February 2025. Hillingdon Village. I don’t get as hung up as some folk about historical counties, boundary lines and the truth, but I have been exercised by the existence, or otherwise, of an actual Hillingdon. Not the Borough, which includes Uxbridge and gives the football club its name, but Hillingdon Village, with pretty cottages, vegan… Continue reading THE LAST PUB IN HILLINGDON VILLAGE
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“We prefer cash”. The Earl of Derby, Cambridge.
April 2024. Cambridge. At weekends when I visit my parents the step count drops; from an average around 20k in Sheffield to 3,606 last Sunday. “You need to sit down and relax” says Mum. That’s the LAST thing I need to do at 59, and once they’re asleep I nip out to get some miles… Continue reading “We prefer cash”. The Earl of Derby, Cambridge.
Can Greene King IPA surprise me in its homeland ?
April 2024. Waterbeach. Back “home” on Sunday to check-in on the parents, keep Chung Hwa in business, and avoid seeing the Forest v City match; I can’t be anywhere near the telly or BBC coverage when I’m not at the match. That’s my excuse for swerving the Sun in favour of the White Horse. Look… Continue reading Can Greene King IPA surprise me in its homeland ?
NBSS 3.5 FOR GREENE KING IN SARRATT
April 2023. A second new GBG entry for unsung Sarratt in short order, following the Brunning & Price I daringly took my dad to after a trip to the free day at Wisley. Watford is, by common consensus amongst me, a dump, but the edge-of-Chilterns villages are rather gorgeous, even if on this Spring Sunday… Continue reading NBSS 3.5 FOR GREENE KING IN SARRATT
LUTON AIRPORT OO-EE-NOO
February 2023. Now I’ve ticked ALL the pubs, Mrs RM is determined to tick ALL the countries and major cities. This is the colour-coded wall map (needs some updating) showing which family members have been where. Mrs RM is determined I will NEVER get to Switzerland; I am equally minded to ensure that she will… Continue reading LUTON AIRPORT OO-EE-NOO
BEMUSED TOURIST PUB, CAMBRIDGE
8th February 2023. Despite seeming to have been in the Free Press all afternoon, it had actually only been fifteen minutes so I unexpectedly found myself with just under 10 minutes to squeeze in a post-emptive/pre-active/pointless bonus pub on the way back across Parker’s Piece towards the station. Still time to admire the Orchard Street… Continue reading BEMUSED TOURIST PUB, CAMBRIDGE
THE FREE PRESS
8th February 2023. It’s as well that I completed the GBG last year (you remember that ?) as this year I’m spending more time in Waterbeach with Mum and Dad than in Sheffield or anywhere else, which I don’t begrudge at all but obviously it’s really limiting exploration and ticking. But I can still get… Continue reading THE FREE PRESS
When a Flaming Grill in Sleaford gets in the Guide, you know the Guide is putting quality first
February 2023. I know you love maps, so here’s two. Of course you already KNOW where Sleaford is; it’s where the Sleaford Mods come from (wrong !, it’s Grantham and Burton). This must be the first venture into North Kesteven where I’ve failed to work Jason’s work into my blog title, but then I don’t… Continue reading When a Flaming Grill in Sleaford gets in the Guide, you know the Guide is putting quality first
MORE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD ON THE MOON THAN HAVE TICKED BEDFORDSHIRE
And I can tell you as one of them, completing Beds is MUCH tougher. 13th-15th January 2023. A long weekend in Waterbeach, with 3 days to crack Bedfordshire’s four GBG newbies*. Thrilling. Despite nearly catching up on the blog (take that, BRAPA !), I’m giving you four pubs in one today. Because Beds is Boring.… Continue reading MORE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD ON THE MOON THAN HAVE TICKED BEDFORDSHIRE
“OPENING EARLY ON 19 SEPTEMBER FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL WATCHING NEEDS”
19th September 2022. While I was in the Blue I had a look at what the other Cambridge pubs were doing on funeral day. Well, that’s clear. BRAPA noted two pubs in the same village, one “closed as a mark of respect“, the next “open as a mark of respect“. The concept of “respect” is… Continue reading “OPENING EARLY ON 19 SEPTEMBER FOR ALL YOUR FUNERAL WATCHING NEEDS”
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