February 2025. Mansfield. 3 pints into my Mega Mansfield March I suddenly felt alive, released from the burdens of recent months, and one of our most maligned market towns looked gorgeous looking down from the parks on the ridge to the south. My last Nottinghamshire GBG tick would be the Pavilion, a club house on… Continue reading MANSFIELD DARK AT DUSK
Tag: Estate pubs
EASY LIKE A (BARTON SEAGRAVE) WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME
More of that blogging from places on the edge of Kettering that you’ve never heard of, even if you live there. Dave will be thrilled. Barton Seagrave, eh ? Sounds like a latter day Madness album, doesn’t it ?, with video set in a disused Wicksteed Park next door and loads of primary school children… Continue reading EASY LIKE A (BARTON SEAGRAVE) WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME
PIPER AT THE GATES OF DOOM
You remember that period of our lives when we couldn’t go to pubs ? When I had to visit Kettering and take pictures of death and decay ? Well, I went back, didn’t I ? Someone has to. The town declared its status as a Covid hotspot as you entered the (imaginary) gates, echoing the… Continue reading PIPER AT THE GATES OF DOOM
INTO THE MEADOWS
A few posts for Alan Winfield. Another Sunday night in Newark, and an Off-Peak train to That Nottingham to tick the final two new GBG entries in that fair city. No problems finding quality cask here, though on my last visit I did note that a burger bar was the only Guide entry in… Continue reading INTO THE MEADOWS
A CLASSIC STEVENAGE ESTATE PUB
I finally picked up a copy of Boak & Bailey’s 20th Century Pub in Heffers Cambridge on Sunday, displayed alongside another classic publication (which I can’t write about until the 14th). I’m a slow reader, so you may have to wait for anything approaching a review (see here and here for those). Already it’s… Continue reading A CLASSIC STEVENAGE ESTATE PUB
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