May 2025. Georgia. The Caucasus. Mrs RM’s 75th country tick, though the confidence with which she picked that number out of the air yesterday when quizzed by an Aussie traveller suggests it may be worthy of audit. Anyhow, Luton Airport Mid-Stay, again, where (from top, l-r) Tumble. Mischief, Buzzy Bee and Shirley were left in… Continue reading THE TICKERS WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA
CHEESE AND BISCUITS NIGHT AT THE SUN
May 2025. Waterbeach. Something completely different coming next, but first back to an old favourite after checking on Dad in his care home. “Shall we just check on The Sun ?” says Mrs RM, as if doing a favour for a friend. As it happens, The Sun is in good hands that Sunday, Rawtenstall Bev… Continue reading CHEESE AND BISCUITS NIGHT AT THE SUN
ONLY ONE REMEDY FOR THE CUP FINAL BLUES
May 2025. Sheffield. West Yorkshire complete, I scrambled down the hill to Keighley station, tempted to head to the (actual) Boltmakers Arms to watch the Cup Final. But I can’t watch City (or England) games on telly, too nervous, and managed to get back to Sheffield via Leeds without hearing anyone mention a game that… Continue reading ONLY ONE REMEDY FOR THE CUP FINAL BLUES
WEST YORKSHIRE HAS FALLEN. THE APPLEGARTH, RIDDLESDEN
May 2025. Riddlesden. West Yorkshire. Cup Final day, the showpiece of the football calendar. At least it was, when it was the only game on telly, and the last game of the season. Nowadays it’s an irritant, the actual timing fought over by broadcasters to maximise overseas rights and make sure it’s over before Eurovision.… Continue reading WEST YORKSHIRE HAS FALLEN. THE APPLEGARTH, RIDDLESDEN
WAPENTAKE REVISITED
May 2025. Leeds. It’s chaos round Leeds station at the moment, but then the city’s skyline always seems in a state of flux, it’s what makes a great city. The bus back from Wetherby was uneventful, though I did manage to snap one of the Art Deco highlights on the A58. presumably taken as I… Continue reading WAPENTAKE REVISITED
X98 REDEMPTION ON THE ROAD BACK FROM THE BOSUN’S BREWERY TAP
May 2025. Wetherby. Well, I wasn’t expecting that level of vitriol in the comments after my usual scrupulously honest report on the Leeds-Wetherby bus. But read on, Anonymous… I trudged on after Wetherby’s eponymous brewery tap through light industrial estates, to Bosun’s, the actual Guide newbie. It’s a quarter to four, the Golden Hour awaits,… Continue reading X98 REDEMPTION ON THE ROAD BACK FROM THE BOSUN’S BREWERY TAP
SURVIVING THE X99 TO WETHERBY
May 2025. Wetherby. The relentless driving has been a bit tiring (boring) this year, so I’m trying to do as many GBG entries as possible by rail, before the campervan gets put into service for the tricky ticks. Up the A1 Wetherby has a new entry, a first for what seems like decades, but it… Continue reading SURVIVING THE X99 TO WETHERBY
A HOLT IN REDDISH
May 2025. Reddish. Mrs RM, Blackpool Jane and I had done Reddish Ale justice, and now eyed up a second entry in the Manchester Beer Book. Bottle Mill was tucked away in the glorious red brick of Holdsworth aka Reddish Mill, alongside gyms, Thai boxing and child care. But could we find it ? Well,… Continue reading A HOLT IN REDDISH
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – REDDISH ALE
May 2025. Reddish. Greater Stockport. Actually I’m not sure if Reddish really is in Greater Stockport, nor do I really care. Its GBG entries are picked by S&SM CAMRA, and that’s all that counts. Reddish Ale was both new in the Guide and in Matthew Curtis’s essential Manc beer book. Frankly I couldn’t tell you… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – REDDISH ALE
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PEVERIL OF THE PEAK
May 2025. Manchester. Well, there’s a pub you’ll know and probably love, but it’s not the star of our Moderate Night Out with Blackpool Jane last week. That comes next. Jane does something called “work”, and we picked the Pev to meet to plan our pubs as it’s, remarkably, a place Mrs RM didn’t remember… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PEVERIL OF THE PEAK
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