Mrs RM is getting into the GBG completion race now, and after a couple of days round the parents in Waterbeach (yes, Chung Hwa), she insisted, INSISTED I tell you, that we complete Essex by adding nearly 3 hours onto our homeward journey. The Mile & A Third in Westcliffe on the edge of Southend… Continue reading TWO DOLLOPS OF ROSSI IN WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
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MORE MALDON MAGIC IN MUNDON
My penultimate Essex tick for GBG22 came on the outskirts of Maldon, beloved of at least one former Pub Man of the Year on this blog. Maldon is an Essex highlight, even if it’s been a while since the town itself tempted me back with a new entry that wasn’t a micro or brewery tap.… Continue reading MORE MALDON MAGIC IN MUNDON
INTERRUPTING DELIVERIES IN PLESHEY
Only a few left in Essex, perhaps the most consistent county for pubs in the GBG. But you knew that. And if you didn’t, the Leather Bottle in Pleshey is a mere 11.7 miles walk from Stansted Airport. You know you want to. Pleshey is one of those timeless villages that Mid Essex excels at;… Continue reading INTERRUPTING DELIVERIES IN PLESHEY
GUESS THE PUB GOES ESTUARY ESSEX
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
LEIGH-ON-SEA – IT’S LUVERLEY
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
ROYDON RUMBLES INTO THE GBG
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
HARLOW NEW TOWN SCULPTURE SPECIAL
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
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.6 – ESSEX
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
AN AK AND AN UNSOLVED MURDER IN EPPING FOREST
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
A WALTZ ROUND THE WALDEN
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
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