September 2024. Cambridge. One point for recognising the flower, a second for the birdie, those two both from my sister’s field, and a third for recognising the pub just from that soup menu (top). Yep, it’s the Queen’s Head in Newton, aka the Brown Soup pub, one of Stafford Paul’s musts on his first visit… Continue reading BROWN SOUP AND BASS
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PAUL MUDGE FINDS MILD IN CAMBRIDGE
September 2024. Cambridge. “Is there a Craft Union pub in Cambridge ?”. Er, no, Paul. But there is an exciting range of keg at The Cheesemonger d’Arry’s aka Stolen Liquor Loft aka Rattle & Hum, though like me Paul remembers a once characterful Cambridge Arms selling exotic Greene King ales. And next door, what looks… Continue reading PAUL MUDGE FINDS MILD IN CAMBRIDGE
THE NEW RAD
June 2024. Cambridge. A Sunday night back in Waterbeach, where Mum & Dad have found a new gardener, one less task for me. We squeezed in a quick trip to Cambridge, where the 800 year old Midsummer Fair (looking a little slimmed down compared to its 1298 peak, I thought) was wrapping up. Newmarket Road… Continue reading THE NEW RAD
“We prefer cash”. The Earl of Derby, Cambridge.
April 2024. Cambridge. At weekends when I visit my parents the step count drops; from an average around 20k in Sheffield to 3,606 last Sunday. “You need to sit down and relax” says Mum. That’s the LAST thing I need to do at 59, and once they’re asleep I nip out to get some miles… Continue reading “We prefer cash”. The Earl of Derby, Cambridge.
CELLAR TEMPERATURE IN ALEX
February 2024. Cambridge. Pub number 4 (of 2) on a dreich night in Cambridge just off the normal King Street run. The Alexandra is, along with the Geldart, a more recent of the city’s GBG perennials, one of the best Greene King pubs in the area, though the beer range gives none of that heritage… Continue reading CELLAR TEMPERATURE IN ALEX
BLUE MOON, AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE PROBLEM OF INFINITE REGRESS
February 2024. Cambridge. OK, “a couple” in Cambridge was about to turn into four, but it was Will’s fault, and besides I don’t “do” Cambridge enough. Four very different pubs in suburban Cambridge in half a mile on a lovely evening amidst the council housing and foliage and suspicious looking tape shops closed since I… Continue reading BLUE MOON, AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE PROBLEM OF INFINITE REGRESS
A LOAD OF DOBBLERS
Just for Kentish Paul, your Pelican of the Day; February 2024. Cambridge. Pub 2 of “Just a couple with Will in Cambridge” and a real wander into the backstreets towards Newmarket Road, well away from the post-graduate Mill Road set to a real (and increasingly rare) survivor. The backstreet boozer, the community pub with big… Continue reading A LOAD OF DOBBLERS
“Meet you at the Geldart”
February 2024. Cambridge. Unwisely, but I’m not sure on whose part, I agreed to meet Will in Cambridge “just for a couple”. How did I/he not learn our lesson from Leeds ? This is Will’s future exhibit in the Museum of Pubbing. Ooh, quite a lot there, Will. We said we’d meet at 5 just… Continue reading “Meet you at the Geldart”
MORE CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE PUBS
February 2024. Cambridge. As you’ll know I’m a creature of habit, and on my first Cambridge history quiz trail I was keen to pick a dull, predictable, heritage pub to celebrate completion of pages 1 and 2 of my book (recommended for children age 8-12). The Eagle and Bath House were unpleasantly packed, so they can… Continue reading MORE CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE PUBS
LOOKING FOR CLUES IN TOURIST CAMBRIDGE
February 2024. Cambridge. On the move, so short posts for a while. Mum and Dad tend to have a post-lunch snooze before The Chase, the highlight of the day, which is when I nip out for the 15,000-20,000 steps I need or else I’ll seize up completely. Mrs RM bought me a quiz trail of… Continue reading LOOKING FOR CLUES IN TOURIST CAMBRIDGE
