I blame Mrs RM. I was having a nice beer-free day before my trip to Glasgow tomorrow, but she insisted I came along to our village Football Club Beer Fest, ostensibly because she’d forgotten her purse but more because you’re expected to. Waterbeach (pop. 4,000) runs one of the biggest youth football tournaments in East… Continue reading WATERBEACH FOOTBALL CLUB BEER FEST
CHRISTCHURCH BAY – PONIES, DOMS, CIDER, WOWSERS
Sometimes the hardest part of doing these blogs is deciding which travel “experiences” to lump together and which to allow to shine on their own. Here’s the four exciting pubs I did from Lymington in what I will call Christchurch Bay. You can see them marked on the map if you’ve got good eyesight. Starting with the… Continue reading CHRISTCHURCH BAY – PONIES, DOMS, CIDER, WOWSERS
LYMINGTON – ALL KILLER, NO TILLER
I hope you appreciate the effort that goes into these blog titles*, if not the content. Ten points for the best interpretation. Wiki is your friend, Dave. Despite a couple of trips into the southern half of the New Forest, mainly for Beaulieu, it remains a bit undiscovered for me. So much so that all… Continue reading LYMINGTON – ALL KILLER, NO TILLER
THE ABDICATION – PROPER PUB, PROPER ROLLS
I like to finish a county’s Beer Guide entries with a good pub, and Nottingham’s Abdication is a cracker. It’s in Daybrook/Arnold/Nottingham North, depending on your level of geographical pedantry. I’d never heard of Daybrook. Two important buildings are nearby. One is a Premier Inn, that essential for a beer break. The other is the one… Continue reading THE ABDICATION – PROPER PUB, PROPER ROLLS
THE MARVELS OF MANSFIELD
Mansfield Travelodge is ideally located for the pubby joys of Sutton, though a pretty dull trudge along the A38 to Mansfield itself. I like dull urban trudges. Saving the treasures of the town centre till last, I started at the Beer Guide newbie on Nottingham Road, pleasingly open at 11am for the benefit of tickers (and… Continue reading THE MARVELS OF MANSFIELD
A PUB VISITORS GUIDE TO SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
Eagle-eyed readers, normally called Tim, Peter or Dave*, may have noticed I ignored the looming presence of the colossus that is Sutton-in-Ashfield in the Tibshelf post.. No longer. This is Sutton’s day. When we visited Mansfield 18 months ago, I was urged by Nick (here) to check out Sutton again. It’s taken this long to get… Continue reading A PUB VISITORS GUIDE TO SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
EVIL KEG FILTH AT CAMBRIDGE BEER FEST 2017
You’ll know I’m not a Beer Festival fan. There’s too many beers you won’t be able to drink in an evening, or ever see again in your local pubs, and as soon as the sun comes out the beer is a little too warm for my liking. But local CAMRA branches clearly enjoy putting them on,… Continue reading EVIL KEG FILTH AT CAMBRIDGE BEER FEST 2017
PAYING FOR BEER – A QUESTION OF PROTOCOL
Pub Cat is just there to grab your attention. While I upload 367 photos to OneDrive, here’s 2 issues I’d appreciate some thoughts on. Firstly, forming queues in Wetherspoons. What’s so bad about it ? The alternative is eight people strung along a bar, and a barman asking desperately; “Right, who’s next ?” “Pint of Carling” says… Continue reading PAYING FOR BEER – A QUESTION OF PROTOCOL
BARRINGTON’S ROYAL OAK CEMENTS IT’S REPUTATION
My first pub for ten (10) days, which tells you how much catching up I’ve been doing on the blog. Mansfield/Sutton. Lymington and Ancrum still to come. But I need to bring you up to date on a great lunchtime session in Barrington today. The Royal Oak isn’t in the Beer Guide (yet), but is… Continue reading BARRINGTON’S ROYAL OAK CEMENTS IT’S REPUTATION
TIBSHELF SERVICE STATION PURPLE PUB
Another in my occasional series of pubs you can walk to from the Motorway Service Station if you’re not quick (and you’re not driving, of course). A sort of alternative to Mr Protz’s guide to the Great North Road, perhaps. I haven’t heard from Alan Winfield for a while, I hope he’s OK. There’s something… Continue reading TIBSHELF SERVICE STATION PURPLE PUB
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