Bank Holiday Monday, or New Year’s Day (observed) as my diary would have it if I’d bothered to buy a diary as I have done every year for 45 years but what’s the point now ? A visit to my parents (they’re fine, NPSS 4), and a meet-up with 3 of my favourite Germans at… Continue reading A GUIDED BUS TO A DESERTED CAMBRIDGE. A LONG WALK HOME.
Tag: Covid
A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR A HALF
I read about fellow tickers “doing” 37 pubs in a day, and wonder how such a thing is even possible. I mean, have you tried paying for your beer in a pub lately ? Mrs RM drove carefully down from Inveraray along the shore of Loch Fyne, depositing me safely at the door of Pub… Continue reading A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR A HALF
GARAGE TICKIN’, CHURCH JABBIN’
Back home in Sheffield (still sounds odd), I realised I’d better start using my Sundays better if I’m going to get that Guide completed. My scientific research reveals that 188.7% of my remaining GBG ticks will be micropubs, which means they only open on Friday to Sunday evenings (unless the owner is away collecting an… Continue reading GARAGE TICKIN’, CHURCH JABBIN’
NORTH SHIELDS – IN THE DOG HOUSE
One thing is for certain; if we get closed down because of Lancastrians licking Cobra handpumps or whatever I’ve enough blog material to last out the summer in the bank. I always tell BRAPA to spread his material out a bit but will he ever listen ? You left Mrs RM and I in West… Continue reading NORTH SHIELDS – IN THE DOG HOUSE
R = 1.001
Two weeks. 14 more sleeps. The Glorious 12th awaits. The long range weather forecast for Sheffield seems OK. Walkley’s Proper Pub the Rose House is revamping itself, possibly with outdoor karaoke. But Mrs RM is convinced there’ll be a spanner in the works in the next fortnight, and to be fair the 25% week-on-week drop… Continue reading R = 1.001
SURE-FIRE WAYS TO AVOID COVID VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS
One of the many triumphs of the Government’s response to the Covid pandemic has been recruiting Sir Timbo to the vaccine procurement team. Buying up short-dated Sputnik jabs cheap (with CAMRA discount vouchers) and re-labelling them as Astra Zenica has enabled us to shoot through the 50-somethings this week. The Manchester City forum Blue Moon… Continue reading SURE-FIRE WAYS TO AVOID COVID VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS
15 MARCH 2020 – MY LAST “PROPER” PUB
A year ago I had my last pint in a Proper Pub, without check-in, sit down, follow arrows and the horror of table service. Days before I’d been in Milton Keynes Spoons at 10pm, where I sensed we were at the end of “normality”, if normality and Milton Keynes can ever really be used in… Continue reading 15 MARCH 2020 – MY LAST “PROPER” PUB
JABBED
As promised, I’ve had my first jab, thereby giving pubs permission to open their wine gardens in 4 weeks time.# Having booked Wakefield as it was 3 weeks quicker than Sheffield, Mrs RM was delighted to find she could combine my vaccination with a collection from Birstall IKEA. Sadly, that meant less time to explore… Continue reading JABBED
SOUTH DERBYSHIRE SLIPS TO THE TOP
Not since the 1971-72 league season has there been such a topsy-turvy table, the leadership changing almost on a daily basis. In ’72 it was Derby’s Rams under Clough and Taylor who edged Division 1 from the Scousers, Stoke and City (yes, we existed before 2008). In 2021 Derby sits unproudly atop the Covid league,… Continue reading SOUTH DERBYSHIRE SLIPS TO THE TOP
SOUTH HOLLAND BACK IN THE BIG TIME
Think of it as a public service. Every few days I bring you the Covid League Table, and today there’s a new name proudly at the top. The Top 11 seems centred on the strip across the country from the Wash through the vegetable fields to the southern coalfields i.e. the places where people actually… Continue reading SOUTH HOLLAND BACK IN THE BIG TIME
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