April 2025. Sheffield. That title comes from reader Stu; usual prize, Stu. Well, I was very excited leaving Alder that Friday Thursday, rushing to tell the new keeper of the Bass Directory (“Custodia Bassista”) the Good News. Joy too, at the Great Stuff This Bass Facebook group, who all wanted to know “But is it… Continue reading IS BASS EXEMPT FROM THE CAMRA “BUY INDIE” LAW ?
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WELCOME TO THE 2025 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
It’s your favourite day* of the year ! CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is officially launched this morning, only a few hours after the local media get there first with the new entries; Is that Carlton Club in Whalley Range actually a pub ? Looks more like a car boot sale. First and foremost, a big,… Continue reading WELCOME TO THE 2025 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
WELCOME TO THE 2024 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
It’s your favourite day* of the year ! The new Good Beer Guide is “officially” launched today, back in its rightful late September launch date for the first time since Covid. Note that the Iron Maiden version has less entries (any pubs with prog rock on their jukebox have been excluded ) than the “plain”… Continue reading WELCOME TO THE 2024 GOOD BEER GUIDE – A TRIUMPH
DIDN’T CAMRA USE TO RUN THIS PUB ?
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 ?
VOLUNTEERING
April 2023. I’d volunteered to help CAMRA set up the Members Weekend in Sheffield. If ever I was going to help out, I guess it was this week, with it on the doorstep, in the venue where James had his graduation ceremony a year ago. Look ! There’s a What Pub entry for the weekend’s… Continue reading VOLUNTEERING
50 CHEERS FOR CAMRA !
I thought I ought to say a few words about CAMRA’s 50th birthday, but frankly Pub Curmudgeon summed it up better than I ever could. That February post contrasts CAMRA’s success as a mass membership organisation (with good brand awareness among the general public), with a blurring of focus over the years. It also contains… Continue reading 50 CHEERS FOR CAMRA !
HAPPY NEW GOOD BEER GUIDE 2020 DAY !
Grief, I nearly forgot to jump on the bandwagon by doing a new Good Beer Guide post on official launch day, the nation’s second favourite after my birthday Ed Balls Day. First things first. Thanks to all the CAMRA volunteers who recommend and score pubs. They do a fantastic job. Ignore the naysayers who tell… Continue reading HAPPY NEW GOOD BEER GUIDE 2020 DAY !
TICKING THE CAMRA AGM
If you’ve lost track of these diary extracts I feel your pain. This is now Saturday morning, Day 3 of the Great Tayside Tickathon and an actual CAMRA AGM to attend. But first, a recuperative Miners Benedict in my Broughty Ferry Wether-hotel. As Allo Darlin’ sang “This is life. This is living”. I would have… Continue reading TICKING THE CAMRA AGM
CAMRA PUBS IN CAMBRIDGE
Just back from taking Mrs RM and two hungry lads (when are they not ?) for Sunday lunch at the Salisbury Arms, just off Cambridge’s famous Mill Road. We’d also popped in on Mothers Day, a dry day for me. This is, oddly, one of the city’s historic pubs, run by CAMRA Investments in the… Continue reading CAMRA PUBS IN CAMBRIDGE
MRS RM’S CAMPERVAN MANOEUVRES EARN A PROPER PUB REWARD
I’ve only just noticed the tin cans in that sign. They’re probably Adnams cans; you get a higher class of litter lout in West Suffolk. A rare trip without a Beer Guide tick, this was purely to give Mrs RM and myself some professional experience in maneuvering our campervan, with the objective of not… Continue reading MRS RM’S CAMPERVAN MANOEUVRES EARN A PROPER PUB REWARD
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