Greetings from Locked-down Waterbeach, where the nearest I’ve got to a pub recently is this fine exhibit in our local garden centre; I wish there really was a pub that looked like The Wesley. Those blokes in the West End Tap are much too close; typical micropub. Just the lone pub in Alconbury; I’ll definitely… Continue reading ALCONBURY BYPASSED
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CLIFFORD – COOL CASK, CHAMPION PIES & 60 LITRES OF MUSHY PEAS
In case you were wondering, that picture of the pie and peas hasn’t been artificially enhanced. The pork even tasted like pork, too. I don’t do many beer festivals, but Clifford’s Champion Beer Fest is a must. This is such a significant event that it gets it’s own marker on Google Maps, and surely deserves… Continue reading CLIFFORD – COOL CASK, CHAMPION PIES & 60 LITRES OF MUSHY PEAS
AN A1 BLACK SHEEP OFF THE A66
You’ll be delighted to know I’m firmly back in chronological order now on the blog, though if those 1997 pictures of the giant pumpkin turn up in the garage I might throw in a 20th Anniversary Three Horseshoes in Boroughbridge post. After Risby, I left Mrs RM and the boys alone with six tubs of Sainsbury’s… Continue reading AN A1 BLACK SHEEP OFF THE A66
GAINS AND LOSSES ON THE A1
Ram Jam (closed) I get odder looks about my perpetual travel plans than I do my early(ish) retirement. Friends in Cambridge still refuse to believe the journey to, say, North Yorkshire is a mere two hours (within the speed limit). It’s not just Londoners who never travel north (North Norfolk doesn’t count). I timed it between the county… Continue reading GAINS AND LOSSES ON THE A1
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