I need to admit to a lack of chronology here. I actually popped back to Bristol a week after that Cambridge drubbing at Rovers, but it makes sense to tack this report on to the end of the Brizzle run. Not quite sure why I chose Bristol to see US pop funsters (I jest) Lambchop on a rare… Continue reading SEVEN STARS FOR LAMBCHOP @ THE FLEECE
GASHEADS 4 v 1 BASSHEAD
Oh look ! Proper football fans. In a proper pub. Last Tuesday was the first time I’d seen Cambridge away since a 2-2 at Welling in 2013 better remembered for the Door Hinge than the game. A four year gap between watching your hometown team away is shameful, and with two GBG ticks near the… Continue reading GASHEADS 4 v 1 BASSHEAD
TOP BOOZERS IN KINGSWOOD
If pushed, I prefer the basic town boozer to any other pub type. Sam Smiths places like the Boar’s Head, or the Ship in Connah’s Quay, where folk just go to chat with mates. Preferably in places with just the one cask beer you can rely on being on in good condition from 11am… Continue reading TOP BOOZERS IN KINGSWOOD
A 10 a.m. PINT IN CHEDDAR GORGE
We got up early on the Wednesday, picked up some bargain pain au raisins from Boulangerie, only slightly regretting the lack of a smashed avocado breakfast from Spoons, and headed for Cheddar Gorge. Let the Navigator and the OS Map reveal what a wondrous bit of England this is. Oddly, we’d never stopped at the… Continue reading A 10 a.m. PINT IN CHEDDAR GORGE
CLASSIC BRISTOL PUB CATS IN THE LIME KILN
Some decent pubs, great street art, and scary hills in Bristol on our trip. But it was the casual dining that’s really impressed. After those Lebanese tapas and Bus burritos, we had some very cheap Vietnamese grub in Tuk Tuck. Getting lost in Leonard Lane on the way was a bonus. Never make Mrs RM walk… Continue reading CLASSIC BRISTOL PUB CATS IN THE LIME KILN
HUNTING BUTCOMBE
I’ve lost my notes for this little trip; must have been talking to Mrs RM or something. Either that or there was no decent banter to record. Anyway, a few photos remain. The stretch of A38 south of Bristol and to the Cheddar Gorge is a bit of a mystery to me. Dominated by the sort… Continue reading HUNTING BUTCOMBE
USING THE SPOONS APP IN TAUNTON
Entertaining two teenagers in Taunton is one of life’s great challenges, somewhere alongside an appreciation of Donnington BB, or the removal of the breweries section of the GBG to make it less bulky. Last time out I found the award-winning Somerset museum closed on Sunday, now it was Monday in the school holidays. Luckily… Continue reading USING THE SPOONS APP IN TAUNTON
MORE BREWERIES THAN PUBS IN WIVELISCOMBE
Pints and Pubs reported on yet more new brewery activity in my home town this week. BrewBoard strikes a (rip) chord https://t.co/mRyXFjCIx5 @BrewBoard — pints and pubs (@pintsandpubs) August 14, 2017 And of course, you can never have too many breweries, as they show the strength of our Campaign in 2017. As the CAMRA press release says,… Continue reading MORE BREWERIES THAN PUBS IN WIVELISCOMBE
BEWILDERING CHOICE IN PORTISHEAD SPOONS
There is never a last word on Spoons, it seems. At the end of the month they will open the biggest pub in the country in Ramsgate, to the delight of the town (except for those who sell warm beer at £4 a pint). I’ll be down there on opening day to take photos of… Continue reading BEWILDERING CHOICE IN PORTISHEAD SPOONS
STOKES CROFT – PROPER RUMPY
I love Bristol. And, like Manchester, it gets better each year. More layers of street art, more new bars and cheap eats, more previously undiscovered little gems. A joy for Corbynistas and unbelievers (says Mrs RM) alike. Not quite great enough to live there (rubbish football), but good enough to cough up for a… Continue reading STOKES CROFT – PROPER RUMPY
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