10th January 2023. More mini-posts; go to BRAPA for your long reads. His Scottish diary is great stuff. Good luck to Simon when he reached Oxfordshire; the rural Oxon pubs take some effort, though more in the getting there as the pubs themselves are pretty good. The George in Sutton Courtenay requires a swim across… Continue reading SUTTON COURTENAY LOVE
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RETIRED MARTIN DAY 2022 – NO BASS, BUT THE BASS MAN PROVES AMPLE COMPENSATION
Thank you for your good wishes for Retired Martin Day (22/12), the most magical day of the year. My Mum called me to say Happy Birthday this morning; I didn’t ask if the actual birth was that magical at the time. Anyway, to put you all out of your misery guessing where I went, here’s… Continue reading RETIRED MARTIN DAY 2022 – NO BASS, BUT THE BASS MAN PROVES AMPLE COMPENSATION
CASTLETOWN STANDS, BUT MAN HAS FALLEN
16:45. Castletown, Isle of Man. Two final GBG ticks to put Man to bed on my Epic Quest for Guide Completion. Having said “Hello fairies” I was confident my luck would be in; BRAPA will be off with the fairies on his trip and find himself thwarted as he was a few years back. Castletown… Continue reading CASTLETOWN STANDS, BUT MAN HAS FALLEN
CHESIL BEACH, FAR AWAY IN TIME
Another top free view courtesy of “Search for Sites“, which had deposited me on the Isle of Portland for the night. Just south of Fortuneswell, home to half the nations top unreconstructed boozers, you can take your pick alongside the campers and white vans and enormous MoHos, one of which was making a valiant attempt… Continue reading CHESIL BEACH, FAR AWAY IN TIME
ALL BUCKED UP – A TALE OF GBG COUNTY COMPLETION IN GREAT MISSENDEN
Right, time to finish Bucks. Only nine new entries out of fifty-four, par for the course, and the usual mix of gentrified dining pubs and gentrified dining pubs. Not the last one, though. The George Ale House in Great Missenden replaces the “Pub & Kitchen” Cross Keys in the GBG, and brings the first bit… Continue reading ALL BUCKED UP – A TALE OF GBG COUNTY COMPLETION IN GREAT MISSENDEN
THE NETHER STOWEY WHINGERS ANGLING CLUB
One last tick in That Somerset, making a late but probably futile bid for my Top 10 counties post, whenever that is. Ah, Never Stowey, handy for the Quantocks and Samuel Taylor Coleridge devotees. Whoever they are. A tidy village of 1,373 with a steep walk to the castle mound. The Long Buckby of the… Continue reading THE NETHER STOWEY WHINGERS ANGLING CLUB
“WE’RE THE WALTONS, WE’RE THE WALTONS OF SWING”
2nd February 2020 Now Walton gets interesting, a bit like The Waltons gets interesting when John-Boy joins CAMRA in the 3rd series (it’s on Netflix, check it out). Part II of my Elmbridge evening, rather more exciting than the first half as Dire Straits make their customary appearance. There are 1.2 million people in Surrey,… Continue reading “WE’RE THE WALTONS, WE’RE THE WALTONS OF SWING”
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