“No greater love hath a woman for her husband than that she would drive him round six West Lakeland pubs on a Friday afternoon to boost his Cumbrian ticks“. Thank you Mrs RM. In truth, this was an easy run along the magnificent A595. The second tick of the day came within five minutes of… Continue reading FOR DRINKERS ONLY…
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RELEASED FROM ROBINSONS
You left me in Whitehaven, virtually trying on Regency costumes in the town museum and admiring the birds. But, just as Mrs RM was here on business, I also had A Mission To Tick (unreleased Bond film starring Timothy Dalton c. ’89). What would the Candlestick bring ? Whitehaven has one really smart pub, a… Continue reading RELEASED FROM ROBINSONS
FASHIONABLE WHITEHAVEN
We’ve struggled up to Friday 24th September 2021 with the posts now. A critical day in the Great Northern Campervan Tickathon, as we’ll see over the course of the next 3 days. I dropped Mrs RM in the Whitehaven Spoons, her third of the trip, ordered her breakfast on the App, and accidentally took a… Continue reading FASHIONABLE WHITEHAVEN
THE FAIRY PATH TO MARYPORT
Some bloggers extol the virtue of staying at home all year in your underpants, sipping cans of Peanut Butter Sour (8.2%). Others will tell you there is no need to ever leave their home town of Chipping Sodbury, so great is the selection of BBB (3.8-4.5%) in the Horseshoe. But my only purpose in life… Continue reading THE FAIRY PATH TO MARYPORT
OXENHOLME (FOR THE LAKE DISTRICT)
I had another 45 minutes between trains at Oxenholme; you’d be amazed how much of GBG ticking involves being stranded at stations for irritating amounts of time that challenge your bladder and patience. The Centre for Studies reports that in 2019 (latest figures) rail passengers spent over 3.1 billion hours on Oxenholme Station platform wondering… Continue reading OXENHOLME (FOR THE LAKE DISTRICT)
KENDAL. WHEN IT ALL FELL INTO PLACE
Getting that first pick tick in Kendal lifted a weight off my shoulders, like hitting a six after four dot balls at the start of The Hundred (powerful metaphor I feel). It was now 4pm and I knew that Fell Bar and Factory Tap would be open soon, they promised, so I’d at least get… Continue reading KENDAL. WHEN IT ALL FELL INTO PLACE
Six pubs in the Beer Guide and NONE of them are open !
I caught the 13:55, just, and after changing at the mysterious “Oxenholme for the Lake District” found myself in the enigmatic Kendal for the first time since 2017. I actually completed the chunky Kendal set back then, but a year or two later I find SIX (6) new entries. What’s happened ? Well, brewery taps… Continue reading Six pubs in the Beer Guide and NONE of them are open !
BUYING A HOE IN LONGTOWN
On the way back from Wishaw we had to divert off the M6 at Gretna to avoid a hold-up, probably a spill of peanut butter stout, and stopped for 20 minutes just over the border in Longtown. It’s only a couple of months since we were walking this part of the world. Some weird stuff… Continue reading BUYING A HOE IN LONGTOWN
CUMBRIANS HIT THE PUBS AGAIN
Well, that’s a slight lie, but stick with it. Our first night on the Hadrian’s Wall trail, but we weren’t walking far. Booked into Abberley House (room NBedSS 3.5, breakfast NBrkSS 2.5), we hit the town (or is it toon ?) and I showed Mrs RM why MumsNetters from Brampton to Silloth rave about Carlisle.… Continue reading CUMBRIANS HIT THE PUBS AGAIN
NO PRE-EMPTIVE TICK ON PIEL ISLAND
Day 3 of the Lakes mini-break with the lad. We’d had the spectacular weather for our walk, so only fair it was relentless drizzle on the Wednesday. Time for a last unwise breakfast. Trip Advisor’s trendy tip, The Last Resort Coffee Shop, had literally just closed its door, so we went for the trad option… Continue reading NO PRE-EMPTIVE TICK ON PIEL ISLAND
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