I could have taken the train to Sandown, but the combined travel tickets condemned me to the dreaded Vectis buses. At least the hovercraft stomach churning was over in ten minutes. The bus was 30 minutes of hell. Good job they had those little USB sockets to recharge my phone, eh ? I jumped off… Continue reading SORCERY AND SICKNESS IN SANDOWN
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ADNAMS MURK STORMS THE CAMBRIDGE CASK CASTLE
Mrs RM has started an assignment flitting between Northampton Council (yes, THAT one) and a Cambridge office. If only there was even a 3rd World standard road between the two it’d be bearable. Still, she gets to pop in the Rifle Drum when she stays over, so life’s not all bad. I picked her up… Continue reading ADNAMS MURK STORMS THE CAMBRIDGE CASK CASTLE
DONINGTON AFTER OZZY
I knew I should have sneeked out of Download Festival in June to try a bit more of Castle Donington, but our nanny-state authorities take a dim view on child abandonment in muddy fields. The main employment in the town remains the reclamation of bodies from the Download mud, of course, which is a useful… Continue reading DONINGTON AFTER OZZY
LULWORTH CASTLE
A last post from Dorset before an overnighter in Market Drayton, and a pub of the year contender in the Castle near Lulworth Cove. A group of us reached this after a four hour circular walk that took in several miles of farm sewerage, numerous wrong turns, knee deep mud, a loo stop at Chaldon… Continue reading LULWORTH CASTLE
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