Today’s much-anticipated Guess the Pub comes from a table-topping town where you’ll see a lot of this; Two Wetherspoons, one of them a hotel so you can bideawhile amidst its many charms. If you’re bored of stylish clocks (and an award-winning) skate park, just up the road is this haunted church, visited nightly by the… Continue reading GUESS THE ESTATE PUB
Tag: Corby
CORBY – LITTLE SCOTLAND
So, football is back, though sadly without the technology to tell you whether the ball has crossed the line. It’ll be a while before you see games like Corby v Trafford though. I was only in Trafford on Monday, of course, so I can appreciate the beauty of the M60/M6/A50/A14/A427 (ENOUGH !) route taken… Continue reading CORBY – LITTLE SCOTLAND
MARGINAL GAINS IN CORBY
Pub Curmudgeon wrote a good piece about the need for quality and consistency in Beer Guide pubs here . I reckon 90%+ of pubs I visit are Beer Guide standard, which says a lot about the excellent job that CAMRA branches do. A fair number of pubs with duff pints seem to slip quietly out of… Continue reading MARGINAL GAINS IN CORBY
SCOTLAND (SLIGHT RETURN)
Life’s not all beer and skittles etc. After a fantastic couple of long walks around Glasgow and Edinburgh, today I have a 4 hour walk around Corby. Nowhere in Britain is without merit, and Corby has the UK’s premier skatepark which is what drags youngest son here on a regular basis. It also has some… Continue reading SCOTLAND (SLIGHT RETURN)
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