Well, if my Central London selections were “bobbins“, I dread to think what this lot from the east of the capital are. Once again, while they’re all Beer Guide pubs I’m more fussed about getting you to visit the best bits of the “county” as much as its “best” pubs. Whatever “best” is. NB I’d… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 23 – EAST LONDON.
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RUNNING FREE – INTO MARYLAND
December 2023. Maryland. East London. I hope you’re enjoying this pictorial trip through East London as much as I did, but do I care if you’re not ? With Hackney and Stratford conquered, I just had Forest Gate to go. Theoretically doable on bus, but who wants to use a bus. Ugh. Far better to… Continue reading RUNNING FREE – INTO MARYLAND
A tribute TO Stratford
December 2023 Stratford. Stratford E15, that is; no-one would look to convince you of the charms of that Warwickshire version. Most visitors to the transport interchange turn one way to the Olympic site and West Ham or another to the shops and the Westfield Tap. Before that tick at the Black Bull I think my… Continue reading A tribute TO Stratford
A Tribute IN Stratford…
December 2023. Stratford. London. Pubbing in London is brilliant, and I can honestly say both the beer quality have the friendliness have got better since Covid. And as I jumped back on the overground at Hackney Central I rejoiced in the knowledge my next tick was only 20 minutes away. Such riches ! The only… Continue reading A Tribute IN Stratford…
BLACKHORSE LANE, E17
June 2023. Walthamstow. My eighth (8th) and last new London tick meant a slog up to Walthamstow’s Blackhorse Road, starting point for the famous Blackhorse Beer Mile comprising 37 breweries, wineries, German delis and make up artists. So famous that I’d never heard of it, always associating the Walthamstow beer scene with Ravenswood Industrial Estate.… Continue reading BLACKHORSE LANE, E17
HI-VIS HACKNEY
May 2023. My first venture back into the rich world of UK pubs came four days after touchdown at Luton Airport, and with four (4) new London ticks I almost felt I’d got this Guide ticking lark sussed again. In truth, only London really offers such an abundance of ticking joy so close together, and… Continue reading HI-VIS HACKNEY
GREEN STREET TICKING
May 2023. Well done West Ham. David Moyes is finally a football genius. Couldn’t happen to better fans. UEFA ought to introduce a returnable deposit on those plastic pint glasses, though. Four weeks ago I was in West Ham land, taking two (2) new ticks from what has been a bit of a beer desert,… Continue reading GREEN STREET TICKING
ON TOWARDS SHADWELL. WHEREVER THAT IS.
16th November 2022. My pre-interview pub crawl continued, from Holborn to Moorgate and the Shadwell. Four new ticks in 90 minutes on foot. #StillGotIt London looked splendid, though there seemed to be a lot less suits on the street, unless the City boys are very casual these days. For probably the first time since 1992,… Continue reading ON TOWARDS SHADWELL. WHEREVER THAT IS.
GRANGE HILL
More East London fun, though more strictly the ancient county of Essex, and I know how seriously my readers take their historic counties. On the southern edge of Epping Forest, but within spitting distance (don’t spit) of the dying trail of the M11, lies Woodford, famous as the birthplace of Derek B, the third (3rd)… Continue reading GRANGE HILL
LIFE’S A LARK IN HIGHAMS PARK
Higham’s Park ? Where’s that ? I had no idea. Well, obviously I knew it was somewhere in East London near the North Circular, I’m not THAT daft, but the issue was more WHAT is Highams Park ? See, Chingford rarely draws Beer Guide tickers here. Walthamstow has had a good run of hipster bars… Continue reading LIFE’S A LARK IN HIGHAMS PARK
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