May 2023. I’d popped into Cambridge from Waterbeach for a quick walk, but as I finished my pint of XXXB at the Kingston the heavens opened, proving that the sun shines on the righteous except when the righteous are about to do something very daft like do all the GBG pubs in Mill Road in… Continue reading DIDN’T CAMRA USE TO RUN THIS PUB ?
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“The stars shine so bright, but they’re fading after dawn, there is magic in Kingston town”
May 2023. I intend to blog about why repeating Good Beer Guide completion isn’t on the card this year, and one of the reason stares me in the face as I write this from my parents spare bedroom out of which Baa Baa Toure and Alfie the Alpaca gaze longingly. Yes, spending three days a… Continue reading “The stars shine so bright, but they’re fading after dawn, there is magic in Kingston town”
MAY DAY, FIVE MILES FROM ANYWHERE
May 2023. The 1st day of May, in fact. Another “mystery tour” for Dad around the back roads of east Cambs. We were brought to an abrupt halt in Swaffham Bulbeck, a place notable only for its name, by some folk dancing in the streets. No, not Mick Jagger. Press PLAY now. And Name That… Continue reading MAY DAY, FIVE MILES FROM ANYWHERE
BEMUSED TOURIST PUB, CAMBRIDGE
8th February 2023. Despite seeming to have been in the Free Press all afternoon, it had actually only been fifteen minutes so I unexpectedly found myself with just under 10 minutes to squeeze in a post-emptive/pre-active/pointless bonus pub on the way back across Parker’s Piece towards the station. Still time to admire the Orchard Street… Continue reading BEMUSED TOURIST PUB, CAMBRIDGE
THE FREE PRESS
8th February 2023. It’s as well that I completed the GBG last year (you remember that ?) as this year I’m spending more time in Waterbeach with Mum and Dad than in Sheffield or anywhere else, which I don’t begrudge at all but obviously it’s really limiting exploration and ticking. But I can still get… Continue reading THE FREE PRESS
PRE- AND POST-FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM PINTS
Another crisp October day, another sentimental journey to Cambridge on the train. Perhaps I’ll visit ALL the Cambridge pubs while I’m visiting Mum and Dad, but probably I won’t. I’m bored of Cambridge already. But I’m intrigued to know what statue they’re about to unveil at the station; 6/4 it’s Baa Baa Toure, 3,000/1 it’s… Continue reading PRE- AND POST-FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM PINTS
“OPENING EARLY ON 19 SEPTEMBER FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL WATCHING NEEDS”
19th September 2022. While I was in the Blue I had a look at what the other Cambridge pubs were doing on funeral day. Well, that’s clear. BRAPA noted two pubs in the same village, one “closed as a mark of respect“, the next “open as a mark of respect“. The concept of “respect” is… Continue reading “OPENING EARLY ON 19 SEPTEMBER FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL WATCHING NEEDS”
FROM THE GRAVEYARD TO THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE
19th September 2022. The Queen’s funeral. A chance to thank Elizabeth for her service and show respect; But what would the pubs do ? While Mum and Dad followed the progress of the cortege along the A40, I went to Cambridge to find out. The town was surprisingly bust at midday, though the White Swan… Continue reading FROM THE GRAVEYARD TO THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE
THE OTHER SYDE OF THE RIVER CAM
Someone asked me today if I intended to tick the new Good Beer Guide. I said “Yes” straight away (Mrs RM wasn’t there) but I’m not sure using GBG23 to guide my travel is quite the same as being determined to finish it again. For a start, if you’re aiming to complete the Guide you… Continue reading THE OTHER SYDE OF THE RIVER CAM
MORE MILTON MAGIC AT THE QUEEN EDITH
With Dad comfortable back home in his armchair watching “Pointless” (Google it, Americans), I popped back to Addenbrookes to pick up some new pills. The hospital occupies a giant treatment and medical research site (now incorporating Papworth) on the southern edge of Cambridge, in what is pretty much a pub desert. But the only pub… Continue reading MORE MILTON MAGIC AT THE QUEEN EDITH
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