January 2025. Cambridge. The route from Cambridge North station past Haymakers and along the Cam (until you’re stopped by Rowing Club “Keep Out” signs) to the home of the May Beer Festival is a tranquil pleasure, and the view across to the Fort St George (in England) from the footbridge at Peterhouse RC one of… Continue reading STEALING THE PRINCE OF CAMBRIDGE’S SEAT IN THE FORT ST. GEORGE (IN ENGLAND)
Tag: Cambridgeshire
NO-ONE SHOULD WALK PAST THE HAYMAKERS 3 TIMES
January 2025. Cambridge. Or Chesterton, if we’re being pedantic. In the morning I’d had to be very pedantic as I attended the Cambridge registry office to record my mum’s death correctly, without misspellings and errors that might muck up the nasty financial stuff later. I am so thankful no-one in my immediate family is burdened… Continue reading NO-ONE SHOULD WALK PAST THE HAYMAKERS 3 TIMES
WRESTLING IN LODE. YOUR CLOSEST PINT TO ANGLESEY ABBEY
January 2025. Lode. Greater Waterbeach. I’m claiming Lode for Waterbeach before Newmarket CAMRA decides to nick it. And you can actually walk there from the Chung Hwa across the Quy Fen, once home to Cambridge’s nudist bathing lakes (said my Dad). Lode village (pop. 913), really a hamlet, backs on to Anglesey Abbey; you can… Continue reading WRESTLING IN LODE. YOUR CLOSEST PINT TO ANGLESEY ABBEY
COCKTAIL NIGHT AT THE SUN
February 2024. Waterbeach. You know The Sun, and if you haven’t been, you should. Waterbeach may be the dullest place on earth (sorry Mum, sorry Dad) but it does have one of the UK’s best Chinese takeaways, kebab vans, brewery taps, fruit breweries and pubs. Helen at The Sun is making plans to restart the… Continue reading COCKTAIL NIGHT AT THE SUN
FISH FRIDAY AT THE HARE AND HOUNDS
February 2024. Harlton. Cambridgeshire. Dad is just desperate to get out, anywhere; not surprising I can’t spend a day at home really, Not too far, of course; pills to take, routines to follow, but he loves his food and I knew just the place om Friday. Shamefully, I hadn’t popped the dozen miles to Harlton… Continue reading FISH FRIDAY AT THE HARE AND HOUNDS
MR RM’S SISTER NEGOTIATES THE CAMRA DISCOUNT AT ELY MINSTER
January 2024. Ely. Mum needed me to pop to Ely on an errand. I needed a pint. I phoned my sis, who escaped from Waterbeach to Ely’s lovely riverfront last year. “Fancy a pint ?” She did. She’s a Pint Woman. Ely is easier by rail (12 minutes) than the A10, busier than ever due… Continue reading MR RM’S SISTER NEGOTIATES THE CAMRA DISCOUNT AT ELY MINSTER
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY – No. 4 – CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Well, this will be a controversial one. Five pubs in my home county, and one for you to pick. There’s a problem with Cambridgeshire. It’s called Cambridge. I could pick half a dozen pubs in the county town on a mile from the station. But I only get one pick, and it’s the obvious one.… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY – No. 4 – CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMPLETE – BEER STRAIGHT FROM THE POT PLANTS, NOT IN THEM
November 2023. Wisbech. A final Cambridgeshire Guide tick, and yet more GBG24 joy as I’m taken kicking and screaming to Wisbech, which a bit of me still believes in is Lincolnshire. Perhaps GBG25 will place it there, like that pub in Danehill that keeps moving back and forth across the Sussex borders. I know you… Continue reading CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMPLETE – BEER STRAIGHT FROM THE POT PLANTS, NOT IN THEM
COMPLIMENTARY ROASTIES AND YORKIES ON THE BAR AT THE THARP ARMS
September 2023. Chippenham, near Newmarket. Honestly, it is near Newmarket, though the map is indignant that it’s on High Street, Ely, and Chippenham is a last refuge in that weird bit of Cambridgeshire that encompasses the smart horsey villages. I know this because the Waterbeach MP lives there, and you have to live in the… Continue reading COMPLIMENTARY ROASTIES AND YORKIES ON THE BAR AT THE THARP ARMS
“There used to be a library there”
July 2023. Milton. Cambridgeshire. I don’t want you to think I’m trying to get Dad round All The Pubs In Cambridgeshire or anything, but he’s certainly been to more more this year than he had the last 70, even if it is only keeping the local pineapple juice industry alive. Tuesday saw us dot around… Continue reading “There used to be a library there”
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