Another day, more opening times nerves. My last tick in Rutland at the attractively named Empingham Cricket Club, which I’d already predicted some fun with on here. This is what their own website says; Luckily, they clearly mean the Sri Lankan cricket season, and I was able to confirm they’d be open on Sunday by… Continue reading RUTLAND WEEKEND TICKING
HEART OF GLASS (OF ALE) – PUB TICKER ACTION MAN IN MARKYATE
There’s been a host of horrors for GBG completists in this year’s Guide. Brewery taps only open 11 days a year, Cricket clubs open for 8pm till midnight on Fridays, and the usual motley collection of micro pubs that open when they feel like it. What would greet me at my penultimate Herts tick in… Continue reading HEART OF GLASS (OF ALE) – PUB TICKER ACTION MAN IN MARKYATE
CAMULODUNUM CHIPS & CRAFT
I’d given myself a ridiculously tight timetable for visiting the two new Colchester pubs on the way back from Wivenhoe to Waterbeach. The Romans stayed for much longer, leaving some good pubs and street art. A few years later, Colchester became best known for the unique “Middle Ages Football Experience” at Layer Road, for which… Continue reading CAMULODUNUM CHIPS & CRAFT
A WIVENHOE WOBBLE
Off to the seaside, North Essex style, to one of the last GBG ticks reachable by train without a sleeper (I appreciate infinity would not be long enough for some Northern Rail journeys). Wivenhoe is one of the smarter small towns (7,000 odd) between Colchester and up-and-coming Jaywick. It’s a real throwback to the good… Continue reading A WIVENHOE WOBBLE
“MILD”
First of all, some advice for aspiring pub bloggers. If you’re creating a post on your mobile phone in Tesco Costa waiting for the RAC, don’t sit on your phone and publish before you’ve actually wrote anything. If he reads this blog, thanks to the hipster helper from RAC for fixing my AYGO. After some… Continue reading “MILD”
“OLD”
I feel a bit guilty about the lack of a report on St Andrews Brehouse, my new Norwich tick last week. Sadly my phone camera had only just recharged enough to bring you one shot from that “Fine City”. And it ain’t from the GBG pub. St Andrews is part of the burgeoning City… Continue reading “OLD”
BREAKFAST IN SHEFFIELD
It’s not all pubs on this site, you know. Sometimes you get weird street art, or Sam Smiths windows or industrial architecture. And today it’s breakfast recommendations. Actually brunch, as I’d already had excellent coffee and banana cake from Albies on Snig Hill. We arranged to meet James at the Depot Bakery, the top brunch… Continue reading BREAKFAST IN SHEFFIELD
£1.65 PINTS IN SHEFFIELD
Two nights of torment back home, then a night out in Sheffield (under the flimsy pretext of seeing if our Undergraduate son was eating well to reassure his grandparents). We tipped up just as the Sheffield United v Stoke game was drifting to a stalemate. Clearly the Potters no longer feel the need to visit… Continue reading £1.65 PINTS IN SHEFFIELD
GHOST SHIP ON THE YARMOUTH COAST
Less talk, more photos this morning. One new pub left in Yarmouth, and a decent walk to take me through the heart of town. Back over the Yare, past the huge grainstore I fully expect to be a micro pub on my next visit. Hall Quay has some great buildings, great beer less so.… Continue reading GHOST SHIP ON THE YARMOUTH COAST
BLOWING BUBBLES OVER THE YARE
New GBG Pub No.2 was very exciting. A trip to the Bridge Over The River Yare, inspiration for the 1957 war epic starring David Niven. More importantly, the first pub in Yarmouth Southtown in the history of retiredmartin. Pint and Pubs ventured here in 2012, before the Beer Guide caught up. I retraced my steps… Continue reading BLOWING BUBBLES OVER THE YARE
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