August 2023. Hope Valley. We’d earmarked August for exploring Sheffield and the Peak, and Mrs RM had been banging on about the Plugholes at Ladybower Reservoir, which had looked a bit dry when we walked the northern section last year. 22 minutes from Sheffield station, Bamford gives you one of those lovely low effort, well… Continue reading THE LADYBOWER BLONDE DRINKERS OF BAMFORD
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ROCHDALE’S WINTRY SUBURBS
Bamford is an affluent suburban area (pop. 9,693) within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, says Wiki. It says nothing else, not even that it now has a GBG entry under its own name ! I almost skipped this diary entry, but I knew the Tand would want to hear about beer quality in his balliwick, and he might enjoy the… Continue reading ROCHDALE’S WINTRY SUBURBS
BAMFORD – PEAKS, PALE, POST & PROG
Yesterday I found myself in one of those patches of the UK with more breweries than Good Beer Guide pubs, the type which make a bit of a nonsense of the GBG App when you’re looking for the nearest pub. It won’t be too long before Guide entries are outweighed by breweries, few of which will have… Continue reading BAMFORD – PEAKS, PALE, POST & PROG
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