November 2023. Cambridge. I think by law there needs to be at least one (1) new Top 100 pub every fortnight so that by March 2026 there’s a 1,000 of them and then we can apply a 10:1 devaluation or something. Bit surprising that GBG perennial the Elm Tree hadn’t made my chart before, but… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELM TREE, CAMBRIDGE
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“WILL YOU BE DINING WITH US, SIR ?”
Earlier this month I gave my regular squeal of anguish from a pub that should have been opened but wasn’t. Some people would have given the Stag in Mentmore up as a bad job, but us Guide tickers don’t have that luxury. And, following our intensive training at GBG Base Camp*, we’re all prepared… Continue reading “WILL YOU BE DINING WITH US, SIR ?”
BANBURYSHIRE
Banburyshire (source:Wiki) has more to offer than £4 roast dinners. Just down the A4260 is one of the many golden stone villages that make the Oxon/Northants/Warwicks borders a competitor for the Cotswolds. Deddington has the usual minor tourist attractions; a ruined castle, one sided football pitch, snowdrops, antique centre and gun shop. “The quietest place reading… Continue reading BANBURYSHIRE
CRICKET ON THE GREEN AND WARM BEER
I will soon be a bigger expert on Huntingdonshire and its pubs than the bloke who (allegedly) drove up and down the A14 in a Ford Cortina collecting last minute entries for the first Good Beer Guide. It’s a county of modest pleasures, but I can recommend the circular walk from little Eltisley to the… Continue reading CRICKET ON THE GREEN AND WARM BEER
THE WRESTLERS – PAD THAI, PUMPS, BUT NO POOL
Apart from the Cambridge Blue and the historic Eagle, the Wrestlers is Cambridge’s perhaps best known pub. Certainly for visitors to the Abbey Stadium it was the default pre-match pint following the loss of most of the Newmarket Road locals. It seems to have lost that status since the latest “improvements” turned it into a restaurant.… Continue reading THE WRESTLERS – PAD THAI, PUMPS, BUT NO POOL
A CAMBRIDGE ESTATE PUB SURVIVOR
I wrote yesterday about one of Cambridge‘s top pub for beer quality (alongside the Mill and the Maypole). The strength in depth of the city’s pubs is one of its great features (still too flat mind, but not much anyone can do about that now). A few years ago Cambridge CAMRA recorded the presence of real ale in every… Continue reading A CAMBRIDGE ESTATE PUB SURVIVOR
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