November 2025. Rye. “At least the trains from Rye are reliable” I tell Mrs RM, as I head for the bus into town to start my latest 3:15 hour rail trip north (Sheffield not Waterbeach this time). “18:48 cancelled” flashes the sign, followed by an excuse that roughly translates to “can’t be bothered. So, a… Continue reading THE 18:48 FROM RYE IS CANCELLED
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THE EDGE OF….MILTON KEYNES
April 2024. Little Brickhill. Milton Keynes. Many folk would be traumatised at the prospect of two (2) pubs in suburban Milton Keynes; I was overjoyed at an overdue return to Newport Pagnell, and a first ever visit to tiny Little Brickhill, virtually a hamlet just south of our most successful soccer franchise and a giant… Continue reading THE EDGE OF….MILTON KEYNES
BY GEORGE ! A ST HELENS STUNNER
A Friday in St Helens. Is this Woollybackland ? Let’s assume it is and offend someone. The folk heading back to Merseyside from Victoria were upset enough on Friday lunchtime, the toothy messiah having announced his departure from Anfield this summer. At Wigan, I had to run faster than Jurgen encroaching on the pitch to… Continue reading BY GEORGE ! A ST HELENS STUNNER
LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW. THE GEORGE HOTEL, HULL.
December 2023. Hull. Just to prove I really was in Hull, rather than, I dunno, Theale or Leiston. A professional GBG ticker would have headed straight to the Guide newbie Old Bull & Bush, had a half, then swam around the Humber to Grimsby to do a tick in New Waltham. But I can do… Continue reading LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW. THE GEORGE HOTEL, HULL.
YOU GET A MORE POLITE SAUCY POSTCARD IN POSH BOGNOR
August 2023. Bognor Regis. I’ve said it before and every month brings fresh confirmation; the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2023 is a gem, packed with Proper Pubs that give a lie to the belief put about on Discourse that the GBG is all micros and brewery taps these days. Two new entries in Bognor Regis,… Continue reading YOU GET A MORE POLITE SAUCY POSTCARD IN POSH BOGNOR
PARMOS IN PIERCEBRIDGE
August 2023. Piercebridge. Never mind the George‘s status as one of our great coaching inns, or the clock, or the bedrooms (fine, a bargain at the price). You’ll be wanting to know about the bar. Well, when it re-opened last year the handpumps were gone. So with my CAMRA Gold Card hat on it was… Continue reading PARMOS IN PIERCEBRIDGE
When you visit The George in Tunbridge Wells, be very, VERY careful on the stairs.
August 2023. Tunbridge Wells. Mrs RM and I had had a hard day at Pembury hospital, and needed some exercise and 10% Imperial stout to clear the mind. Fuggles had obliged with the beer, and now it was time to head back up the A26, stopping to admire this garden, and this pun. But we… Continue reading When you visit The George in Tunbridge Wells, be very, VERY careful on the stairs.
ITALIAN TOURISTS TAKE THEIR BEER BACK BECAUSE IT’S TOO WARM
June 2023. Rye. On the Sunday we’d taken a cheeky self-guided tour of Rye’s Mermaid, and the George, which competes for the title of oldest inn/most gentlefolk in one sitting. Feeling guilty about nipping in the (posh) loo without buying a drink*, I walked back to the George the next day. Simon is staying close… Continue reading ITALIAN TOURISTS TAKE THEIR BEER BACK BECAUSE IT’S TOO WARM
MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
April 2023. Lincolnshire GBG23 complete, we headed for the Humber, and a night renewing acquaintances in Barton upon Humber before crossing the river to tackle East Yorkshire the next morning. Mrs RM demanded, and Mrs RM got, a night in a nice (cheap) hotel rather than the campervan. Apparently, boys have it easier when it… Continue reading MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
A BOOZER IN BERKHAMSTED
April 2023. If January is the cruellest month for Pub Men, with Dryanuary and unexpected micro closing times, then April is when tickers really get into gear. Only today I hear of GBG pros who have ticked off 100 pubs this month already. Half of them in Preston, no doubt. And April is when Pub… Continue reading A BOOZER IN BERKHAMSTED
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