One last Gloucestershire tick and a flying visit to the side streets of regal Cheltenham, with the streets around the Railway Inn proving the hardest to negotiate/park. In a break from the norm, the writing on the wall reads not “dining and rooms” but “Smokey Phi Phi“, as the Railway undergoes the sort of gentrification… Continue reading CHELTENHAM CRAFT & CANALS
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BACK UP YOUR FILES – A LESSON FROM PRESTBURY
“Let’s keep these ******* (*)pubs ticked” said Mrs RM, in her defiant rather than angry tone, as we completed a round half dozen in Greater or Lesser Cheltenham. In normal circumstances my first action now would be to refer to my copious and comic notes taken that night 12 days ago, but I deleted them… Continue reading BACK UP YOUR FILES – A LESSON FROM PRESTBURY
CHELTENHAM, BUT NOT AT THE RACES
It’s like deja vu all over again. Scare stories about Brazilians in South Gloucestershire putting my return to pubs at risk, a year after a lot of fuss about Cheltenham Festival taking place just as Covid cases started to spike. I was in the area a year ago, listening to some over confident Yorkies celebrating… Continue reading CHELTENHAM, BUT NOT AT THE RACES
CHELTENHAM – HORSES FOR COURSES
Last day in Scotland, for now. But I’ll be back, I’ll be back, tipping warm beer down the urinal and queueing for fudge doughnuts like the CAMRA hipsters. For now, here’s some posts from the Cotswolds, rarely a great bet for beer quality if I’m honest, but then the pashminas and corduroys don’t come here… Continue reading CHELTENHAM – HORSES FOR COURSES
PLAYING THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE CASK ALE LOTTERY
Recently I’ve wondered if this summer might be the summer that kills cask as a mainstream drink. You’ll have seen how resentful I’ve been about cask in Scotland, and eleven pubs over two days around the Brecons this week brought two drinkable pints (both in a Spoons). In Beer Guide pubs. But then again, last… Continue reading PLAYING THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE CASK ALE LOTTERY
A SLUMMERS GUIDE TO CHELTENHAM
I stayed in Cheltenham last night, largely so that I no longer had the embarrassment of not having been to the National Pub of the Year. I also wanted to get to grips with a town that never seems as posh as its reputation, particularly if you’ve even been to Whaddon Road or the Adam… Continue reading A SLUMMERS GUIDE TO CHELTENHAM
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