August 2023. Piercebridge. We’d finish our parmo and gammon tea in the George by 18:30, and Mrs RM wasn’t much interested in walking along a main road to Manfield in search of Bass (Boo ! Mrs RM), so we did the customary gentlefolk amble over the bridge and just admired Piercebridge. Which is small (pop.… Continue reading “Can I HELP, you ?”
Tag: Dining pubs
THE DRINKING TABLE, NEWARK
April 2023. Trekking up and down the A1 between Sheffield and Waterbeach we’re on the lookout for new and fascinating places to break the journey. Just south of naughty Newark (famous for a seminal event in pub blogger history, forget what), you’ll find a brand new service station with Pret, Greggs and Burger King/ And… Continue reading THE DRINKING TABLE, NEWARK
ALL TABLES SET FOR DINERS IN ORMSKIRK
12th February 2023. After seven (7) Lancashire micropubs in a row on Saturday, a Proper Pub on Sunday as I head to Ormskirk, whose new MP I’d just heard speaking on the local politics show. Ashley Dalton’s first job will surely be to ensure some geographical consistency to Ormskirk’s Beer Guide entries. I thought I… Continue reading ALL TABLES SET FOR DINERS IN ORMSKIRK
CHESHIRE DINING PUB
What with the climate crisis and Covid variants and Spurs finding form the world is a scary place at the moment, according to Mrs RM, who has been off on a trip round the Antrim Coast before it disappears. While she was gone, I made myself useful by making some headway with Cheshire. SOME of… Continue reading CHESHIRE DINING PUB
OH FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE (TO ESCAPE TO A DRINKERS’ PUB)
Christmas is marked by the first appearance of the Winter edition of Ullage, your favourite West Berkshire beer and pubs magazine (edging out the Hungerford Horse & Jockey Weeekly for the third consecutive year). Newbury Tim is always great company, finding me a wealth of new art, bands and pubs to explore, and we met… Continue reading OH FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE (TO ESCAPE TO A DRINKERS’ PUB)
LAST CALL FOR DINERS BY THE DERWENT
It’s a little known fact that men become grumpy when they’re hungry, but women stay calm and phone ahead to find pubs still serving food at 8.30 pm on Monday in the middle of Dark Durham. “Our cook goes home at 9“. Our ETA was 8.47. Hoorah for the Punch Bowl in Edmundbyers, the… Continue reading LAST CALL FOR DINERS BY THE DERWENT
A HAPPY HOOKY IN CHIPPING CAMPDEN
I guess there’s a sort of inverse relationship between beauty and Bitter in the Cotswolds; the greater the tourist honeypot factor, the lower your chance of a good pub. Chipping Campden is gorgeous, the Lavenham of the Cotswolds, and yet I’ve never been to a pub here before. What can it mean ? Quite a… Continue reading A HAPPY HOOKY IN CHIPPING CAMPDEN
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