19th February 2023. I’ve been neglecting my ticking duties since completing the Guide, but I’d managed a trio of GBG entries by 2pm on Sunday, which isn’t bad going, and we’ll gloss over the fact that I’d delegated the actual drinking duties to Mrs RM. She’d delegated shoe-buying duties to herself, too, and Darlington, made… Continue reading SHOE (AND BEER) SHOPPING IN DARLINGTON
Tag: Darlington
DARLO – DOING THE HARD YARDS
“Less beer, more pics of alleyways and art” you said, when I asked what you wanted from the blog*. Here you go, then. Some have closes, some have alleys, Darlington has yards. Sadly the Half Moon continues with its idiosyncratic hours (top). I think it’s great. And here’s your art, near the Hullaballoo. Is that… Continue reading DARLO – DOING THE HARD YARDS
DEATH, DOOM AND DARLO
Day 2 of the Great Northern Campervan Crawl a fortnight ago, and the first of Mrs RM’s stints working in a pub. Due to some big French IT project (French : “Le IT project”) she’d agreed to work a week of mornings that week, telling Claudes and Jean-Pauls to turn it on and off again… Continue reading DEATH, DOOM AND DARLO
HOW TO BRIBE A PUB TICKER TO GIVE YOU A GOOD REVIEW
Beer Twitter is a very serious business full or arguments about authenticity, oppressive capitalism and whether Doom Bar is the bestest beer. Stay well clear of Beer Twitter. Pub Twitter is fun and uncontroversial, unless you get into county boundaries or Baps v Barms. In Darlington, my second GBG tick for the year was about… Continue reading HOW TO BRIBE A PUB TICKER TO GIVE YOU A GOOD REVIEW
DARLO DECISIONS
I had two hours to kill in Darlington. There’s a railway museum just north of town that would interest some of you, but sadly the gallery celebrating the town’s football team (“QuakerShaker”) is still at the business case stage. And Aruba awaits development as a cat cafe. So I thought I’d better revisit an old… Continue reading DARLO DECISIONS
“And here are 38 Special”
A midweek trip north (but I AM north, right ?) to tick Durham, with a double in Darlo. On the way up I was tempted, as usual, to pop in to Piercebridge, inspiration for my most popular blog post. But Piercebridge will have to wait; I doubt they’ll be squeezing a micro into the yard… Continue reading “And here are 38 Special”
DARLINGTON – QUOFFING IN QUAKERLAND
That’s the first and last time I use the phrase “quoffing“. Eagle-eyed readers will note yesterday’s Swansea programme from ’76 cost a staggering 12p. Today, same division, just two years earlier, Darlo’s is yours for a shilling. EVERYTHING cost a shilling in ’74, before the 3 day week and hyper-inflation heralded a Callaghan Government… Continue reading DARLINGTON – QUOFFING IN QUAKERLAND
DRY DARLO
My morning post was a bit rushed due to “events”, so I failed to do justice to Darlington beyond its pubs. To remedy that, here’s the highlights from my breakfast stroll, aided by a brand new tourist guide produced by the Borough Council. I’ve commended them on producing a colourful little leaflet to put in… Continue reading DRY DARLO
A DOUBLE IN DEAR OLD DARLINGTON
The second beer in the Wylam Tap was both a joy and a bad idea, necessitating a comfort break at Caffe Nero that only meant I needed another comfort break in the Bigg Market. Perhaps I shouldn’t make so many stops to take photos for you, but that’s the problem with the photogenic old… Continue reading A DOUBLE IN DEAR OLD DARLINGTON
DARLO
I’ve just made an overdue overnight trip to Darlington, a Durham market town which I’ve always had unreasonable affection for, largely based on the atmospheric Feethams ground and some excellent pubs. 3 new entries in the Beer Guide, the first changes in some time, and a newish cheap Travelodge made my mind up. To be… Continue reading DARLO
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