9th October 2022. Why are we travelling to the Western Lakes, so soon after our last trip ? You’d better sit down. After completing the Beer Guide on Rousay on 10th September (you may just be aware of it) I conducted a thorough audit of the GBG, to make sure they all had ticks and… Continue reading A RAPID RETURN TO RAVENGLASS
Tag: Cumbria
CUMBRIA HAS FALLEN
The sun’s out in Sheffield, I’m about to set off on more international ticking, and here I am desperately trying to stay only a month behind on the blog. 21st May, let’s finish Cumbria. Two similar boozers just off the A69. Why oh why weren’t they in GBG21 so we could have done them when… Continue reading CUMBRIA HAS FALLEN
LOOK, THERE’S THE CARLISLE
Used that one in New York in 2019, so can use it in Cumbria under the 3 year (re-use of blog titles) rule. The last day of Cumbrian ticking started, as all things must, with a loo stop in lovely Penrith Spoons. Despite a scarcity of accommodation in Penrith, both the Dog Beck and the… Continue reading LOOK, THERE’S THE CARLISLE
“A BETTER CLASS OF INSULT” IN THE EDEN VALLEY
The Cumbrian Completion Caper moved on from Great Asby up the Eden Valley towards an overnight campervan stop in Penrith. But not before confirming that the White Horse in Kings Meaburn is closed (despite what the GBG app tells you) and being gutted. Whether it will rise again in time to require my visit before… Continue reading “A BETTER CLASS OF INSULT” IN THE EDEN VALLEY
SOMEWHERE IN EAST CUMBRIA, FOLK ACT ODD
I first finished all the entries in Bedfordshire in 1999 (the famous “rubbish” edition); helped I lived 3 miles from the county border. It’s taken me near 30 years to complete Cumbria, mainly because I couldn’t be bothered. So many of the entries aren’t in the Lakes, they’re in remote little farming villages you’ve never… Continue reading SOMEWHERE IN EAST CUMBRIA, FOLK ACT ODD
TOP 100 PUBS – THE DUFTON STAG
I’d managed fifteen GBG ticks in Norfolk and Cumbria last week, the pace I’ll need to keep up to complete the Guide, but the Stag at Dufton was a good place to call it quits for the week. With Curthwaite curtailing operations, I couldn’t complete Cumbria (alliteration !), and several of the Eden Valley pubs… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE DUFTON STAG
BARKING, BORROWED PLATES AND BOWNESS-ON-SOLWAY
I’d always wanted to go to Bowness-on-Solway, but somehow it had avoided me. Its loss, I guess. The Hadrian’s Wall walk starts here, rather than Carlisle, so I feel we cheated last year. I was quite keen to walk a bit now, but Mrs RM declared it “much too cold*, bitter, ugh“, and since she… Continue reading BARKING, BORROWED PLATES AND BOWNESS-ON-SOLWAY
TIMMY TAYLOR DARK
Thwarted in Curthwaite last Saturday, but redemption came 10 minutes later at Moorhouse’s Royal Oak. You see ? Google Maps collecting all this personal data about me and Mrs RM; it’ll probably start sending me adverts for houses in the west of Carlisle soon. There’s some nice houses, and some decent pubs, like Great Orton’s… Continue reading TIMMY TAYLOR DARK
“We’re refurbishing, call back later”
“He’s not STILL moaning about opening hours, surely !” You lot love it. Only today a post I wrote about a Margate craft bar in 2018 is getting read, probably in Moldova. And the Royal Oak in Curthwaite was an absolute gem for lovers of unexpectedly closed pubs. The Royal Oak is a dining pub… Continue reading “We’re refurbishing, call back later”
WORKINGTON “UPPIES AND DOWNIES”
The day before Mad Friday 2019 I stayed the night in Workington, a feat oddly unrecognised in the New Years Honours. The Conservatives had just taken the Parliamentary seat, and I predicted great things for an unsung Cumbrian town. And sure enough, two years later they had their own Travelodge, costing barely more than the… Continue reading WORKINGTON “UPPIES AND DOWNIES”
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