Hardly any photos taken in Hull have been discarded in creating these posts. I’d love to claim it’s the quality of the photographer or my new mobile phone recently offloaded by Mrs RM, but frankly it’s just because at dusk this is a marvellously photogenic city to stroll round. Tomorrow morning I may have claimed… Continue reading VINTAGE HULL
Tag: East Yorkshire
HULL – A CAT AMONG THE TIGERS
A night in Kingston-upon-Hull on a Wednesday in March is among the best things that life can offer. A budget-busting £40 buys you a night in this ornate little pub by the Marina, with views onto the Kingston retail park. Last year’s £28 pub room in North Hull was cheery and beery; the Whittington (&… Continue reading HULL – A CAT AMONG THE TIGERS
NO HAIRS & GRACES IN THORNGUMBALD MICRO
Yes, as exclusively predicted by Pubmeister in the last post, IT’S THORNGUMBALD ! I know these posts from places you’ve never been to or will ever go to are a harder sell than Manchester or Maidenhead, and to be frank (not Sidebottom) this looked the dullest place on Humberside. To be fair, nearby Fort… Continue reading NO HAIRS & GRACES IN THORNGUMBALD MICRO
PATRINGTON LICKED
Yes, get yourself down/up to Patrington and enjoy Licks tonight. As it were. Less than an hour on the bus from sophisticated Hull, but feeling a bit like the end of the world. If you’ve been to Littleport or Chatteris you’ll know that feeling. I called the amiable Amy up before I travelled to check… Continue reading PATRINGTON LICKED
SNAITH STOLEN BY NORTH YORKSHIRE
Next stop, North Yorkshire. Or at least that’s where the Good Beer Guide has stuck Yorkshire Ales, the first new GBG entry in Snaith since the Corn Laws were repealed and Herbert Nappy Askwith ran a craft beer bar here. Odd that, since Bing Maps is pretty sure Snaith is in the East Riding, and… Continue reading SNAITH STOLEN BY NORTH YORKSHIRE
IPA THROUGH A STRAW IN “PROPER” HULL
On the journey up to Hull I was listening to the new Tracey Thorn album on repeat. Despite having proper song structures and intelligible lyrics, it’s my record of the month (a new and shortlived feature, no doubt), with the sort of confessional detail normally only seen on a BRAPA trip to Runcorn. Tracey,… Continue reading IPA THROUGH A STRAW IN “PROPER” HULL
A NEW BEVERLEY BEAUTY
In an alternative universe, Withernsea would be the Southwold of the Yorkshire coast, rather than its Fleetwood or Skegness. And Beverley would be the scummy bit of Hull. But it isn’t. Like Ely, it’s gone over recent decades from charming rural backwater with large church to posh commuter town and tourist honeypot. On each visit… Continue reading A NEW BEVERLEY BEAUTY
A FISH TEA IN WITHERNSEA
You might think it rather telling that my “featured image” (above) for Withernsea is a visualisation of what the Prom might look like one day; I couldn’t possibly comment. My massive master GBG spreadsheet tells me this is my first ever pub in “Withered“, as its friends probably call it. But I’ve clearly been here… Continue reading A FISH TEA IN WITHERNSEA
PUB CRICKET ON THE SPURN APPROACH
Just for my favourite (occasional) Bass custodian at the Petersgate Tap, here’s east Yorkshire’s contribution to pub cricket. The Coach and Horses in Welwick is about as far as you can venture without risk of being washed away when Spurn Head is lost forever on October 26th (visit now !). The sign is worth a… Continue reading PUB CRICKET ON THE SPURN APPROACH
HED’ON ISM
The Great East Yorkshire Completion (GEYC) weekend arrived, with two days to clear five GBG pubs before we re-enter the Ice Age (SOURCE: Daily Express). If Hull feels a long way away (SOURCE: Every lazy London journalist, ever), Hedon feels ever more isolated from the real world, whatever that is. Here you get a distinct… Continue reading HED’ON ISM
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