I can lump Barrowford in with Barnoldswick, but Colne stands alone. The last stop at the end of the M65, a million miles from posh Skipton but a world way from “difficult-to-love” Nelson, whose only Beer Guide pub in recent memory was a (very good) Hungry Horse. Colne, like Darwen, is an undiscovered gem. Steep… Continue reading A COLNE COLOSSUS
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WISTFUL MICROS FOR PENDLE WITCHES
Today we start #PrayForSi week, as BRAPA ventures into Cornwall with only a Good Beer Guide and the sure and certain knowledge that Newquay is a very bad base for tackling the county. To cheer him up, I found a programme (above) of a Hull Tigers match that, by my reckoning, he might well have been conceived… Continue reading WISTFUL MICROS FOR PENDLE WITCHES
A CLAYTON-LE-MOORS TOURISM BOOST
I’m writing this in Copenhagen after two of the great pub visits, which I really ought to be writing about instead of Clayton-le-Moors (which I always confuse with Clayton-le-Woods). But discipline is needed if I’m going to maintain any sense of chronology. As if to prove I’m abroad, Bing won’t let me show you the… Continue reading A CLAYTON-LE-MOORS TOURISM BOOST
JUNE ’17 STOCKTAKE
About time I did a quick review of June, as you’ll be wanting to know if “Table, Table” has won the coveted “New Pub of the Month” award. No. That goes to an estate pub in a Cannock suburb. New Pub of the Month – The Bridge, Hednesford A community melting pot, where folk of… Continue reading JUNE ’17 STOCKTAKE
WILTING IN LODSWORTH
One last pub in Lodsworth to complete The Sussex Chapters (good band name) of the Guide. A couple of miles from peerless Petworth, this is posh Sussex at its best. Best walking, anyway. I managed about five miles in the heat, bumping into exactly zero other walkers, before wilting and succumbing to the call of… Continue reading WILTING IN LODSWORTH
….NEW MALTON
That’s the odd thing about the touring life. It took me 50 years to get to Falmouth, then I visit six times in a year. I seem to have visited Skipton every year of my adult life to tick off the sole new Guide entry. Thus far, I’ve never been to Aspatria; my loss I’m… Continue reading ….NEW MALTON
GOING THE EXTRA MILE
This blog celebrates publicans, not brewers, and my admiration for the vast majority of them grows by the year. Despite the odd gripe about opening times. I’m always impressed by landlords and staff who go the extra mile to promote their pub, like the Spoons bar manager who came over to ask how my Otter… Continue reading GOING THE EXTRA MILE
TOP 100 PUBS – NORTH RIDING, SCARBOROUGH
If Scarborough is in my Top 20 Pub Towns (above Norwich in 15th place), the place I didn’t write about yesterday is unquestionably a Top 10 pub. Folk often ask me why I didn’t visit such and such a pub when I visit their town. In Matlock, for example, I did the two newbies, but not… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – NORTH RIDING, SCARBOROUGH
SCARBOROUGH – MORE THAN A GIANT CHIP FACTORY
At some point everybody should spend a night in a Scarborough Guest House, as I did the other Tuesday. The Almar is a joy of a B & B, clean and cheery and with a feast of chocolate biscuits on the pillow when I arrived. Scrambled eggs and salmon for breakfast as well. It’s a… Continue reading SCARBOROUGH – MORE THAN A GIANT CHIP FACTORY
FILEY FAX
Steal with pride, particularly blog post titles. And ALWAYS include a cat picture. This one from near Bonhommes in Filey. It’s been 15 years, back to Euro 2002 and Sven, since I was in Filey, staying in a caravan at Reighton Sands during our “posh” phase. In all the time since then, the Beer Guide… Continue reading FILEY FAX
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