February 2024. Sheffield. One more report from a quiet Wednesday afternoon with Sheffield Hatter, where he forces me at gunpoint to join him in a third pub of the day that I didn’t need to go in, but am glad he did. Some of you have asked what my photos look like before they’re cleaned… Continue reading ALBION REVISITED
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August 2023. Chester. Back in Chester to end the night with the obligatory “craft beer” in the suburb and ill-advised Chinese takeaway which I’m still finding the remains of in the campervan a week later. The Shot Tower would make a great micropub. Perhaps it already is, and nobody knows. Elsewhere on the route to… Continue reading ALBION
….REDEEMED BY ALBION
10th January 2023. It had cost me £4.50 for my ticket from Saints Airport to Winchester (bargain evening return, well done South Western), so I felt I HAD to sneak in one before rescuing Mrs RM from spreadsheets and questions about “receivables”. As luck would have it, the train was delayed just long enough to… Continue reading ….REDEEMED BY ALBION
MEETING THE MAYOR OF NORTHAMPTON
I’ll really feel a sense of loss when (if) I finish these Northampton posts. Onto the Albion, a.k.a. the Phipps Brewery Tap. Minus at least three of our number who had decided to stick to the Fosters in the Drum (possibly). First, the bad news from the five minute stroll from the Drum. Shipmans… Continue reading MEETING THE MAYOR OF NORTHAMPTON
PUB ROYALTY IN KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
I don’t much enjoy pubbing in West London, but there’s no choice. I needed to be able to do this; Yes, London was complete after a couple of exhausting trips with the Travelcard before Christmas, when you might expect to see beer at its best, albeit pubs at their worst. On the other hand,… Continue reading PUB ROYALTY IN KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
MOOR BEER IN CHESTER
We’d stopped our campervan overnight in the Little Roodee car park in Chester. Something to do with the adjacent racecourse ? It’s the best bed you’ll get in Chester for a fiver. I’d never really taken to Chester as much as you’re supposed, a bit too posh shops for me. The walk around the walls in… Continue reading MOOR BEER IN CHESTER
LET IT GO – A HIT TO THE HEART IN HASTINGS
There’s a real joy about hearing a great new song live for the first time, especially by a band you’ve never heard of in a pub. Let It Go by the Wildflowers is 2016’s first classic, a real tearjerker that had more one old bloke welling up a bit. “Well, that’s the hit of the… Continue reading LET IT GO – A HIT TO THE HEART IN HASTINGS
THETFORD – MORE THAN JUST BIG TREES
My idea of hell is a week at Centerparcs. I always struggled to show the required enthusiasm for colleagues trips to resorts at Thetford and Penrith, particularly when they never left the site all week. Pontins in Southport is more my style; access to the world from that one. Some people don’t even know they’ve gone to… Continue reading THETFORD – MORE THAN JUST BIG TREES
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