Yes, I thought I’d make it easy for you by picking a pub which serves Doom Bar to narrow it down. I can also reveal that our mystery pub ISN’T in Mudgie’s Final Four Towns. That’s a very upmarket selection, isn’t it ? Where’s Cleethorpes, or Canvey Island, or Crosby ? Never mind, it was… Continue reading GUESS THE PUB GOES TO THE SEASIDE
Tag: Dorset pubs
AN OTTER
No End of the Road Festival for me this year (sob), so no new weird Canadian Americana (?), no vegan murk, so trip along the Zig Zag road in our new campervan to tick Dorset pubs. Pubs like the Blackmore Vale Inn at Marnhull, better known as “Rollivers” in Tess of the Du’rbervilles, a book… Continue reading AN OTTER
SHRIMP SPOTTING IN A GILLINGHAM GENTS
What click bait today. Shrimps, Badgers, Ferrets AND a Buffalo. BRAPA would have come up with a better title from that lot. “Gillingham” would have got the click from my Kent massif, too. Unfortunately it’s not THAT Gillingham (long overdue a new pub THERE). This is the Gillingham of North Dorset (pop. 11,756), a few… Continue reading SHRIMP SPOTTING IN A GILLINGHAM GENTS
THE ROAD TO LULWORTH COVE
I read that the “Rule of Six” will kill Christmas. If so, I will find myself applauding the Honourable Pfeffel for the first time in my life. Mrs RM just told me that you’re a Facebook failure if you haven’t bought all your Christmas presents by now. “Mrs RM, I have ALREADY bought all the… Continue reading THE ROAD TO LULWORTH COVE
SUDS BUT NO SOUL
A lovely pub garden in bucolic Dorset countryside leading down to the river (for five points, name it), and a pint of local Palmer’s finest served cool with a foamy head and lacings as enduring as the Very Rev Hedley Robert Burrows (1887 – 1983), late of this parish. What joy ! And what could retiredmartin.com possibly… Continue reading SUDS BUT NO SOUL
SEA SHANTIES IN SALWAYASH
I’ll stick with Dorset and Devon. It does get better. You can find Salwayash yourself though. Mrs RM has stolen my mouse and it’s tough doing map extracts without a mouse. Think “rural Bridport” but without pashminas and you’ve got the Anchor. There’s a piglet on the door to ward off evil spirits in 4x4s.… Continue reading SEA SHANTIES IN SALWAYASH
WOOL, BUT NO SHEEP
A surprising number of Guide pubs in East Dorset are easily accessible by train, or at very least an hour long walk through mud and angry bulls from a station. Wool’s Black Bear is in the former category. The toilets at Christchurch station are closed, but at least there’s plenty of intriguing reading material. I… Continue reading WOOL, BUT NO SHEEP
LAST 5 STANDING -SQUARE AND COMPASS, WORTH MATRAVERS
Of the last five pubs to have been in every Good Beer Guide, Dorset’s Square and Compass was the one I was most looking forward to revisiting, as much for the glorious coastal views from the garden as the pub itself. So far London’s Star and Buckingham Arms have been better than I remembered, while Newton’s Queen… Continue reading LAST 5 STANDING -SQUARE AND COMPASS, WORTH MATRAVERS
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