July 2025. Drone Valley. Dronfield. Sheffield is a drinkers walkers paradise, seven hills, edge of the Peak, endless exploration. Except, well, I sometimes feel I’ve explored it now. But a 10 minute train trip south will take you to Dronfield, the Glossop of the east, a town with places called Summerley and Cartledge which have… Continue reading DRONE (VALLEY), NOT DRONES
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SOUTH YORKSHIRE – A TOP FINISH
I’m skipping over my 3rd micro pub in a row, not because the beer wasn’t good (the Acorn Porter was spectacular, NBSS 4), or the atmosphere unfriendly (it was great), but because even less happened than in the two in north Barnsley. No sniggering at a failed entrance, no doggie stand-off, no animated discussion about… Continue reading SOUTH YORKSHIRE – A TOP FINISH
MINING THE DRONE VALLEY
More Dronfield, in fact the new CAMRA branch’s pub of the year. You can see Hundall to the east of town on yesterday’s map extract, and there’s not much more to it than the Miner’s Arms and this tree. But it’s an impressive tree. Resilient, like the local area and its clutch of proper drinkers… Continue reading MINING THE DRONE VALLEY
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