9th February 2023. On my weekly trips back to Waterbeach (“home”) to entertain my parents with readings from my blog I can at least get the blog up-to-date, as long as Dad doesn’t the internet box off. What I can’t do is leave the village, the northern exit (the brewery quarter) closed and the middle… Continue reading JUMPING ON THE GUINNESS BANDWAGON AT THE BREWERY TAP
Tag: Cambridgeshire pubs
COMPLIMENTARY CREAM CRACKERS IN CASTOR
On the way back from Sheffield you have to travel 90 minutes through 4 counties before you arrive at a pub restaurant you’re actually allowed to enter. There might have been a couple in Rutland but 20 minutes researching the posh ones just off the A1 failed to find any details of opening times. Not… Continue reading COMPLIMENTARY CREAM CRACKERS IN CASTOR
UTTER MADNESS IN SAWTRY
You were warned. Teversham, Grantchester, and now Sawtry. And you’ve got Fulbourn, Hilton and Alconbury to come. #OpenThePubs Mrs RM feels my utter despair. “The ******** are going to keep the pubs shut, aren’t they ?” I just asked her. “Get me another coffee” she replied. But at least she’s accompanying me on my little… Continue reading UTTER MADNESS IN SAWTRY
POSH, NOT POSH
I shall press on, avoiding the terms “Good Beer Guide” and “GBG21” as much as possible, and wake up to the sound of the CAMRA police knocking on my door at 4am* to strip me of my privilege. The new GBG will be full of micropubs, I bet ya, and I’d been warned about advised… Continue reading POSH, NOT POSH
CLIMIE FISHER REDEMPTION AT THE PIKE & EEL
Just like John Peel kept you waiting to see if the Sex Pistols or Sheena Easton were Number 1 in his Festive 50, I’ll keep you hanging on to find out if Fife or Bedfordshire take top spot in my Top 10 counties. Calm down, Dave. It won’t be Cambridgeshire, though I’ll probably miss it… Continue reading CLIMIE FISHER REDEMPTION AT THE PIKE & EEL
A YES ! TO YAXLEY
I need to be careful what I tell you until the Guide comes out next Thursday, but it’s no embargo breaker to say that the Farmer’s Arms in Yaxley probably WON’T be in there. Despite putting this full colour, full page advert in the local CAMRA magazine every edition this century, it has NEVER made… Continue reading A YES ! TO YAXLEY
“THE BASS IS DRINKING WELL”
Here’s how to get my attention; Well done, Hare & Hounds. Only back from the dead two months as a village-owned pubs and you’ve already got THREE posts out of me. Last month you tempted me back with a promise of Bass but it had sold out in two days to a pub full of… Continue reading “THE BASS IS DRINKING WELL”
BAR HILL – SMALL HILL, CLOSED BAR
Remember folks, this is the ONLY place you’ll find blog posts about unremarkable post-war Cambridge villages and their closed pubs. On yet another gorgeous sunny day (Matthew wants to know why it always rains in Manchester) I thought I’d do Bar Hill. More 1967 and all that. This was South Cambridge’s attempt at affordable housing… Continue reading BAR HILL – SMALL HILL, CLOSED BAR
WYTON TIME
Day 3 of The Easing, and a third tentative journey into eastern Huntingdonshire. Following Somersham and Boxworth, Wyton is a third village I could pinpoint on a map but tell you nothing about. What jinks ! This is the attractive little bit between Huntingdon and St Ives, two surprisingly workmanlike towns in Cromwell/Major land. Wyton… Continue reading WYTON TIME
ISLEHAM RESISTS THE HUMOROUS GUEST BEER
Now Mrs RM is working in Melrose (her blog posts to follow, no doubt), I’m only allowed a couple of nights away from home a week. So occasional days have to be spent in and around Cambridge ferrying old folks (not a euphemism) about to Tesco and the Day Centre, and reminiscing about “The… Continue reading ISLEHAM RESISTS THE HUMOROUS GUEST BEER
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