5/6th May 2023. Our good friends the Southworths had arrived in Lil’ Ol England ahead of the Coronation, but despite a frantic search we were unable to secure them tickets for the main event via Twickets so they had to make do with a day eating oatcakes and scoring beer, which sounds a good second… Continue reading CORONATION DAY
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WHEN NOTHING BEATS A PIE AND A PINT
More short pints with comestible click bait. 27th September 2022. I’ve no idea why I wandered down to the Gardeners just before teatime; perhaps I was bored. Or perhaps I was headed somewhere new and just remembered how wonderful the beer garden was as I crossed the Don. Do I need a reason ? Every… Continue reading WHEN NOTHING BEATS A PIE AND A PINT
TOP 100 PUBS – THE GARDENER’S REST, SHEFFIELD
The only problem with the thirds sampling at Heist is that you’re always going to want to finish the night afternoon with a pint in a Proper Pub. Luckily, the Gardener’s Rest is literally next door. ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 45 – Gardener’s Rest, Kelham Island I’d been walking over Rutland… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE GARDENER’S REST, SHEFFIELD
A PEEP INTO NEEPSEND
“Banning Christmas would be inhuman” says the Prime Minister today, proving himself out of touch with a nation only bothered about how I’M getting a pint on my birthday (22 December). If anyone wants to interview me in a pub for an imaginary job on the 22nd to exploit the “Business Usage” loophole I’m happy… Continue reading A PEEP INTO NEEPSEND
HE’S LEAVING HOME – FOR SHEFFIELD
A break from strict chronology (that London, Bristol, and the Malverns to come) to bring you news of Mrs RM’s trauma as she lets eldest son James fly off to Sheffield University, fuelled by a gallon of Magnet. James seems unperturbed. Younger brother Matt came along for the skateboard comp in the Valley of Beer,… Continue reading HE’S LEAVING HOME – FOR SHEFFIELD
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