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GUESS THE PUB GOES ESTUARY ESSEX

GUESS THE PUB GOES ESTUARY ESSEX

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 29 Comments

My virtual trip to the pub today is a bit easier than the last couple, because you’ve had a hard week and deserve a gimmie. Oh look, some estuary. Doesn’t narrow it down, but I bet Etu has some hi-tech software that can identify it from that bit of map. A village with an apostrophe… Continue reading GUESS THE PUB GOES ESTUARY ESSEX

EssexQueen's HeadTolleshunt D'arcy
LEIGH-ON-SEA – IT’S LUVERLEY

LEIGH-ON-SEA – IT’S LUVERLEY

November 1, 2020November 2, 2020 12 Comments

I spent 10 minutes attempting a witty title and gave up. When the book about Covid is written it’ll say the biggest casualty was the quality of pub blog titles. Perhaps Si will name Leigh with pee and Peterboat with scroat and we’ll be redeemed. Yes, I was following in the steps of the great… Continue reading LEIGH-ON-SEA – IT’S LUVERLEY

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ROYDON RUMBLES INTO THE GBG

ROYDON RUMBLES INTO THE GBG

October 31, 2020November 1, 2020 9 Comments

Blimey. A month after I contemplated a first visit to Hoddesdon for the first time in a quarter century (football rather than pubs), the Beer Guide sends me there. Well, Roydon, which is on the edge, in some senses. Some lovely villages between the “challenging” towns of Hoddy and Harlow, with Roydon having the bonus… Continue reading ROYDON RUMBLES INTO THE GBG

Doom BarEssexHarlowNew InnProper pubsRoydon
HARLOW NEW TOWN SCULPTURE SPECIAL

HARLOW NEW TOWN SCULPTURE SPECIAL

October 31, 2020November 7, 2020 14 Comments

These are worrying times, apparently. I understand some of you are being denied your human right to sit in a pub and stare at strangers over a pint of foaming Doom Bar. What you need is some pictures from Harlow New Town, I think. Look how happy Harlow’s most famous son was to escape to… Continue reading HARLOW NEW TOWN SCULPTURE SPECIAL

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TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.6 – ESSEX

TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.6 – ESSEX

October 11, 2020October 12, 2020 35 Comments

Essex ? Really ? Yep, even though I haven’t had to do visit it too much since the blog started, it was a cert for the Top 10 Counties. BRAPA was brought up there, for a start. I think he’s saving a return to The Walden for a special occasion. Down the road from his… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.6 – ESSEX

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AN AK AND AN UNSOLVED MURDER IN EPPING FOREST

AN AK AND AN UNSOLVED MURDER IN EPPING FOREST

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020 32 Comments

Yet another pub that isn’t in the GBG for you, just to show not ALL my trips are to dull tickers venues approved by the CAMRAs (joke, joke, don’t kick me off the GBG21 priority list). James has been back from Sheffield, waiting to go back to Sheffield, for 3 months now. His mates in… Continue reading AN AK AND AN UNSOLVED MURDER IN EPPING FOREST

AKEpping ForestEssexHigh BeachMcMullenThe Owl
A WALTZ ROUND THE WALDEN

A WALTZ ROUND THE WALDEN

May 29, 2020May 31, 2020 14 Comments

More local tourism for you, as I again head outside the comfort zone of my home county, and explore posh Essex. Saffron Walden is SO posh that BRAPA had to leave after disgracing himself at the local primary school in 1984 (see below). Here’s where Simon used to keep his collection of Beer Guides in… Continue reading A WALTZ ROUND THE WALDEN

BRAPAEssexKing's ArmsOld English GentlemanSaffron Walden
CHELMSFORD – SWEARING ON THE WID

CHELMSFORD – SWEARING ON THE WID

February 19, 2020February 9, 2021 19 Comments

17th February 2020 WARNING : ESSEX On Monday night I met up with friends on the edge of Chelmsford, which hasn’t graced this blog since 2016, amazingly. With a couple of hours to kill I had time to do the county town justice. No-one told me it was now a city. One of Nick Clegg’s… Continue reading CHELMSFORD – SWEARING ON THE WID

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LEIGH-ON-SEA,  IT’S LOVELEIGH

LEIGH-ON-SEA, IT’S LOVELEIGH

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 12 Comments

My very last Essex tick* for GBG20 came on the first Saturday of October. Just as well I got it done, opening hours are Connoisseur-esque. Now, I come to praise Leigh-on-Sea Brewery not to bury it, but it really isn’t in Leigh. As you see, very definitely in Eastwood, which made a sterling job of… Continue reading LEIGH-ON-SEA, IT’S LOVELEIGH

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COLCHESTER – PURE AND SIMPLE

COLCHESTER – PURE AND SIMPLE

September 15, 2019September 15, 2019 17 Comments

My eldest son James has been serving pizza on his break from Sheffield Uni. Barring a lads trip to Rugby (don’t laugh) to play computer games, and that walk up the tower he hasn’t left the house other than to do his 8 hour shifts at Pizza Hut.  Not that the deep crust Marinara isn’t… Continue reading COLCHESTER – PURE AND SIMPLE

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