One more from Glamorgan before I hit Newport (Newport), always a life highlight. The GBG says Llanharry. Google says Llanhari. Sort it out before the next Guide, will ya ? There is little in life that can beat a pub at dusk. Unless it’s empty, which is the modal outcome for pubs in 2022. But… Continue reading MY BEAVERTOWN TUMBLER RUNNETH OVER
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COWBRIDGE GOES CRAFT
Onward and (slowly) upward to the pashmina and prosecco capital of Wales, its Wilmslow, its Saffron Walden. Actually, Cowbridge isn’t THAT bad. Unllike Monmouth, where the schoolchildren are immaculate, in Cowbridge all the tied are undone and worn loose round the collar à la Cottenham 1977. The long High Streets appeals to mums and toddlers… Continue reading COWBRIDGE GOES CRAFT
NO DOOM BAR IN LLANTWIT MAJOR. THIS TIME.
The journey deep into the Vale of Glamorgan continues, as I renew my acquaintance with Llantwit Major. There IS no Llantwit Minor, something that Sue Gray will be investigating later. I feel like I’ve been to all the traditionally named Llantwit pubs now, and I’m not sure I could tell them apart under forensic questioning.… Continue reading NO DOOM BAR IN LLANTWIT MAJOR. THIS TIME.
THE BLUE ANCHOR (T’OTHER ONE)
A big thanks to Vale of Glamorgan CAMRA for sticking their GBG pubs so close to train stations; much appreciated. Even the Blue Anchor in East Aberthaw was a short hop from the airport station, though it seemed the most remote pub in the world. Except for the holiday park, lime works, cement works and… Continue reading THE BLUE ANCHOR (T’OTHER ONE)
THE GORGEOUS GOWER
Loads of highlights posts to come, enough to see us through ’till Christmas if necessary (sob). Not many recent trips to the magical Gower, though last year I DID make some major inroads into West Wales, where the beer was better than expected. The beer has been a bit up and down in the vast… Continue reading THE GORGEOUS GOWER
IT’S TAFFING CHRISTMAS !
OK, there is no actual verb “to Taff” (is there ?) but I’m running out of inspiration and need to get a move on so I can bring you “Silver pubs” or whatever you expect over the Christmas period. Anyway, after the Tim Horton timbits (am still awaiting the sponsorship deal) I fair flew back… Continue reading IT’S TAFFING CHRISTMAS !
THE CARDIFF 6 PUB HALF MARATHON
PARENTAL ADVISORY – CONTAINS BORIS The train from Newport to Cardiff takes 13 minutes, and matches the Potters Bar to Kings Cross journey for culture shock. Unlike Newport, Cardiff never sleeps. This was my first visit since City’s unfathomable capitulation at Ninian Park the City Stadium three years ago. The city centre was so much fun… Continue reading THE CARDIFF 6 PUB HALF MARATHON
SWANSEA – SKATEBOARDS, SPOONS (AGAIN) AND SUMMING-UP
I am now an expert on UK indoor skatepark exteriors, having taken my son Matt to nearly all the UK’s scruffy looking shacks. The best one is in Warrington, the one in Stockport is genuinely terrifying but at least there’s good pubs nearby. The discussion* about Swansea‘s revival tends to focus on the marina, but… Continue reading SWANSEA – SKATEBOARDS, SPOONS (AGAIN) AND SUMMING-UP
DRAUGHT BASS & JOE’S ICE CREAM IN THE MUMBLES
2015/16 season was the first for a while I failed to get a ticket for Swansea v City, which has always a good chance to get soaked in May and make a few more inroads into Glamorgan’s huge slice of the Beer Guide (93 entries !). While Matt competed at the scary looking skate park,… Continue reading DRAUGHT BASS & JOE’S ICE CREAM IN THE MUMBLES
DEEP SLADE DARK BY THE GOWER
We were on the home strait now, with a last Welsh stop in Gowerton on the edge of Swansea. Two minutes off the M4,unless you’ve got a tall campervan in which case it’s twenty minutes to avoid the railway bridge. The bikes came off the back for the first time Caernarfon but oddly only I… Continue reading DEEP SLADE DARK BY THE GOWER
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