My four days in Cranborne Chase at this year’s End of the Road (EotR) were a bit different to 2015. Mrs RM came along, which meant the home comforts of a campervan rather than the tiny solo tent of a year ago. The queue of campers for the showers made us feel very bourgeois every… Continue reading SORTED FOR BAHN MI AND BLACK IPAs – END OF THE ROAD 2016
BEAVERTOWN @ END OF THE ROAD
Just back from the End of the Road Festival to find the Beer Guide still not delivered. I am surprisingly calm, considering. The return to a world of internet is quite a shock, as was the arrival of “Craft” at End of the Road, a music festival that eschews an excess of modernity. On my… Continue reading BEAVERTOWN @ END OF THE ROAD
TOP 100 PUBS – WYKEHAM ARMS, WINCHESTER
Looking back at previous Top 100 pubs, there’s not many upmarket examples in there (this one apart of course). So I’m glad to be able to add a Proper Posh Pub to my list. It’s good to know there are places to drop in to overhear conversations about Danish gilt rates and castle breaks in Liechtenstein. On… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – WYKEHAM ARMS, WINCHESTER
GOOD BEER GUIDE PROGRESS CHECK
We’re on the way to Cranborne Chase for the End of the Road Festival, famous for music you’ve never heard and its lack of internet. So I’ve no idea what I’ll be posting till Monday, when hopefully I’ll return to the new Beer Guide. Don’t be surprised if I don’t respond to your… Continue reading GOOD BEER GUIDE PROGRESS CHECK
AUGUST STOCKTAKE
August is the cruellest month. I expected the new Beer Guide last Friday, but I now won’t see it till I get back from End of the Road festival next Monday. Simon will have completed it by then. Helped by a blitz of the Welsh coast in our campervan, 51 new Guide pubs were visited… Continue reading AUGUST STOCKTAKE
PETROL GIRLS & ST. RADEGUND
You’ll have noticed I’ve spent the last few days in Cambridgeshire. This isn’t because of any Damascene conversion to the beauty of the Fens, but because I’m sitting by the door waiting for the new Beer Guide. In torment. This is my emergency supply for stressful situations; To take my mind of the fact that… Continue reading PETROL GIRLS & ST. RADEGUND
SOHAM – A TASTE OF HONEY
First things first. Best wishes to Norwich United’s Andy Eastnaugh for a quick recovery from the sickening injury that brought a premature end to my Non-League experience yesterday. Not a good way for anyone to spend their 30th birthday. The collision happened straight from the kick-off, bringing an understandable abandonment after 16 seconds. I’ll be back… Continue reading SOHAM – A TASTE OF HONEY
(NEARLY) TOP 100 PUBS – PINT SHOP, CAMBRIDGE
Mrs RM had put up with me trudging round with her in the electronics section at John Lewis (Robert Sayle to me), so she felt she’d earned something strong in Pint Shop. Cambridge’s craft place is the one she picks when we’re out, in the same way my sister has always ended up in Falmouth’s… Continue reading (NEARLY) TOP 100 PUBS – PINT SHOP, CAMBRIDGE
EXEBRIDGE & THE CASE FOR ABBOT
It was a flying visit to Exmoor, but long enough to establish that any tourists there were could be found walking to the Tarr Steps. I’m joking of course, no-one walks that far these days, and there are killer snakes out there. Actually, they were all looking for the lone open pub; that turned out to… Continue reading EXEBRIDGE & THE CASE FOR ABBOT
EXMOOR CLOSED FOR SUMMER
It’s a dozen years since we last visited Exmoor, other than the odd trip to Minehead. Our son is staying with a mate in Bridgwater, so we’ve pitched up near Dulverton, to the north of the National Park. There’s a pub on our doorstep, but that’ll have to wait for the photos to upload. It’s a… Continue reading EXMOOR CLOSED FOR SUMMER
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