August 2023. Chester. Have some tourist photos before the pub onslaught. With Mrs RM on conference calls with Eindhoven, and not really fancying the glamour of a night in a car park overnighter, I set off for the Little Roodee. Chester’s car park by the race course is an ideal spot for motorhomes and campervans,… Continue reading A NIGHT IN THE LITTLE ROODEE
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CURRY, CAMPERVANNING, A “CHEEKY” BASS TO WRAP UP ALSAGER
July 2023. Alsager. Nothing much in life gives me as much pleasure as visiting a place for the first time and getting to know it properly. Scandalously, we’d been in Alsager two hours, visited three decent pubs, but still not seen the actual mere which is the only thing the town is known for (if… Continue reading CURRY, CAMPERVANNING, A “CHEEKY” BASS TO WRAP UP ALSAGER
THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
July 2023. Alsager. Part 3 of 4 of our Big Night Out in Alsager, as we walk the six steps from the Joule to the Titanic. I’ve never heard anyone talk about Alsager as a pub town, but in the space of a minute you can go from Bass to Joules to Plum Porter, which… Continue reading THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
MORE ALSAGER JOULES
July 2023. Alsager. No (zero) Guide entries in Alsager this year, though the Lodge had just been named “South Cheshire CAMRA Pub of the Year”. Go figure*. Not exactly overpubbed, by the look of What Pub; Reader, we did all four of those. Just for you. A few yards from the Lodge, just past a… Continue reading MORE ALSAGER JOULES
WEIGHING THE GREENGAGES IN HOLMES CHAPEL
July 2023. Cheshire. A fourth and final new GBG pub on the Cheshire mini-crawl with Mrs RM as taster-in-chief, and a rare visit to Holmes Chapel. With the social club in the Guide, I reckon all the remaining What Pub entries have made the GBG at some time. I can see I’ve been to the… Continue reading WEIGHING THE GREENGAGES IN HOLMES CHAPEL
“A few hints on how things work”
July 2023. Cheshire. Real Cheshire. Before I start, guess what’s behind the (frankly pathetic) swing at my next pub. Answer at the end (DON’T LOOK YET DAVE !). A third pub in an hour as we whizzed through posh Cheshire (just north of Middlewich), and the inevitable reacquaintance with Messrs Brunning & Price at Bostock… Continue reading “A few hints on how things work”
EVERYDAY SEXISM IN SANDIWAY
July 2023. Cheshire. Four new Guide pub ticks in 90 minutes; it was just like the old days. A motley crew, too. Brewery tap, two chain diners and a social club. Next up, after a trip through the rich pretty bit south of Frodsham was an ultra-rare Chef & Brewer in Sandiway (never heard of… Continue reading EVERYDAY SEXISM IN SANDIWAY
A CHESHIRE CHAPTER STARTS
July 2023. Cheshire. I had a good think about whether to lump loads of pubs together in this post and then thought “No, less is more, stick to one pub per post“. The Jesus & Mary Chain were always at their best when their live shows lasted 15 minutes rather than 90. Mrs RM had… Continue reading A CHESHIRE CHAPTER STARTS
BORN IN CREWE. LIVE IN CREWE. DRINK CRAFT BEER IN CREWE.
July 2023. Crewe. During the first lockdown of 2020, that one you’ll remember so fondly, I entertained you with some cut-and-paste editions focusing on some of the UK’s tourist honeypots. And Crewe. For many pub tickers, it’s the planning the pub trip that’s the highlight rather than the actual pub and the beer. With a… Continue reading BORN IN CREWE. LIVE IN CREWE. DRINK CRAFT BEER IN CREWE.
THE BEST THINGS ABOUT ALTRINCHAM
13th February 2023. I see a number of folk on CAMRA Discourse moaning about pubs in Burton-upon-Trent not being open till 4pm or gone last week, despite the Winter Beer Festival being one. I’m afraid that’s the way of the world folks, 4pm openers are the norm, and you’re lucky if your chosen micro opens… Continue reading THE BEST THINGS ABOUT ALTRINCHAM
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