11th February 2023. Apart from being good company, Preston’s Matthew Lawrenson has the rare quality of being able to walk at my pace. So we arrived in the heart of Preston before the North End fans returned from their hammering at Burnley, before the pubs got too lively. Last time here with Matthew I’d forgot… Continue reading DOES ANYTHING BEAT A PLUM PORTER AND THE BUGGLES IN THE BLACK HORSE ?
Tag: Classic pubs
ARRIVING IN LLANWRTYD WELLS TOO SOON FOR THE BOG SNORKELLING
Three days in Mid Wales and I still couldn’t quite finish the GBG chapter. It’s possibly the most challenging “county” after Rutland, which just doesn’t open at all, with weird opening times, aggressive sheep and occasional trains. But I did make it to Llanwrtyd Wells (pronounced clan-weir-tid), some 22 years after last driving past it… Continue reading ARRIVING IN LLANWRTYD WELLS TOO SOON FOR THE BOG SNORKELLING
LISTEN TO THE LION
I’m not really one for revisiting “Classic Pubs”, what with needing to do 600 new ones a year to finish the Beer Guide and all, but it’s been surprisingly rewarding doing a few oldies with the Beer & Pubs gang of late. The Lion in Liverpool’s business district has been on my “Must Do… Continue reading LISTEN TO THE LION
OUTSIDE LOO JOY IN HADLOW DOWN
Once we get back from Ayr (if we’re not burnt to a crisp as we re-enter England), I need to add some tags, as youngsters call them, to recent posts. Worryingly, the most common tags will be “closed pub” “Ugh !” and “outside loos“. At least the last of those are always a joy, and… Continue reading OUTSIDE LOO JOY IN HADLOW DOWN
EPIC DRYANUARY FAILS AT THE FREE PRESS
Just tidying up some posts last night* I noticed my pub photos post lacked anything from Pints and Pubs, a heinous crime. P&P, as his mates call him, has produced the essential body of work on all the Cambridge pubs over the last year, finishing with the venerable Free Press. So here’s a photo from… Continue reading EPIC DRYANUARY FAILS AT THE FREE PRESS
BRUMMING WITH CONFIDENCE
Yes, it’s Jimmy the Hoover on the front cover of Smash Hits from 1983. How low can this blog go, you ask ? Answer – very low. I left a group of imbibers enjoying lunch in a busy Old Contemptibles, heading back to the Jewellery Quarter to tick two more Guide new entries. A couple of very modern… Continue reading BRUMMING WITH CONFIDENCE
LLANGUNLLO JOINS THE CamROT ELITE
I see CAMRA have organised another event in a giant hangar to show how many billion beers there are potentially available in the UK now. So many that they haven’t got space for Dobber IPA among all that home brew. If anyone has tasted all 900 this week, I’d love to read about it. The… Continue reading LLANGUNLLO JOINS THE CamROT ELITE
TETLEY HERITAGE IN MALTON
On our way to a brewery break in Cropton we stopped at Malton for a last bit of Wi-Fi quiche before entering the Moors. The big news in Malton is Brass Castle’s cutting edge bar, but we fancied coffee and Battenburg cake in the Spotted Cow in Malton. It’s a Tetley Heritage Inn, which is still generally a… Continue reading TETLEY HERITAGE IN MALTON
MORE CLASSIC PUBS
WARNING – CONTAINS LINK TO DAILY MAIL CONTENT I much enjoyed Boak & Bailey’s well-written post on “classic” pubs yesterday. Buildings aren’t everything. Some of the new micropubs are more boxy than Wetherspoons conversions, and equally some have felt like welcoming public houses, others like private members clubs. Their closing comment is, itself, a classic. “Ultimately, for… Continue reading MORE CLASSIC PUBS
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