Yes, Hale gets two posts, cos I liked it, a lot. And it might give me another chance to slander Old Mudgie’s ancestral home of Widnes. Leaving my NBSS 3 half of Bury St Edmunds finest I set off to explore the coast, and admire the statue of the Childe of Hale. If he really… Continue reading “BELOW US ONLY MUD”
Tag: Cheshire
THE ONLY CHOICE YOU NEED
Back into That Cheshire next, for a pub I completely overlooked, having accidentally pinked it in on the GBG map. Hale ? Seen it on the map, but it’s a pub wasteland down there between Penny Lane and Halton, isn’t it ? Come to think of it, Widnes is a wasteland, but at least Simon… Continue reading THE ONLY CHOICE YOU NEED
ARCH LIFE – RUNCORN ROARS
13th February 2020 What a great way to complete Cheshire GBG20, in a place I don’t really know, in a bar with uncertain opening hours and three possible names. Later that night I coloured Runcorn in with great care on the map. First trip to Halton Borough since a lively Widnes fun pub in 2017… Continue reading ARCH LIFE – RUNCORN ROARS
ANY ELLESMERE PORT PUB IN A GBG STORM
Reader qq (Querulous Quentin ?) has requested I zoom out to show you where some of these places are. That’s a little disappointing as I assumed everyone knew Chester was a suburb of Runcorn. Anyhow, just for qq; Yes, a rare trip to the Edge of Ellesmere Port. The posher bit, certainly, though you wouldn’t… Continue reading ANY ELLESMERE PORT PUB IN A GBG STORM
MORE CHESHIRE GASTRO PUB “FUN”
Yes, enough of the “better-than-expected” trendy café bars; it’s back to what makes Cheshire famous. Ancient gastropubs for retired gentlefolk in the middle of nowhere (well, far enough away from Crewe for comfort, anyway). Before the Cheshire mafia start their abuse, Cheshire is an attractive county and if I was legally compelled to take my… Continue reading MORE CHESHIRE GASTRO PUB “FUN”
BOARD GAMES (IN HOLMES CHAPEL)
Yes, another rejected song title from Lana Del Ray (but who knows ?), as we enter Cheshire for the second time in GBG19, always a scary prospect. I predict that Simon will have “issues” with the Beer Emporium Bottle Bank, which is uber-Cheshire posh micro. But first, admire the classic exterior. In fairness, the dreadful… Continue reading BOARD GAMES (IN HOLMES CHAPEL)
ICE CREAM & SPRING CLEANS IN ALLGREAVE
BLOGGERS TIP: If in doubt about your featured image. Go with the cat. A farm cat, rather than a pub cat, but with free cows thrown in. And because you can’t resist a Paddy McAloon reference; https://youtu.be/a-mXEwYu6Pg This is the cat that catches the mice* at Hilly Billy Farm in Allgreave. I would normally tell… Continue reading ICE CREAM & SPRING CLEANS IN ALLGREAVE
HYDE-ING FROM HAIL IN LYMM
Enough of the southern softies with their Peroni and rugger; back up north for a few ticks before chips and City. Into Lymm, famed as the place where BRAPA insulted the locals by asking whether the village was in Greater Manchester. I visited the location where Simon was sacrificed to the God of Proper Counties.… Continue reading HYDE-ING FROM HAIL IN LYMM
MUDDLED IN MIDDLEWICH
We visited Middlewich‘s premier canal side pub a couple of weeks ago, enough time for the BRAPA-meister to visit AND report on it himself (here). Introducing characters such as Lord Lucan, Giles from Knutford and “Old bugger who was probably a Mason”, this is one of Simon’s classic posts, but that won’t stop me nicking bits… Continue reading MUDDLED IN MIDDLEWICH
TOP 100 PUBS – RED LION, STOCKTON HEATH
Good grief, a (very) good Thwaites pub. I quite like the idea of Thwaites, but the execution of their beers often seems a little underwhelming. A bit like Everards. It may turn out to have been a bit over-generous to give the Red Lion in Stockton Heath a coveted Top 100 place, but I’d certainly… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – RED LION, STOCKTON HEATH
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