Beer Guide safely back in hand, it’s time for some (increasingly rare) ticking action before GBG24 lands (ugh) and the whole charade resumes. “You’ll never finish” shouts someone. 20 minutes up the A303 from Longparish to The Edge of Basingstoke, which would have made a great Stevie Nicks song. I’ve been campaigning on the Old… Continue reading RAINBOW FRUIT COCKTAIL HANDWASH ? IT CAN ONLY BE BASINGSTOKE
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AN OLD SOAK IN BASINGSTOKE
Probably an inadvisable title, but an irresistible one. Unless you can think of a better one. “Going off to croak in Basingstoke ” maybe ? Perhaps I’d be better off giving it the unofficial title of “Greater Hartley Wintney” But I come to praise the Base (as the kids call it), and the newish Premier… Continue reading AN OLD SOAK IN BASINGSTOKE
BACK TO BASINGSTOKE
Nowhere on our sceptred isle is without charm, of course, but I’ll confess my heart sinks a bit as I hit the M3 roadworks for a third time in a month, en-route for the new GBG joys of Basingstoke. Actually, I started in Silchester, a few miles north, and I doubt folk there see themselves as… Continue reading BACK TO BASINGSTOKE
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