October 2023. Long Eaton. The train from Matlock arrived at 17:04, and I caught the 18:04 back to Sheffield. So I make that an hour in total to walk the 2.7 miles to Rowells and back (52 minutes say lazy Google), 15 minutes for the pint, 10 minutes wait for the crispy beef and Singapore… Continue reading What’s that on the bench outside Sawley’s Bell ?
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POST-EMPTIVES ON THE EDGE OF DOWNHAM MARKET
Having made the effort to get to Denver for a tick, it seemed churlish not to make a first visit for 25 years to the other, non-Guided, village pub. A post-emptive, as we pros call it. Ideally I bring you a host of village highlights as well, but this is Norfolk, so all you get… Continue reading POST-EMPTIVES ON THE EDGE OF DOWNHAM MARKET
So, IS Helston the new Falmouth ?
Don’t be daft. But I did enjoy the trio of trad pubs accompanying the Blue Anchor back in October, and the beer in all of them was GBG quality (NBSS >3.17). And the seating in the Inn & Still may appal traditionalists but would find favour with art students in Penryn (possibly). To be honest… Continue reading So, IS Helston the new Falmouth ?
ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Rather boringly, we repeated the Great Bath Crawl of 2018 and nipped next to the Bell, another classic. 3 years ago I raved about the colour, the life, the soundtrack and the coffee. Despite the temptations on the blackboard (love blackboards), I asked again for the proper black coffee (NBCSS 4.5) and headed for the… Continue reading ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
SAVED BY THE BELL
The estimable Tim Thomas has asked me to compile a “Guess the Pub” for his local branch. Sadly, there are very few Craft Union or Sizzlin’ pubs in Newbury, but I have one idea. This isn’t a Guess the Pub. I bet 75% of you can identify this famous place from the picture above, or… Continue reading SAVED BY THE BELL
CHITTLEHAMPTON HI-VIS
Before we restart, what’s this ? Two more days to make further inroads into Devon, armed with a coffee soaked list of pubs. In 2020, it’s all questions marks and reminders to book first. But, to be honest, it was easier than I’d expected. Harder spelling the place names correctly. A typical inland Devon village… Continue reading CHITTLEHAMPTON HI-VIS
MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS
Well the Pokémon craze died fairly quickly in our house, but that won’t stop our teenage sons being grumpy at the loss of a day’s internet. Particularly when what they get instead is a 20 mile bike ride past stinging nettles and Greene King fun pubs. This was another exploratory campervan trip 30 miles down the… Continue reading MILDENHALL – FIGHTER JETS & FUN PUBS
A RARE TRIP TO REIGATE
Approaching the end of Surrey‘s Beer Guide entries now, and still no sign of a great wave of craft flooding down from Bermondsey (or up from Brighton). Instead, the new entries are nearly all your typical eateries with lots of handpumps, rather like Oxfordshire in fact. I like the county a lot though. Box Hill apart,… Continue reading A RARE TRIP TO REIGATE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE BELL, ALDWORTH
This is one of the pubs that Mrs RM visited before me in the days when her globetrotting IT Career also allowed her to tick off countries I’ve still to visit. 20 years is a long time to hold a grudge against your wife for not letting you go to Switzerland (she’s been, I STILL… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE BELL, ALDWORTH
CONTRASTS IN EAST MOLESEY
As I come towards the end of this years new Beer Guide entries for “Greater” London, I’m starting to get full value out my Travelcard by crossing the dangerous border into Surrey when I can. On Tuesday that meant the train to the furthest extremity of Zone 6 at Hampton Court, crossing the road to… Continue reading CONTRASTS IN EAST MOLESEY
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