Just outside Lichfield in the village of Whittington is the parish church of St Giles where I once attended the wedding of one of Mrs RM’s Uni friends. It cost about a zillion times more than our own wedding; I think her Dad owned the salt mine. I’m sure Mrs RM wants to tell me off… Continue reading BASS AT ITS BEST, NEARLY
Tag: Draught Bass
DAYTRIP TO BANGOR’S TAP’N’SPIILE
We’re camping in Snowdonia with no WiFi, so a tiny post today. Worse still, I’ve run out of Duran Duran puns. In 1979 that Fiddlers Dram single was one of the first ones I bought as a 14 year old punk, along with “Nuclear Device“. A less obvious place for a day trip I can’t… Continue reading DAYTRIP TO BANGOR’S TAP’N’SPIILE
ON ILKESTON’S MORES, M’DUCK
The mining towns of east Derbyshire have had a hard time, but the reclaimed countryside makes great walking, and a relatively high demand for real ale helps maintain some excellent pubs. Ilkeston, despite it’s proximity to the M1, has always felt particularly cut-off from the world, and being the largest town in Britain without a… Continue reading ON ILKESTON’S MORES, M’DUCK
DRAUGHT BASS AND SCOUSE IN THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE
South Oxfordshire is rarely the most rewarding part of the Beer Guide, the new entries seemingly reflecting the dining pub’s occasional flirtation with Locales. It’s not so much the food, which pretty much all pubs rely on, as the feel of the dining pubs that I don’t much enjoy. The triangle between Didcot, Thame and… Continue reading DRAUGHT BASS AND SCOUSE IN THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE
DERBY’S BASS LOTTERY
After that wonderful return trip to the Exeter Arms I walked through the Market Place towards the two new Beer Guide entries. It always seems an under-utilised space, and I was disappointed that the stall selling proper pies wasn’t there. QUAD was open, and the free art gallery there was worth my investment of 15 minutes,… Continue reading DERBY’S BASS LOTTERY
NORTH WOOLWICH – FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
Very occasionally I’ll go to a pub that I’ve been to before, or that isn’t in the Beer Guide. That counts as a major weakness when you’re doing the Guide pubs in your lifetime, like drinking at home or Beer Fests, but we’re all human. I can’t resist Bass in a pub, however unlikely it is… Continue reading NORTH WOOLWICH – FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
THE WELLINGTON – BEDFORD’S BASS SHRINE
Simon Everitt may be the only other person to have visited all of the Beer Guide entries for Bedfordshire, and that’s more due to the alphabet than the county’s limited appeal. I’ve decided to give it another chance, having visited most of the Guide pubs a decade or more ago, and started in the county… Continue reading THE WELLINGTON – BEDFORD’S BASS SHRINE
A CLASSIC IN SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE
Warning: Nottingham Forest fans may be offended by content Leicester was much as I expected yesterday, and I didn’t think I’d find much surprising in my last Leicestershire pub for the season. I think I may have found a classic rural local in the Plough at Bruntingthorpe, in Harborough District. The large triangular stretch of nothingness between… Continue reading A CLASSIC IN SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE
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