21st February 2020 Our maiden trip in the new campervan, provisionally called Simon, and a 3 hour slog round the M25 to Hook. It’s my mother in law and her twin sister’s 80th, so why not pick a Home Counties gastropub to celebrate. If I reach 80 and haven’t completed the GBG I’m in big… Continue reading HOOKED IN
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“IS TARA COMING TO THE HUNT ?”
Oh grief, I’ve just read that cartoon. Too late to stop now. I was hoping Mrs RM would blog about the Winning Post in Winkfield, but she said she “can’t be bothered“. It’s a shame, as she overhears more than I do. She’s let me use her photo, though. Apparently the one on the left… Continue reading “IS TARA COMING TO THE HUNT ?”
A MAIDENHEAD REDEMPTION ?
I see the respected town critic Mrs RM has just pronounced on Maidenhead, and it’s not pretty. “my presentation works in Roland the rat catcher and Cyril the cesspit emptier. It seemed somehow fitting…. “ Reader, I have to tell you I was almost keen to defend Maidenhead after her vitriol against the town as… Continue reading A MAIDENHEAD REDEMPTION ?
PINKNEYS GREEN – MORE EXCITING THAN IT SOUNDS
PARENTAL ADVISORY : CONTAINS MAIDENHEAD I don’t wish to over excite my readers, but you can expect posts from Mrs RM on Maidenhead very shortly. Once she’s had an hour in her luxury Brighton hotel to recover. Spoiler : I will be entirely vindicated. As a teaser to the main event, here’s a post from… Continue reading PINKNEYS GREEN – MORE EXCITING THAN IT SOUNDS
ESCAPING MAIDENHEAD INTACT
People talk about Damacene conversions. Like Saul of Tarsus, and Pete Allen ditching Carling for Bass, and Chukka joining the Greens next week. A real Damascene conversion will be me seeing the light and telling you “Maidenhead is magic” . It’s not. It’s a dump that exists only to make Slough look good, which it… Continue reading ESCAPING MAIDENHEAD INTACT
PUB ROYALTY IN WINDSOR
If you don’t blow your own trumpet (so to speak) don’t assume someone else will do it for you. Duncan IS pub ticking royalty. It was obvious the Royal Borough of Windsor was expecting the Pubmeister and had taken precautions to prevent him being mobbed in the Corner House. Learning our lessons from St Albans, I… Continue reading PUB ROYALTY IN WINDSOR
CORNER HOUSE GIVES WINDSOR’S YANKS WHAT THEY WANT
As I often say, one of the objectives of this site is to guide our foreign tourists to places they wouldn’t normally dream of visiting. Like Stockport. Or Windsor. A second-rate Slough I hear you cry. And indeed, the UK’s top place to work is a hard act for Windsor to compete with. But Windsor… Continue reading CORNER HOUSE GIVES WINDSOR’S YANKS WHAT THEY WANT
A ROYAL WELCOME AT READING UNIVERSITY
A real triumph next, as I beat both Pubmeister (who was actually conceived at Elm Park) and BRAPA (who saw Hull Tigercity win a corner at Madejksi recently) to this one. GBG pubs in universities aren’t that rare; I can recall Lancaster, Liverpool. Warwick and Keele over the years. My own University, the Conservatoire of… Continue reading A ROYAL WELCOME AT READING UNIVERSITY
HUNGERFORD IN A HURRY
Unless you’re BRAPA, not ALL pubs are worth reporting. I declined to tell you about one visit last week, despite bucolic setting, enthusiastic welcome, decent beer, and its status as local Pub of the Year. No doubt scholars will be debating which pub this was in 50 years time. I debated long and hard… Continue reading HUNGERFORD IN A HURRY
THEALE OR NO THEALE
It always pays to keep best buddies with Reading & etc CAMRA; they know where the best Doom Bar-only boozers are. And they can clearly pick a family-run dining pub for the Beer guide, too. Here’s one in “Terrific Theale”, as I propose the council rename it (bit like they did with Wootton Bassett). And… Continue reading THEALE OR NO THEALE
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