July 2025. Newport Pagnell. Among the main annoyances for GBG tickers (and I’m an amateur ticker these days) are pubs you can’t find, brewery taps open Friday and Saturday only, and places which shut on a Friday night in August for a staff outing but don’t update Facebook. There’s also the pub you walk past… Continue reading QUIZ NIGHT IN NEWPORT PAGNELL
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THE EDGE OF….MILTON KEYNES
April 2024. Little Brickhill. Milton Keynes. Many folk would be traumatised at the prospect of two (2) pubs in suburban Milton Keynes; I was overjoyed at an overdue return to Newport Pagnell, and a first ever visit to tiny Little Brickhill, virtually a hamlet just south of our most successful soccer franchise and a giant… Continue reading THE EDGE OF….MILTON KEYNES
GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A ROW IN NEWPORT PAGNELL
April 2024. Newport Pagnell. Without the pressure of completing the Beer Guide the weeks and months had rather lost their focus, at least until Mrs RM decided this was the year to complete ticking Europe. So UK pubbing activity has been a bit random, nothing wrong with that, and focused on places we can park… Continue reading GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A ROW IN NEWPORT PAGNELL
TOP 100 PUBS – THE MITRE, BUCKINGHAM
January 2024. Buckingham. 18:41 on a Saturday night, which sounds like The Cure but they were writing about Crawley, not Buckingham. The only vaguely edgy pub conversation was a barmaid in the Grand Junction telling of her dating disasters; “There were only 3 things stopping us getting married. He moved to Scotland, got engaged to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE MITRE, BUCKINGHAM
IS LANDLORD THE MOST UBIQUITOUS PINT IN GBG PUBS NOW ?
January 2024. Buckingham. Buckingham doesn’t have a railway station, so short of walking to Oxfordshire we were restricted to the town centre for the rest of our evening entertainment (if you can call observing a bloke necking two pints of Lucky Saint entertainment). The What Pub menu is short. even more so now us real… Continue reading IS LANDLORD THE MOST UBIQUITOUS PINT IN GBG PUBS NOW ?
LET’S DO BUCKINGHAM !
Yes, let’s do Buckingham. Only one (1) new GBG pub, but I haven’t been for years and I reckon I can stretch it out to 4. 3. 4 posts. Excitingly, the 49 minute journey from the Admiral Nelson (I’m driving since Mrs RM admitted on Untappd she’s a rubbish driver) takes me somewhere I’ve never… Continue reading LET’S DO BUCKINGHAM !
HALF A DOZEN PUBS FROM EVERY COUNTY. No. 3 – BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Let’s return to my festive series highlighting the pick of the pubs in each Beer Guide chapter, inviting you to make up the round half dozen. One immediate surprise; picking five (let alone 6) must visits in a county is tougher than you’d think. Obviously when we get to Sheffield there’ll be six within half… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS FROM EVERY COUNTY. No. 3 – BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
STONY STRATFORD – A COCK & BULL STORY
April 2023. It’s traditional in these posts to give you a nice map extract which shows where you the place I’m rambling on about is in relation to other major cities, so you can rearrange your road trip accordingly. Stony Stratford, half way from Heathrow to Leek, if that helps. The Beer Guide determinedly plonks… Continue reading STONY STRATFORD – A COCK & BULL STORY
BREAKFAST IN BEACONSFIELD
Now that the UK is once again open to intrepid travellers it won’t be long before the Southworth twins are planning their next flight to Heathrow. A short 12.9 mile stroll from Terminal 4 will bring them to the only Wetherspoons on a motorway service station, the (in)famous Hope & Champion just off the M40.… Continue reading BREAKFAST IN BEACONSFIELD
ALL BUCKED UP – A TALE OF GBG COUNTY COMPLETION IN GREAT MISSENDEN
Right, time to finish Bucks. Only nine new entries out of fifty-four, par for the course, and the usual mix of gentrified dining pubs and gentrified dining pubs. Not the last one, though. The George Ale House in Great Missenden replaces the “Pub & Kitchen” Cross Keys in the GBG, and brings the first bit… Continue reading ALL BUCKED UP – A TALE OF GBG COUNTY COMPLETION IN GREAT MISSENDEN
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