I hope you appreciate that pubs can be good despite average beer, or dreary despite exceptional ale. These four ticks in West Wilts were a mix of all that makes pub visiting our national pastime (after whippet racing), but the Lock Inn Cafe tested the patience. Bradford-on-Avon really is the Skipton of the South-West. A… Continue reading “Please come to the bar to be seated”
Tag: Bradford-on-Avon
ALL BEER AND TABLE SKITTLES AT THE STUMBLE
Always draw them in to your blog with a Bass mirror. Even though they know there’s no chance of Draught Bass in a new micropub in Bradford-on-Avon. I arrived at the door at 7.01pm, fearing the micro worst. You know, high tables, hops and halting conversation. The Stumble is stunning. It actually looks like a… Continue reading ALL BEER AND TABLE SKITTLES AT THE STUMBLE
CROSS GUNS BY THE AVON
I’m writing this on my Huawei after a session at the Blind Tiger in New York, so don’t expect much. Anyway, Wilts. The lovely GBG had given me 3 new Guide entries within a mile of Bradford on Avon station, the middle one an attractive mile walk along the Avon. Gunshot and alternative lifestyles ahoy.… Continue reading CROSS GUNS BY THE AVON
NEVER MIND THE B*****S, IT’S BRADFORD-ON-AVON
Closing in on completing Wiltshire now, as part of my unique “complete the Beer Guide doing the easy counties first” method. For some reason, I always think B-o-A, as tickers call it, is in more glamorous Somerset or Bathshire. But the muddy canal is very Wilts, though the view across the Avon isn’t. I’d walked… Continue reading NEVER MIND THE B*****S, IT’S BRADFORD-ON-AVON
WEST WILTS WOES
or “Fear and loathing in Bradford-on-Avon” Let’s get it over with, then. Beer quality, or lack of it, in upmarket pubs. I was reading the highlights of the first 10 years of Pub Curmudgeon recently and this post stuck out. It includes the classic line; “But you can only drink one at a time,… Continue reading WEST WILTS WOES
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