September 2024. Bury St. Edmunds. Another night in Waterbeach, another lone new GBG tick. Yesterday I took a lovely fellow ticker to nine (9) South Yorkshire pubs; I think he was hoping for double that. But Chris Tavaré didn’t become our greatest cricketer by dealing in fours and sixes, oh, no. And a snatched Constitutional… Continue reading ALL HUNKY DORY IN BURY ST EDMUNDS
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BURY ST EDMUNDS – NOT BURIED YET
Possible law-breaking, now, as we leave the county (just) for some essential shopping. Do that in Renfrewshire and you’ll be attacked with a battered haggis Mars Bar. Technically I’m safe buying my aubergines from Bury St Edmunds in Tesco as it has a slightly lower Covid rate than our own village. The sign at Junction… Continue reading BURY ST EDMUNDS – NOT BURIED YET
BASS & BALTI AT BURY ST EDMUNDS BEER FESTIVAL
Yes, that gentleman is actually pouring me a pint of lovely flat Bass yesterday*, at the excellent Bury St Edmunds Beer Festival. I don’t really get Beer Festivals, as you’ll know. In the words of the immortal Richard Coldwell “Beer Festivals Are Killing Pubs !”. But Bury (not that one) is close, the folk are… Continue reading BASS & BALTI AT BURY ST EDMUNDS BEER FESTIVAL
BEER FROM THE JUG IN THE DOVE
Full disclosure : I reckon Bury St Edmund’s Dove is one of the world’s top 3 pubs. I’ve written about the Dove before, and no doubt will again. Andrew from West Suffolk CAMRA reckoned Sunday afternoon would be a good day to sample the atmosphere and ale, as the Dove received its Pub of the… Continue reading BEER FROM THE JUG IN THE DOVE
THE HOME OF GREENE KING IPA
Perhaps the question I’m asked least is “Just why is Greene King IPA so good ?“. As the 13th anniversary of its success in the 2004 Best Bitter awards approaches, I bravely took a trip to Bury St Edmunds to test the nectar at source. Actually, I went there to get some brutal hardcore metal… Continue reading THE HOME OF GREENE KING IPA
SUNDAY NIGHT, BURY ST. EDMUNDS
We haven’t taken the campervan on any wild camping expeditions yet, but aim to make it to Cleethorpes soon. The surface car park at Bury St Edmunds is free on Sunday night though, and there’s nothing like a Sunday night pubbing when you don’t have to work on Monday. Bury isn’t heaving at 8pm, but it’s… Continue reading SUNDAY NIGHT, BURY ST. EDMUNDS
IN A NUTSHELL
Sunday night saw a steady flood of 4x4s returning to our Cambridgeshire village from Latitude, the music festival for people who like music they like, washed down with Adnams wines. I’m sure there will have been polite political debate. Mrs RM would like to go, but she doesn’t get it all her own way in… Continue reading IN A NUTSHELL
INDEPENDENTS IN T’OTHER BURY
The southern Bury (St Edmunds) is a wonderful town for an afternoon amble, with more attractive streets than Cambridge, if not Norwich. It’s also only a 40 minute hop on the train for me, a bit quicker than the northern version, though no doubt HS2 will remedy that just as I finally get to move… Continue reading INDEPENDENTS IN T’OTHER BURY
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