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DREAMING OF DUNDEE

DREAMING OF DUNDEE

March 3, 2021March 4, 2021 10 Comments

I’ve been tentatively planning some travels by rail after May. Despite moving north, a non-stop journey to Dundee is still 5:09 hours (and £143.30 off-peak*, which would buy you a month in Southport Pontins). I need to go back to visit this keg classic, normally home to University of Stirling researchers camped out awaiting boisterous… Continue reading DREAMING OF DUNDEE

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WEYMOUTH – CLOSED DOLPHINS, NAKED GNOMES

WEYMOUTH – CLOSED DOLPHINS, NAKED GNOMES

September 2, 2020September 3, 2020 11 Comments

Dorchester is the perfect base from which to get as far away from Dorchester as possible, quickly. A mere 13 face-covered minutes on the GWR to Weymouth, providing me with its annual Proper Pub in the GBG. Or was it ? First of all, the Dolphin looks awfully familar. I’m sure I went in here… Continue reading WEYMOUTH – CLOSED DOLPHINS, NAKED GNOMES

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A SPURNED OPPORTUNITY

A SPURNED OPPORTUNITY

April 1, 2019April 8, 2019 14 Comments

When you’re as far east as Hull it pays to take the opportunity to visit one of our most geographic remarkable features, one that (like midweek drinking) probably won’t be with us in another 20 years time. And pay homage to one of our most remarkable pub survivors. The walk from the Kilnsea car park… Continue reading A SPURNED OPPORTUNITY

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GUZZLING IN THE GOWER

February 20, 2017April 26, 2020 4 Comments

A trip to Swansea for another skateboarding contest; another chance to finish off the little clutch of pubs in the Gower.  The skateboarding with fingers event has apparently taken over from an event in Bavaria as the pinnacle of the sport this year, which speaks volumes about Swansea’s cultural renaissance,or perhaps how cheap it is.… Continue reading GUZZLING IN THE GOWER

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