February 2025. Mansfield. Right, culture ticked, time for a pint coffee. I was going to have one in the GBG Spoons, but the impressive looking Stag & Pheasant wanted £1.71 and Spoons coffee isn’t that good, so I paid a bargain £2.80 for a proper American in the gorgeous “Toffee Hut”, where a lady sticks… Continue reading (PROJECT) WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING
Tag: Brown Cow
THE SOUTH LAKES BASS REGULATIONS
National Bass Day is on Saturday (16th). I shan’t be celebrating; it’s a callous and poorly conceived attempt to distract attention from my birthday (22 December) and of course Doom Bar Day. I didn’t find any Bass in Cumbria last week. No doubt someone will check the Wickingman’s master spreadsheet for me to find out… Continue reading THE SOUTH LAKES BASS REGULATIONS
MILKING THE TICK IN THE BROWN COW, DALTON
You’re expecting tales of delayed trains and closed micros from my Lakeland licking, aren’t you. Not a bit of it. The train pulled in to Dalton at 11:03 at the dot, and at 11:10 I strode into the Brown Cow. I was sure I’d been to Dalton before, but that was the Black Dog hidden… Continue reading MILKING THE TICK IN THE BROWN COW, DALTON
BARELY A HEARTBEAT ON THE NORTH YORKS MOORS
One of the most admirable aspects of the BRAPA quest to complete the Beer Guide is the consistency with which young Si goes through his recent Saturday routine; Get up at 5am Walk to York station Buy a pasty Get irritated with fellow travellers on train to Kings Cross Catch a connecting train to a dull Buckinghamshire… Continue reading BARELY A HEARTBEAT ON THE NORTH YORKS MOORS
TOP 100 PUBS – BROWN COW, KEIGHLEY
Keighley gets a bad press in Bill Bryson’s “Notes From a Small Island“, but then so do Milton Keynes and Worksop, so you can ignore him. And no town that boasts Eric Pickles, Dennis Healey, Kiki Dee and Terrorvision among its famous sons can be that bad. That would have been a supergroup and a… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – BROWN COW, KEIGHLEY
MANSFIELD – ALL MICROPUBS & MACCHIATO
I gave Mrs RM a couple of enticing choices for the day – Camden Town or Mansfield and she looked at me like I was daft. I obviously chose my wife well. She probably had equally fond memories of our memorable weekend there 20-odd years ago. It must have been our anniversary as I distinctly remember paying £15… Continue reading MANSFIELD – ALL MICROPUBS & MACCHIATO
retiredmartin 