The last leg of Northampton 2018 now, with two pubs and a chicken dhansak to finish. On to the Malt Shovel, or “the pub by Morrisons” as I know it. I’d guess this is the Magnet or Cambridge Blue of Northampton, the “CAMRA” pub if you like. It was certainly full of people who looked… Continue reading NORTHAMPTON – FARM FESTS & WEDDING RECEPTIONS
MEETING THE MAYOR OF NORTHAMPTON
I’ll really feel a sense of loss when (if) I finish these Northampton posts. Onto the Albion, a.k.a. the Phipps Brewery Tap. Minus at least three of our number who had decided to stick to the Fosters in the Drum (possibly). First, the bad news from the five minute stroll from the Drum. Shipmans… Continue reading MEETING THE MAYOR OF NORTHAMPTON
A PINT OF FOSTERS AT THE RIFLE DRUM
As we approach “Beery long read” day (I haven’t started yet), I give you yet another “Pubby short post“. Nothing to match our favourite pubcrawler LadySinksTheBooze though. Kirsty’s tour of duty amongst the keg joys of Runcorn came to mind as we approached the Rifle Drum, the high point of our Northampton crawl. Back in… Continue reading A PINT OF FOSTERS AT THE RIFLE DRUM
ST GILES ALE HOUSE
Coming towards the highpoint of the Northampton trip now, the Fosters flagship that is the Rifle Drum. But first, we had to do one of those obligatory micro pubs, with only the slight redemption that it was bound to be in the next Beer Guide and would save me a return trip. I include St… Continue reading ST GILES ALE HOUSE
A CRAFT DIVERSION FOR MESSRS MUDGIE & MUDGE
Next up in Cobblers land is the obligatory craft bar. Jon, of Bass braces fame, suggested the Princess Alexandra, so blame him. It was over the road from the Black Prince, too, so hard to make our excuses. But if we’d dodged it we’d have missed a wonderful welcome from the barman. I assume he’d… Continue reading A CRAFT DIVERSION FOR MESSRS MUDGIE & MUDGE
ANNOYING THE BLACK PRINCE WITH “FIRESTARTER”
Via the Norton spare shop, our Beer & Pubs Forum headed onwards and sidewards to the Black Prince, sister pub to the Olde England. You may be able to tell the familial resemblance, though the Gents owed more to the Combermere. It’s a bit closer to town, on Northampton‘s equivalent of Cambridge’s Mill Road, and… Continue reading ANNOYING THE BLACK PRINCE WITH “FIRESTARTER”
SADDLE SOAP ADVICE AT THE LAMPLIGHTER
It’s more than two weeks since our Northampton trip, so you could forgive me for making it up at this stage. But I have my notes, I have my photos, and now I have Richard Coldwell‘s blog to copy remind me of Pub No. 4. The Lamplighter was a real backstreet boozer on my… Continue reading SADDLE SOAP ADVICE AT THE LAMPLIGHTER
BARRY THE BOAR’S A COBBLER
Back to Northampton, where Mr Coldwell is racing ahead. I thought I might summarise the Northampton pubs in a couple of posts, but I seem to have found the town more photogenic than expected. Like the art deco church. The next part of the crawl was the tricky one, corralling ten of us up the… Continue reading BARRY THE BOAR’S A COBBLER
LYCRA ON OFFA’S DYKE
While Mrs RM took photos in the loos in Archie’s I headed across the road to the GBG newbie, Bar 236. Named after the number of passes completed in the Prestatyn Town v Mold Welsh League game on 17/11/2009, it’s another in Prestatyn’s canon of café-bars modelled on Hollyoaks. In the background you can see… Continue reading LYCRA ON OFFA’S DYKE
STEAK NIGHT IN PRESTATYN
I have three Welsh pubs to tell you about before I get back to comparing notes on Northampton with Messrs Mudgie and Coldwell again, and one of those is one of my Top 3 Pubs Ever, Ever. If you can tell me what it is before I get there I’ll send you a bottle of… Continue reading STEAK NIGHT IN PRESTATYN
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