July 2025, Macclesfield. It wasn’t even 5pm and Mrs RM was already winding down the pub crawl round Macclesfield. Unlike some folk I could name, she hadn’t started at 9am, either. Shamefully, she was about to call an Uber, an Uber !, to take her us back to Sutton Hall, but only once she’d seen… Continue reading POSH MACC
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CASK BEATS THE HEATWAVE IN MACC’S REDWILLOW
July 2025. Macclesfield. An overnighter in Sutton Hall just south of Macclesfield, where the rain stopped for only the second time since 1988. The walk into town along the canal towpath was pleasant, and gave Mrs RM welcome respite from those Sheffield hills. The problem was the pubs, far too many of them, and it… Continue reading CASK BEATS THE HEATWAVE IN MACC’S REDWILLOW
TICKING ON THE MACCLESFIELD CANAL
July 2025. Gurnett. Macclesfield. “Gurnett ? Never heard of it“. Neither had I before the new GBG introduced Ye Olde King’s Head to the world. I’d fancied coming here on the Old Codgers Macclesfield Meander last month, with it just a mile south along the canal, but the company from the Two Mudge(i)es and Frome… Continue reading TICKING ON THE MACCLESFIELD CANAL
A TRAIN TO CREWE, A WALK IN CREWE, A PUB IN CREWE
April 2024. Crewe. Yes, it’s back to Crewe for a penultimate GBG24 Cheshire tick. Not a difficult place to get to (40 minutes from Stockport), just an irritating one. Wednesday presented a 20:15 kick-off at the Etihad (WTF !); plenty of time for a detour to your favourite railway town and back. Two out of… Continue reading A TRAIN TO CREWE, A WALK IN CREWE, A PUB IN CREWE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE LITTLE MAN, WETTENHALL
`March 2024. Wettenhall. Winsford. A second successive new GBG entry in a remote Cheshire village that I’d never heard of, and acquiring this new knowledge is what makes following the Guide the nation’s Number 1 social activity. Between the salt towns of Winsford and the rambling railway station of Crewe, Wettenhall (looks like Cholmondeston to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE LITTLE MAN, WETTENHALL
THE WELL-HIDDEN JOYS OF THE UPMARKET CHESHIRE GASTROPUB
March 2024. Hankelow. Audlem. Three pubs in Audlem (pop. 1,991) and another one in tiny Hankelow, home to a rare new GBG tick for me as 2024 becomes a year of revisiting old classics. Hankelow feels a million miles from Nantwich Crewe to the north and Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke to the east, an area of farms… Continue reading THE WELL-HIDDEN JOYS OF THE UPMARKET CHESHIRE GASTROPUB
PRE-EMPTIVE AUDLEM – THE SHROPPIE FLY
March 2024. Audlem. An hour in Audlem before my bran’ new GBG opened a mile up the road, just time for a coffee, though that was harder than you’d think as a village of 1,991 souls apparently needs three (3) churches and two (2) funeral directors and one (1) karate instructor. Mrs RM had felt… Continue reading PRE-EMPTIVE AUDLEM – THE SHROPPIE FLY
So, Is Audlem Really The Start Of “The North” ?
March 2024. Audlem. I’ve been very lax in bringing you the best bits from Mumsnet; I see the perennial “Is it safe to move North” has come up again. ……. You could have predicted the first reply; ….. And no, that’s NOT an April Fools joke. If you think The North is bad, a reminder… Continue reading So, Is Audlem Really The Start Of “The North” ?
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 5 – CHESHIRE
A late Christmas present for Pub Curmudgeon, who will be chomping at the bit to critique my five for Cheshire (“Wot no Frodsham !”), but at least there’s no gastro horrors. He’ll agree with this first one. Macclesfield – Jolly Sailor (last visited 2023) In fact, I was highly tempted to steal Mudgie’s wonderful pic… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 5 – CHESHIRE
MACCY B (+)
December 2023. Macclesfield. One last Macclesfield pub on the Old Codgers Grand Tour (available on Sky + shortly), as I finally get to stretch my legs and finally get to tick a new GBG entry. Phew ! I skipped the at risk Wharf, and finally got my street art hit. Kentish Paul has done two… Continue reading MACCY B (+)
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