On the Sunday I picked up Sis from the pre-booked car park north of Bristol Temple Meads and headed home. “Anywhere you want to stop on the way” she said. Funny you should say that. The social club at Stanford in the Vale has the sort of opening hours designed to annoy pub tickers, no… Continue reading IN THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE
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ONLY 6Xs IN FULHAM
Greetings from Romania, better than you could ever imagine. More posts from West London though, starting with a rare trip to Fulham. We seem to have lost the Tim Taylors pub from Putney, but gained a Wadworths house. How I wish I could get a ticket for City’s game at Fulham, but that’s the downside… Continue reading ONLY 6Xs IN FULHAM
THEALE OR NO THEALE
It always pays to keep best buddies with Reading & etc CAMRA; they know where the best Doom Bar-only boozers are. And they can clearly pick a family-run dining pub for the Beer guide, too. Here’s one in “Terrific Theale”, as I propose the council rename it (bit like they did with Wootton Bassett). And… Continue reading THEALE OR NO THEALE
WELCOME BACK TO CHIPPING SODBURY
One more from Gloucestershire for now, leaving most of the Forest of Dean and the less hipster bits of Brizzle for August. If I finish Glos before GBG19 comes out it’ll be a breakthrough year. I’d been looking forward to a return to Chipping Sodbury, to reassure myself it’s not a fictitious joke place like… Continue reading WELCOME BACK TO CHIPPING SODBURY
THE GREAT OXON PUB SIGN ATROCITIES
Odd to say, but I’m glad to have a break from telling you how good Sheffield is (and it is) and get back to moaning about the state of beer and pubs in Oxon on a weekend. But first, in response to countless requests, here’s that Banbury tart from the Chipping Norton post. I had… Continue reading THE GREAT OXON PUB SIGN ATROCITIES
THE JOY OF 6X
Wiltshire is a great county, particularly if you have the strength of character to appreciate Swindon. Despite having an Ember Inn and a Yates in the Guide, the pubs aren’t that bad. 20 years ago Wadworth 6X was one of the revered beers in CAMRA circles, as common in Beer Guide pubs as Adnams, Pride, and Castle Eden. … Continue reading THE JOY OF 6X
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