September 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Mrs RM must have been jealous of my Big Night Out in t’Wells, as she insisted on joining me for some essential shopping in town the next day. Very much my sort of shopping, as we singularly failed to buy what we’d gone in for, and instead considered our pub… Continue reading Retired crossword pint lady with backpack
Tag: Bedford
THE PEDIGREE’S PROGRESS
GBG19 had all been going so well. Seven pubs, seven pints, five of them in the “Mmm, try this” category. And Bedford, while not exactly a pub jewel, tends to give you competently kept BBB. But last year we had the Brewhouse & Kitchen debacle (that one’s gone from the Guide) Anyway, what’s new in… Continue reading THE PEDIGREE’S PROGRESS
THE KING’S ARMS, BEDFORD – THE BEER GUIDE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
Fortuitously I was in Bedford yesterday as the launch of the new Beer Guide sent shares in fish bladders plummeting, and able to sample the first new entry you’ll come across in the Guide. The nice man at CAMRA books had asked me to take a photo of his former home, and I always accept requests… Continue reading THE KING’S ARMS, BEDFORD – THE BEER GUIDE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
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
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