Retired Martin Day. South Cave. Before I give you your Christmas Day “Half A Dozen Pubs” (Cheshire !), another slice of pub life from Retired Martin Day in our South Cave night out. I’d considered ticking the Bear via Brough station on the way back from Hull last week, indeed I had a title in… Continue reading BLACK EYE FRIDAY IN SOUTH CAVE – VOLTAROL AND DOOM BAR UNDER THE BODDIES SIGN
Tag: East Yorkshire
SNAITH – BOUNDARY ISSUES, HERBERT NAPPY ASKE AND JACK PUNTON THE WALKING MAN
December 2023. Snaith. Pubs are fine, but what you really want (possibly) is a compelling reason to visit small, unsung, market towns on your UK holidays. Towns like Snaith (pop. 3,176 souls), an improbable 55 minutes by train from Leeds (not on Sundays, nothing happens on Humberside on a Sunday). Your reward at the rail… Continue reading SNAITH – BOUNDARY ISSUES, HERBERT NAPPY ASKE AND JACK PUNTON THE WALKING MAN
A SNAITH SPEAKEASY
December 2023. Snaith. It was a already a joyous 59th birthday (I know, I don’t believe it either, but then I am an “old grump”), what with bench seats, jam roly poly and a sweaty Chris de Burgh in Beal, but things arguably got even better with a quick stop near Goole and Drax power… Continue reading A SNAITH SPEAKEASY
“Something Old, Something New, Something Pre-emptive, Something to Chew”. Culinary Hull.
December 2023. Hull. It had been a good night out in Hull, but I resisted the call of a fourth pub, saving the invitation to finally visit the Vauxhall Tavern for another day. One day… Just like the perfect hat-trick, this had been a classic pubber’s night out. Something Old – the George Something New… Continue reading “Something Old, Something New, Something Pre-emptive, Something to Chew”. Culinary Hull.
TOP 100 PUBS – THE SHIP INN, HULL
December 2023. Hull. It was Simon who alerted me to the presence of a new and must-visit pub in Hull earlier this year, and although I generally resist “pre-emptive tick tips” I’d spent £28.30, a weeks supply’s worth of Bombay mix, on the train and so I reckoned I ought to cross Sculcoates Bridge to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE SHIP INN, HULL
ONE BEER IS ENOUGH PART 377. THE OLD BULL N BUSH, HULL.
December 2023. Hull. Only one new entry for Hull in GBG24; hardly worth the £28.30 train fare, is it (I know, I know, should have booked 6 months ago, or been a pensioner). But the Old Bull & Bush was worth the price, even without a bonus revisit and pre-emptive in this wonderful pub city.… Continue reading ONE BEER IS ENOUGH PART 377. THE OLD BULL N BUSH, HULL.
“I think it’s off” says Mrs RM. “No, it’s supposed to be a bit tart” I say.
April 2023. I’ve been skipping the GBG completed chapter pics because, well, my heart’s not in it. But I still can’t look at a page of the Guide with unticked pubs with anything other than unease, and it was good to put (the entirely fictitious) East Yorkshire to bed. The Bosville Arms is the annual… Continue reading “I think it’s off” says Mrs RM. “No, it’s supposed to be a bit tart” I say.
SPURNED
April 2023. The George Inn at Barton on Humber was good value, certainly in 2023 UK terms, and our massive slight disappointment that the artisanal breakfast kippers were off was assuaged by a well cooked full English. The bridge across the Humber is good value, too (£1.50), though as Paul Mudge reminds us in the… Continue reading SPURNED
THE UK’s TALLEST MAN SURVEYS THE MARKET WEIGHTON CHIP SCENE. AND SIGHS.
24th January 2023. Rather oddly, my nearest new GBG tick was in Market Weighton near Hull. It’s not that odd, I live in Yorkshire, apparently, but still. The journey via Goole (ALL the best trips go via Goole) takes you past agricultural supplies shops and shops selling agricultural supplies. You could be heading through the… Continue reading THE UK’s TALLEST MAN SURVEYS THE MARKET WEIGHTON CHIP SCENE. AND SIGHS.
A CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LAGER DAY IN YE OLDE WHITE HARTE
10th December 2022. See how I squeeze five six posts out of a four pub trip to Hull. It’s very easy; Hull is astonishingly picturesque, the pubs remain busy enough (gearing up for England v France when we visited)and I can always drop in clickbait like National Lager Day. And yes, lager deserves its own… Continue reading A CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LAGER DAY IN YE OLDE WHITE HARTE
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