It’s more than two weeks since our Northampton trip, so you could forgive me for making it up at this stage. But I have my notes, I have my photos, and now I have Richard Coldwell‘s blog to copy remind me of Pub No. 4. The Lamplighter was a real backstreet boozer on my… Continue reading SADDLE SOAP ADVICE AT THE LAMPLIGHTER
Tag: Bass
FINISHING SALOP WITH A BASS BANG
Only one left in Salop for the GBG year, and another cracker. No better place to finish anywhere than in Shrewsbury, of course, even without enough room in my belly for half a dozen or more marvellous pubs I should have done. I caught the town on the first sunny day of Spring. And… Continue reading FINISHING SALOP WITH A BASS BANG
3 BORED BILLS OUTSIDE THE A601 RING ROAD, DERBY
Only the very best cultural references for you on this site (though I clearly can’t compete with Si on the latest BRAPA ). And one of the best films I’ll ever see, too. Three new pubs in Derby in GBG18, and some stragglers nearby, means an overnighter close to Alan Winfield’s favourite ground. The only… Continue reading 3 BORED BILLS OUTSIDE THE A601 RING ROAD, DERBY
BASS, BASS, GLORIOUS BASS
Well, a long dry run without Draught Bass came to an end in Harrogate last week, where I made a return visit to one of the town’s increasing number of classic pubs, tucked away between the Pump Room and the valley. Not an obvious Bass stronghold, but the Hales Bar is a real throwback to simpler… Continue reading BASS, BASS, GLORIOUS BASS
THE WELLINGTON – BEDFORD’S BASS SHRINE
Simon Everitt may be the only other person to have visited all of the Beer Guide entries for Bedfordshire, and that’s more due to the alphabet than the county’s limited appeal. I’ve decided to give it another chance, having visited most of the Guide pubs a decade or more ago, and started in the county… Continue reading THE WELLINGTON – BEDFORD’S BASS SHRINE
(BENEATH THE PLASTIC PALM TREES)
Just back from visiting my Aunt in Eaton Bray, a plain Bedfordshire village rescued by it’s proximity to Dunstable Downs on the edge of the Chilterns. Now in her mid-80s, my Aunt is still very sharp, and had quite a bit to say about housing developments in southern Leighton Buzzard, which has usurped Dunstable as the main… Continue reading (BENEATH THE PLASTIC PALM TREES)
