More mixed Moors tales, and more evidence that Cleveland CAMRA pick pubs for the Guide based on beer quality. Well done them. For a change, a really interesting Ordnance Survey extract for you too. Starting with something not encountered for a while; the unexpectedly closed pub. I joined several folk at the entrance of the Downe Arms,… Continue reading “FOOD SERVICE STOPPED AT 2”
BARELY A HEARTBEAT ON THE NORTH YORKS MOORS
One of the most admirable aspects of the BRAPA quest to complete the Beer Guide is the consistency with which young Si goes through his recent Saturday routine; Get up at 5am Walk to York station Buy a pasty Get irritated with fellow travellers on train to Kings Cross Catch a connecting train to a dull Buckinghamshire… Continue reading BARELY A HEARTBEAT ON THE NORTH YORKS MOORS
JULY ’17 STOCKTAKE & AUGUST PREVIEW
I’ve only just noticed I need to sum up July, and post my plans for August so you can avoid me. Not that that worked for Pubmeister, who I still managed to harass in Copenhagen on a memorable (and expensive night). BRAPA beat me to that post, and walloped me last month, 56 (fifty-six) pubs to my… Continue reading JULY ’17 STOCKTAKE & AUGUST PREVIEW
KARAOKE & KAMPERVANNING IN STAMFORD
Somewhere in my photo collection there’s a picture of a bloke singing “Back for Good” at karaoke in Stamford‘s Lincolnshire Poacher*; the highlight of a Sunday night spent on Adnams, Bombardier, Mansfield and Pedigree in the fun pub. But it was all fun pubs back in 1997, when Stamford had one of the widest range of beers anywhere in the… Continue reading KARAOKE & KAMPERVANNING IN STAMFORD
TALES OF THE TAYLOR OF GLOUCESTER
Hardly a year goes by without a disappointing trip to Gloucester. Why, oh why can’t it be like other modest Cathedral cities ? Never mind Salisbury, even Rochester has more GBG entries, and more to detain you. Like Peterborough, the cathedral is the star, an absolute gem, even without the Potter trappings. I tipped up… Continue reading TALES OF THE TAYLOR OF GLOUCESTER
CRANHAM – CIDER WITH YANKEES
Into Gloucestershire, and a rare chance to show you an incomplete page from the Beer Guide. I think you’ll agree it looks much more impressive in bright pink than the dull green used by one of my GBG completist enemies chums. On our family trip toward Somerset this Sunday I should be able to clear the… Continue reading CRANHAM – CIDER WITH YANKEES
PERSHORE – IT’S A MYSTERY
Back on the road again, and a first trip to Pershore since a night in the very odd Wood Norton conference facilities (£25 if I recall, an all-time bargain). The Vale of Evesham, a bit like the Vale of Pewsey, gets short shrift from tourists. Apart from Pub Curmudgeon and me, who had mixed feelings… Continue reading PERSHORE – IT’S A MYSTERY
ANCHORED IN BURWELL
Between trips west, a day off from travelling to help Mrs RM’s foot rehabilitation with a modest walk in west Cambs. Burwell, like my own Waterbeach, is one of those “Fen-edge” villages large enough to have essential like pubs, Chinese takeaways and Droves leading into nowhere, while acting as a decent dormitory for Cambridge. Unlike… Continue reading ANCHORED IN BURWELL
POTTERING ROUND PEWSEY
Back to extolling the virtues of the English pub today, and the wonders of Wiltshire. A certain local brewery completes the alliteration but you’ll have to guess that. Wilts is a tricky county to complete. Many of the entries are in villages with temperamental bus services and “modern” opening hours. On the other hand, the… Continue reading POTTERING ROUND PEWSEY
WEST WILTS WOES
or “Fear and loathing in Bradford-on-Avon” Let’s get it over with, then. Beer quality, or lack of it, in upmarket pubs. I was reading the highlights of the first 10 years of Pub Curmudgeon recently and this post stuck out. It includes the classic line; “But you can only drink one at a time, and… Continue reading WEST WILTS WOES
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