May 2025. Derby. I’d already dragged Will off the approved route, but with barely 15 minutes in the Exeter we felt confident that a sprint to the backstreet Furnace would allow us to catch up with reprimand and suspension of Old Codger privileges. But the sight of Stafford Paul sprinting towards the Five Lamps suggested… Continue reading THE BIG DERBY “CURATED PUB SURVEY”. No. 4 – FURNACE
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HOPTIMISM IN SPLENDID SPONDON
November 2023. Spondon. Derby. Spondon ? Me neither, before a trip to the lovably Old Skool Malt Shovel in 2021. There’s an A52 bus, but I managed to catch a train with only slightly better hours than the one to Brigg. The sun shines on the righteous, but not today as I enjoyed a soggy… Continue reading HOPTIMISM IN SPLENDID SPONDON
TOP 10 HOYLAND PUBS – THE FURNACE
“There’s nowt such thing as bad beer, it’s just they that keep it that spoil it” – Brad, The Furnace Let that sink in. Some parts of the UK are unexpectedly good for pubs; Mansfield, Nuneaton, Peckham, Newtown. To that list I belatedly add Hoyland. The clutch of villages below Barnsley is a geographical minefield… Continue reading TOP 10 HOYLAND PUBS – THE FURNACE
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