November 2024. Ashford. Two (2) successive posts about Kent’s most beleaguered town (blimey, even Rainham is better these days), can Paul Bailey and I make Ashford the new beer destination ? Well, no, obviously not, but the Spoons is half decent, the flashy Curious Brewery by the station is plain curious, and that GBG sports… Continue reading LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
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CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER…
June 2023. Ashford, Kent (there’s one in Middlesex, allegedly). Our rail trips from Rye always involve a change at Ashford International. If you were compiling a “Bucket list” for someone aged 58 (still young) I doubt “get to the heart of the eternal mystery that is Ashford would be on it. But Mrs RM and… Continue reading CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER…
MARTIN POWER, OUTER ASHFORD PUB TICKER EXTRAORDINARY
A mid-June trip to finish Kent. I would have waited till Joan and Dave Southworth arrived a month later so they could have the thrill of pinking a county, but completing the Guide and getting chapters complete had become an obsession and besides, you can’t trust Americans with marker pens. You’ll be seeing a fair… Continue reading MARTIN POWER, OUTER ASHFORD PUB TICKER EXTRAORDINARY
BREAKFAST IN ASHFORD
Time for a culinary special. I lived it up on Sunday night in the Ashford Travelodge. £24. Same price as the new one in Sandwich, but who would choose Sandwich over Ashford. ? Well, anyone wanting to avoid spending a night in non-GBG pubs. I spent half an hour on What Pub looking for a… Continue reading BREAKFAST IN ASHFORD
TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN TO ASHFORD
My post-box is full of letters from readers asking why I never visit Ashford. The truth is that there hasn’t been a new Beer Guide pub there since The Reformation*. The answer people really expect is that Ashford is matched only by Maidenhead for its ability to create a void in the soul. At one stage they… Continue reading TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN TO ASHFORD
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