So, here’s the answer to your estuary Essex Guess the Pub. It’s……………… Tolleshunt D’arcy, named after Darcy Lapier (who ? – Ed), who famously shared a boyfriend (J-C VD) with Kylie, but is more famous for the White House Farm murders recently dramatized for Netflix. Quite why Netflix can’t dramatize something cuddly the meeting of… Continue reading MALDON MAGIC
Tag: Essex pubs
SUPER ALE IN COOPERSALE
The new GBG should “drop”, as annoying people say, sometime soon. Am I excited ? Not really. But frankly it’s getting tough getting more pink ticks in GBG20 as my nearest new Guide pubs are now 4 hours away and it’s getting darker. So I’m doing a bit of “random pubbing“. You should try it.… Continue reading SUPER ALE IN COOPERSALE
A ROCHFORD RUMBLE (AGAIN)
Back in Essex to finish off ticking our most consistent county for pubs. Mirroring the rest of the country, this year the last three ticks are a micro, a brewery tap and a very Proper Pub. The micro was so worthy but dull that I can’t bring myself to bore you with pictures of its… Continue reading A ROCHFORD RUMBLE (AGAIN)
CAMULODUNUM CHIPS & CRAFT
I’d given myself a ridiculously tight timetable for visiting the two new Colchester pubs on the way back from Wivenhoe to Waterbeach. The Romans stayed for much longer, leaving some good pubs and street art. A few years later, Colchester became best known for the unique “Middle Ages Football Experience” at Layer Road, for which… Continue reading CAMULODUNUM CHIPS & CRAFT
PRACTICALLY PERFECT PAGLESHAM
Approaching the end of Essex Guide entries, and a rare trip to the remoter regions of estuary Essex and the Plough & Sail in Paglesham. “Between Southend and Burnham on Crouch” is probably the best description of where Paglesham sits, but it’s more accurate to describe it as at the end of a road to… Continue reading PRACTICALLY PERFECT PAGLESHAM
MORE MALDON MICROS a.k.a. “THE PUBTICKERS FEAR OF THE TASTING DAY”
With only four Guide entries left in Essex for the year, and the rest of the country impassable due to a half inch of snow, Maldon was the only option for our Saturday by the sea. Mrs RM kindly agreed to join me for beer and chip tasting duties. Maldon is a favourite of… Continue reading MORE MALDON MICROS a.k.a. “THE PUBTICKERS FEAR OF THE TASTING DAY”
HOME FIRES STILL BURN IN WEST HANNINGFIELD
PARENTAL ADVISORY – CONTAINS NON-COMPLIANT PLOUGHAMANS Mrs RM and I have just completed the Beer Guide entries for Essex. Yesterday the pubs were all heaving with Christmas bookings, which gave us a chance to moan about the once-a-year pub goers that keep our pubs going till February. But at the end of November in wildest… Continue reading HOME FIRES STILL BURN IN WEST HANNINGFIELD
