February 2025. Chichester. I won’t declare Chichester a great pub town on the basis of our flying visit to “Meet the Southworths” last week, but Dave and Joan had done a fair bit of research in their extended stay, in-between P trips to the Pallant, Petworth and Pompey, and confidently declared The Park the best… Continue reading “Reserved for the Coldstreams V.I.P.”. THE PARK TAVERN, CHICHESTER
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CHICHESTER’S COMPETITIVE WINGS NIGHT IN THE LITTLE MONSTERS
February 2025. Chichester. Rushing to finish the Chichester micros before catching up with the Southworths now. Joan and Dave were in a Proper Pub in the next street; I don’t think they travel thousands of miles to sip thirds in a converted shop, with seating like this. and no hand pumps. I think as a… Continue reading CHICHESTER’S COMPETITIVE WINGS NIGHT IN THE LITTLE MONSTERS
MRS RM DRAGS AMERICAN CASK CHAMPS TO THE CHICHESTER CRAFT BAR
February 2025. Chichester. When I was vigorously ticking the GBG (try it, it’s fun, and still largely legal) I’d really enjoy the bi-annual revisits to our gorgeous towns as much as the pubs. Chichester was always a tad disappointing, cathedral apart, a Poundship Canterbury as someone once called it. But last Wednesday it excelled. Clean,… Continue reading MRS RM DRAGS AMERICAN CASK CHAMPS TO THE CHICHESTER CRAFT BAR
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
February 2025. Chichester. The obligatory “culture between the cask” post back in Chichester from Emsworth. The West Sussex county town has always seemed to me a modest place, the Bedford of the South. But we caught the centre on a day when blue skies emerged from hibernation, the streets clean, the entire genteel (and rowdy)… Continue reading CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
THREE PUBS IN A ROW. EMSWORTH RIVALS MANCHESTER
February 2025. Emsworth. Hampshire. I’d persuaded Dave to join us on a walk round Emsworth, a small town easily missed on your Philip Navigator Map of Great Britain. Joan sat this pub crawl out, but no doubt she’ll get another chance. A 10 minute jaunt from Chichester Station, itself a delightfully old-fashioned place where trains… Continue reading THREE PUBS IN A ROW. EMSWORTH RIVALS MANCHESTER
AMERICANS. COMING OVER ‘ERE, DRINKING OUR BEER, PRAISING OUR TRAINS
February 2025. Hunston. Chichester. It wasn’t just Mrs RM and I “Catching Up With With The Southworths” (repeats available on Dave TV) this month. A great photo* of Pub Men smiling (well, a smile by Dave’s standard) with the Pride drinking well in Chichester, and the positivity shines through Joan and Dave’s posts from the… Continue reading AMERICANS. COMING OVER ‘ERE, DRINKING OUR BEER, PRAISING OUR TRAINS
CHICHESTER CAN’T SLOW DOWN
If you’ve been reading this blog in despair at the lack of genuine micropubs, fear not, your wait is nearly over. And the Hornet is a corker, joining Anchored in Worthing among my favoured real micros. Being a micro, it opens at 4pm, giving me 3 hours to kill in Chichester. I could have watched… Continue reading CHICHESTER CAN’T SLOW DOWN
A RAINBOW IN CHICHESTER
Lots of symbolism today; I know you like symbolism. After the downpour of grim beer on the A272, back to pubby sunshine in “Curious Chichester“. Decent beer and an array of multi-coloured Taytos at the Rainbow, a backstreet boozer which What Pub tells us was previously called “Happy Medium” and (mysteriously) “Rainbow“. Ponder that. This… Continue reading A RAINBOW IN CHICHESTER
HALF-PINTS IN CHICHESTER
I’ve been in Fratton for the annual big Pompey GBG tick-off, and took the rattling train to Chichester to say hello to one of our correspondents. John has interesting tales to tell, having been a founder member of Depeche Mode in their formative pub-rock days in Basildon in the late ’70s*. His knowledge of Newark and… Continue reading HALF-PINTS IN CHICHESTER
GORGEOUSNESS AND GOTHS IN CHICHESTER HARBOUR
I realise I’ve been less than fulsome in my enthusiasm for Chichester* this year. The hills to the north are great though (try Compton), and the undeveloped harbourside villages have equally good walking potential. I walked from Westbourne to coastal Emsworth, taking in nature reserves, the A27, secluded farms and the harbour, proving that I can do… Continue reading GORGEOUSNESS AND GOTHS IN CHICHESTER HARBOUR
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