I realise I’m in danger of exceeding allowable levels of enthusiasm for London in recent posts, but this blog will always tell the truth. Unless Maidenhead Tourist Office bribe me enough to tell you it’s not that bad. On to South Ken. Home to Genting Clubs (no idea), dinosaurs and a mews pub where we… Continue reading TOPING FOR TORI
RICHES IN RICHMOND
Having peaked too early in the Pelt Trader, and being much too early to loiter around South Ken, we took the tube to the end of the line at Richmond. It’s about time we had a picture of the Tube on here. The District Line (the green one) takes you from Cannon Street to Richmond… Continue reading RICHES IN RICHMOND
PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
A trip to see Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall, no less, a far cry from our usual “folk indie for a fiver” at the Portland Arms. It says something about the dearth of new Guide pubs in central London that on my second trip to the City since GBG release I’ve… Continue reading PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
STAMFORD – ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!!!!
Beer festivals aren’t killing pubs, Richard, it’s evil CAMRA members who do visit pubs but don’t put NBSS scores into What Pub (guilty), thereby devaluing the whole Beer Guide selection process and the promotion of quality over quantity. That and beer festivals. I’ve just submitted my score for the Tiny Rebel Beat Box at the King’s Head… Continue reading STAMFORD – ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!!!!
BEER HEADZ, BEES & WILBURYS IN GRANTHAM
An interesting but pointless debate about our dullest county yesterday. The chap who rated Wiltshire below Bedfordshire is clearly the sort of troll this blog thrives on. Lincolnshire gets bad press from the bourgeois and beer bloggers alike, mainly because of being flat and having seaside resorts that prioritise fun over prosecco. Which reminds me… Continue reading BEER HEADZ, BEES & WILBURYS IN GRANTHAM
THE GREY POUND IN RESURGENT ROPSLEY
Sadly, it’s already getting tricky to take Mrs RM to lunch at a new Guide pub less than an hour away. With new entries ticked off in surrounding counties, we needed a trip to deepest Lincolnshire (which is all of it). It didn’t take much selling. Possibly it was the attraction of a walk in… Continue reading THE GREY POUND IN RESURGENT ROPSLEY
TAKING COURAGE IN POTTON
A rare bit of non-Beer Guide travel for you, as we attempted to cheer up a youngest son now unable to wind up an absent elder brother by playing death metal at inhuman volumes. The last two Saturdays we’ve taken Matt to a new skatepark at Potton, apparently built as part of an ongoing experiment by… Continue reading TAKING COURAGE IN POTTON
FRED’S ALE HOUSE – MORE GREATER STOCKPORT MAGIC
If Greater Manchester can claim Stockport from Cheshire, surely Stockport can claim Levenshulme ? Pub Curmudgeon will advise on local politics. Anyway it’s in their branch, a stone’s throw from Britain’s top pub town (says I). Plenty of exciting debate on Discourse, the CAMRA forum, about inadequate Beer Guide allocations at the moment. All I’ll… Continue reading FRED’S ALE HOUSE – MORE GREATER STOCKPORT MAGIC
OATCAKES IN NANTWICH
On my fourth visit last week, I felt as if I saw Nantwich for the first time last. That can happen; I must have been to Stockport a hundred times and each trip reveals new beauty. Nantwich must have treasures to discover, it still has a cheery and well-staffed Tourist Office that supplied a compact… Continue reading OATCAKES IN NANTWICH
THE GREAT CHURCH MINSHULL THIN GLASS SCANDAL
Back once again to the Cheshire pain. I’m fussy about beer glasses. To me, all glasses should look like this; Preferably with Bass still in them. Tekus are acceptable for the evil craft keg. The ultimate atrocity isn’t even the handled jug, it’s those ridiculous Adnams glasses that have been ruining Richard Coldwell’s holiday… Continue reading THE GREAT CHURCH MINSHULL THIN GLASS SCANDAL
