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(OVER)DUE A DEUCHARS. THE SIX BELLS, COVENT GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE

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December 2024. Cambridge. Yes, another Covent Garden, this one tucked away between Fenners and the GBG pubs off Mill Road. Keep walking past the Six Bells and you’ll end up at that pub CAMRA used to run and the Live & Let Live, so why would a plain looking backstreet Greene King pub detain you… Continue reading (OVER)DUE A DEUCHARS. THE SIX BELLS, COVENT GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE

ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE. No. 1 – THE HONEYSUCKLE INN

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November 2024. Ramsgate. Another GBG year, another new Guide pub for Remarkable Ramsgate. “You’re joking – not another one!” says Brenda Mrs RM, who decides an afternoon in the caravan drinking discounted North Brewing cans beats Ramsgate in the rain. But I love Ramsgate, so much I’ve decided to start a mini-series on the pubs,… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE. No. 1 – THE HONEYSUCKLE INN

ALL HUNKY DORY IN BURY ST EDMUNDS

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September 2024. Bury St. Edmunds. Another night in Waterbeach, another lone new GBG tick. Yesterday I took a lovely fellow ticker to nine (9) South Yorkshire pubs; I think he was hoping for double that. But Chris Tavaré didn’t become our greatest cricketer by dealing in fours and sixes, oh, no. And a snatched Constitutional… Continue reading ALL HUNKY DORY IN BURY ST EDMUNDS

FILEY FAX – BEER TASTES BETTER IN PINT GLASSES

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September 2024. Driffield, Bridlington, Filey. Armed with our “Southworth Groupies on tour ’24” T-shirts Mrs RM and I set off to the east coast towards Filey. Friendly Filey doesn’t welcome campervans, unless they pay £30 a night to stay on a patch of grass a mile from town, so we parked up in Delightful Driffield,… Continue reading FILEY FAX – BEER TASTES BETTER IN PINT GLASSES