June 2023. Deal. Middle Street in Deal is one of the greatest streets in the world, along with one of those flowered covered lanes up the hill in Bergen and the one with Uerige on it in Dusseldorf. You’ll have your own favourite, I guess. Having bagged the tick, Mrs RM and I strolled the… Continue reading DEAL SHIP OR NO DEAL SHIP ?
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TOP 100 PUBS – SMUGGLERS RECORDS, DEAL
June 2023. Deal. Right in the heart of Deal, opposite the Just Reproach, where King St meets Middle St. Regular reader and all-round legend writes “I must say I chuckled but also grimaced a bit at “a micro-cum-record-shop”; I mean, I’m sure it can be done well, but the odds are not stacked in its… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – SMUGGLERS RECORDS, DEAL
SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN DEAL SPOONS
June 2023. Deal. 27 minutes round the coast from Broadstairs to delicious Deal, and a penultimate Kent GBG23 tick. First time in Deal in 5 years, after seemingly spending most of the mid-2010s in pubs on that east Kent coast. Smugglers Record Shop provided that little bit of opening hours peril that a micro-cum-record-shop provides,… Continue reading SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN DEAL SPOONS
ANOTHER SMASHING WALMER PUB
The best thing about Kent pubs is they’re dotted along the coast at regular intervals. So 5 minutes from Deal and I was in Walmer, and a short hop from another new micro. Is it possible that Walmer is more than The Berry ? SPOILER: YES Looking at that map I do wonder if I’d… Continue reading ANOTHER SMASHING WALMER PUB
SEALING THE DEAL
No, nowt to do with Fosters. Been there, done that. Deal is the town that makes writing blog titles easy, and gave Dick and Dave such a warm glow about service in pubs last Summer (here). A rare GBG tick away from the well-pubbed beery centre, and even rarer new entry that isn’t a micro. … Continue reading SEALING THE DEAL
THE SHIP SPOILT FOR A HA’PENNY OF BEER
You’ll be pleased to know I’ve now completed my reports on Hamburg, possibly the only place I’d recommend that you stick to the Holsten Pils. There’s a few posts from the Marches and the Dales to come, but this is a report from Deal, where Mrs RM and I met the lovely and endlessly fascinating Mrs &… Continue reading THE SHIP SPOILT FOR A HA’PENNY OF BEER
KINGSDOWN – A RAW DEAL ?
Due to a lack of family accommodation and quick train travel, I’d managed to avoid Deal until a few years ago when we braved a night in a Walmer campsite. An evening in the Berry, Just Reproach and Ship, and a day exploring Middle Street later, and it was one of our favourite UK towns. The torrential rain put the… Continue reading KINGSDOWN – A RAW DEAL ?
TOP 100 PUBS – THE BERRY, WALMER
I was tempted to call this Deal or no Deal, as on Sunday in Dover I contemplated making a short train trip and longer walk to this great pub. Deal won out, though the walk in the dark back up the hill from Dover station to my Premier Inn wasn’t the type of excitement I need at my… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE BERRY, WALMER
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