December was long this year, wasn’t it ? We finally concluded our house sale after digging an enormous hole and seeing how fast water drained away, and set 11 December as a date to become official Northerners. I made the journey from Waterbeach to Hillsborough’s Big Yellow Storage 8 times in 9 days, moving equivalent… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – DECEMBER
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2020 IN REVIEW – NOVEMBER
Bit of a cheat, this post, as the Official November Review is less than 2 months old. But you lot have memories like sieves (if you’re anything like me) and will already have forgotten about the Live & Let Live in Lynn (top) November was a DREADFUL month, despite the travel map not looking too… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – NOVEMBER
2020 IN REVIEW – SEPTEMBER
Blimey. What a month. Almost constantly travelling, pinking in counties as I go. Things almost seemed back to normal in early September. Autumn brought dramatic sunsets over Northumberland and Teignmouth and an Indian Summer to Lulworth Cove and the western Lakes. We had a great stop in Barrow, visiting rotting pubs, a cracking curry house… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – SEPTEMBER
2020 IN REVIEW – AUGUST
Rules, rules, rules. Pub-going seemed to get a little harder in August, though perhaps that was just the reality of Cornish and Devonian publicans being paranoid about the arrival of the London plague. Standing at, or even approaching the bar, became a capital offence. Yes, the Castle in King’s Nympton had really made sure you… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – AUGUST
2020 IN REVIEW – JULY
What happened in July ? Oh yes. The return of pubs. It was great. Wasn’t it ? Going to the pub with your mates, with only the hassle of writing “M. Mouse Tel. Pennsylvania 6-500” on a grubby slip of paper, discussing plans to knock down 5G masts. Hmmm. CAMRA members took a look at… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – JULY
2020 IN REVIEW – JUNE
“What did you do during the Corona, Daddy ?” “I re-read old football programmes, took photos of local closed pubs and ate crispy shredded beef, Son“. And I’m proud of that. June at least brought a date for pubs re-opening, and there was wild speculation about how we would register for our pub visits, whatever that… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – JUNE
2020 IN REVIEW – MAY
I wonder who’s going to drop in on the blog today, hiding from the fuss and frivolity. Welcome. Hard to sum up May 2020. More of the same, but at least pubs would surely be open in June. It was still very quiet in Cambridgeshire, as you can see from the bridge over the new… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – MAY
2020 IN REVIEW – APRIL
April brought National Doom Bar Day, a successful attempt to derail a rival Bass celebration event. Which is ironic, as Doom tastes best in a Burton glass. April also became my first month without a GBG tick since THIS was Number 1. Which is ironic, really, as things would only get worse. And not just… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – APRIL
2020 IN REVIEW – MARCH
March 2020. A difficult month to write about. A month when, for a few mad days, I’d walk around pubs like this; Actually, that pic is just to prove that despite having lived in the Fens for 45 years and only just escaping, I only have four fingers and a thumb. March actually started as… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – MARCH
2020 IN REVIEW – FEBRUARY
Despite (inexplicably) having less days than January, February was almost as good, as I dodged floods and Storm Ciara. Best view – The floods had left their mark in Shropshire, while Spring came early in Watchfield, and Stafford Paul arrived in Congleton with a plan that never quite made it to fruition. Rather like Matthew’s… Continue reading 2020 IN REVIEW – FEBRUARY
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