More autumn pub exploration, this time to the odd area in what we professionals call the Sheffield-Rotherham-Worksop triangle. There’s been a few GBG entries in this mining area graced with a butterfly park and 1957 Ryder Cup course, but the only one left is a Greene King diner in North Anston. I took the train… Continue reading GREENE KING GLASS ATROCITIES IN TODWICK
Tag: Fish & Chips
GRENO-CHIPS
I got a bit distracted by the dessert-enforced closure of the Cow & Calf, and forgot to mention that Grenoside has another FIVE pubs, all apparently (potentially) open if Humphrey decides the Cow and Calf can’t be. It also, as you’ll see above, has some glorious woods, which redeemed a trudge around some “solid” but… Continue reading GRENO-CHIPS
A PEMBROKE PIG-OUT
I know how you love my weird music and Chinese takeaway tips, but here’s a great chippy for next time you’re lost near Milford Haven. £3.20 Anytime Day Return from the Docks to (old) Pembroke. I’m not wasting £3.20 when it’s only a 44 minute walk and you get views like this on the hill.… Continue reading A PEMBROKE PIG-OUT
ANGUISH IN ANSTRUTHER
Just back from a trek round the Isle of Wight which made me hate buses forever, and reminded me just how ill I felt on the trip round the Fife coast this month. Only a short hop from Crail to Anstruther though. This was going to be a highlight of the Big CAMRA Weekend (fringe… Continue reading ANGUISH IN ANSTRUTHER
STOTFOLD – STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Sometimes I have to go to a plain pub with plain people in a plain village and give you nothing except the joy of knowing that I’m one tiny step closer to completing the Guide. But the real point of ticking is discovering or re-discovering the gems of the UK. Like Stotfold in beautiful Bedfordshire*.… Continue reading STOTFOLD – STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
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