. Mrs RM is up in Edinburgh for the Festival (not the real one) and BrewDog should make sure she doesn’t get to their punk karaoke night. I walked past the… Continue reading THE OXFORD BAR
HUNTING DEUCHARS
Yes, I’d managed to arrive in Edinburgh just before the nerds turned up (not the CAMRAs). Almost as good as arriving in Somerset after Glastonbury. The replies to my request for good Deuchars were discouraging, “Don’t Ever Drink Deuchars” the gist of it. So I just walked aimlessly round the closes off the Royal Mile… Continue reading HUNTING DEUCHARS
CAMRA MEMBERS WEEKEND DUNDEE 2019 – IT BEGINS
Yes, post No.1 of x, where x = an unspecified amount. But there were 33 pubs visits over the five days of the CAMRA Big Weekender (a bit like Cream but with legal drugs or Glasto without pashminas), so be worried. A lesisurely train trip to Edinburgh to start, aided by a purchase at Ely… Continue reading CAMRA MEMBERS WEEKEND DUNDEE 2019 – IT BEGINS
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