I thought the Cask and Tap was my first Top 100 Pub in Blackpool, but my crack team of unpaid researchers remind me that the Victoria in Cleveleys made the cut in 2016. There’s soon be more Sam Smiths pubs in my Top 100 than there are open Sam Smiths pubs. A rare micro on… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – CASK AND TAP, BLACKPOOL
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TO THE TOWER !
11th February 2023. One down, how many more Lancashire micros could I manage ? I nearly got distracted at the first hurdle, tempted by the delights of Blackpool v Rotherham at Bloomfield Road, but they were only selling home tickets to “previous purchasers” * and the Millers had sold out their away allocation. I settled… Continue reading TO THE TOWER !
THE ONLY PERSON GETTING OFF AT SQUIRES GATE
11th February 2023. Mrs RM had left me at home alone for a week while she explored the craft bars of Eindhoven (no blog, sadly), so I didn’t need to seek her written permission for a night out in Lancashire. I probably should have sort Blackpool Jane‘s permission to visit her home town, but I’d… Continue reading THE ONLY PERSON GETTING OFF AT SQUIRES GATE
BLACKPOOL – BUSES, BUNDY, (WOBBLY) BOB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BURSTING BLADDER
Two ticks by two thirty, and if I’d caught the tram along the coast I’d have been in St. Anne’s for four o’ clock for a third. But the duff map on the GBG app, and a long discussion about glasses in the Shipwreck meant I arrived at the tram stop 30 seconds too late… Continue reading BLACKPOOL – BUSES, BUNDY, (WOBBLY) BOB, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BURSTING BLADDER
PIE, PEAS, PINT, PUNK IN CLEVELEYS
Next stop, Cleveleys, and retro punk festivals*, apparently. £50 to hear 60 year olds croak through “Peaches“, “Teenage Kicks” and “It’s A Mystery“. A fool and their money…. Your cash is far better spent on ticking pubs by the seaside. The Shipwreck Brewery Co had the added attraction of being marked on the wrong spot… Continue reading PIE, PEAS, PINT, PUNK IN CLEVELEYS
THE LAYTON ACES
Back in Blackpool, and a largely featureless walk from the (wrong) station to Cask in Layton. Not to be confused with Cask & Tap, Tap @299b or Ma Kelly’s Cask Emporium. While I’m on the route, I should apologise to any owls who were offended by the comparison of this stretch of wall on Talbot… Continue reading THE LAYTON ACES
A NERVY TRIP TO BLACKPOOL (NORTH)
Last Wednesday Blackpool Jane seemed to be in Wigan, contemplating jellyfish, so it was safe for me to head to Fylde for four, possibly five Lancashire ticks. A year ago I’d have driven to a cheap B & B in Bispham and stayed overnight. These days I’m letting the train provide the pain or whatever… Continue reading A NERVY TRIP TO BLACKPOOL (NORTH)
TANGERINE DREAMS, BACK ON TRACK
A last dash to finish Lancashire before the new Beer Guide “drops” (ugh), though as at 17:55 on Tuesday 2nd November I’m still waiting, as Diana Ross famously sang about the late delivery of the 1972 GBG. Let’s go to Blackpool. I have a confession to make. I’d already pinked the No. 10 Ale House,… Continue reading TANGERINE DREAMS, BACK ON TRACK
BLACKPOOL. STILL VERY MUCH BLACKPOOL
Just back from the End of the Road, where Mrs RM has kept Beavertown in profit for the year, and youngest son Matt found a band he liked in the last hour of the festival. You’ll want to see my route back, dropping Mrs RM in Chippenham, a publess town, and only exceeding 60mph as… Continue reading BLACKPOOL. STILL VERY MUCH BLACKPOOL
SIZZLIN’
One of the joys of the Beer Guide, if we ever see it again, is the variety of places you get to visit. Basic boozers, gastropubs, brewery taps, places that don’t like opening at all. Loads of Wetherspoons and Ember Inns across the country, but only a few of the main family diners. A… Continue reading SIZZLIN’
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