No. not that Richmond. I need trauma counselling after a trip there. This is the real one, home (well, close) to a recent CAMRA Pub of the Year and generally considered one of our great towns. Now, that is a beautiful bit of Ordnance Survey, but I’d never quite got it, till last week.… Continue reading RICHMOND REVELATIONS
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MY FIRST GBG PUB IN N11
You think you’ve had a bad day. I’ve just had a row with my barber about the pointlessness of Christmas Day. While he was cutting my hair*. Just glad I didn’t tell him there’s no Father Christmas (sorry, Pauline). Anyway, more London pubs for you in places you’ve never heard of and will never… Continue reading MY FIRST GBG PUB IN N11
ONE BEER IS ALL YOU NEED
I nearly forgot the Peacock at Tanfield Village, which is surprising given the cars I had to dodge on the half hour walk from the WMC to the posh bit of Tanfield and the care I spent setting up the photo above. A great green walk past industrial estates, sewage works and Shaft (dis), which… Continue reading ONE BEER IS ALL YOU NEED
“THE SMALLEST PUB IN BRITAIN”
There really was no earthly reason to finish my Southport night at the Lakeside Inn, but at sunset the lake looked magical. I’ve included Bog Hole and The Bog Breast on the OS map for the enjoyment of Russ, who this blog is missing a lot. There was no reason to visit the Inn. I’ve… Continue reading “THE SMALLEST PUB IN BRITAIN”
BLACK SHEEP WINS BATTLE OF CUTTHORPE
Chesterfield is one of our great pub towns, but the hills to the west have been strangely bereft of GBG pubs over the years. The Gate is your archetypal traditional rural pub, and a pleasure to have in the Guide. Just when you’re thinking GBG status is all about sticking a homebrew pump on the… Continue reading BLACK SHEEP WINS BATTLE OF CUTTHORPE
A SLIEMA WANDERER
Duncan will know all about the strange allure of foreign football team names from your youth. Jeunesse D’esche, Nancy, Grasshopper, Shepshed Charterhouse… I’d always wanted to visit the home of Sliema Wanderers, the biggest team in Malta back in the ’70s, and now home to most of the island’s “beer scene” according to local expert… Continue reading A SLIEMA WANDERER
STUNNING STAITHES
Simply because the photos are staring at me, here’s a report from rainy Staithes, one of my favourites places on earth (even if it is in Yorkshire). I always assume that everyone knows where Staithes is, so stunning is it on first sight, but it turns out more folk in my Cambridge village can locate the Cinque Terre,… Continue reading STUNNING STAITHES
10pm, “TABLE TABLE”, NEWARK
I get to drink at some wonderful places and write about them on this blog; the King’s Head, Boar’s Head and North Riding are going to make June’s Pub of the Month selection as tough as the 1994 Matt le Tissier Goal of the Year contest. They were all overdue revisits, and finding new GBG… Continue reading 10pm, “TABLE TABLE”, NEWARK
AN A1 BLACK SHEEP OFF THE A66
You’ll be delighted to know I’m firmly back in chronological order now on the blog, though if those 1997 pictures of the giant pumpkin turn up in the garage I might throw in a 20th Anniversary Three Horseshoes in Boroughbridge post. After Risby, I left Mrs RM and the boys alone with six tubs of Sainsbury’s… Continue reading AN A1 BLACK SHEEP OFF THE A66
IRISH PUBS IN GOOD BEER GUIDE NOW !
It’s been a good start to our sober trip to Dublin. No beer on Ryanair, and just the usual in the Spoons (Windmill) pre-flight. You’ll know the world is about to end when Mrs RM doesn’t have her Punk IPA at Stansted. I tried to tell her that it’s not as good now that it’s… Continue reading IRISH PUBS IN GOOD BEER GUIDE NOW !
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