£7 your Manx Go Saver ticket; you could spend the whole day with Bus Vannin, wondering where your next loo stop is. I was heading to Andreas (pop. 1,428) in the flat agricultural plain that makes up the north of Man. I’d assumed my visit would be the most exciting thing to happen in Andreas,… Continue reading “I’ve never given birth, but I can’t imagine it can be worse than the 08:40 school bus to Andreas”
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“Rather bland”
“So, you’re the bloke who likes Doom Bar ?” asks the bloke who ticks beers when I’m introduced. Well, no, not exactly. But I do reckon there’s a decent beer almost everywhere (exclusions apply in the Cotswolds). And folk on Discourse petulantly saying they could NEVER score DB a 3 have probably not drunk it… Continue reading “Rather bland”
FIVE MILES OUT OF LONDON OFF THE WESTERN AVENUE
Hanwell hasn’t been celebrated in song in the same way as nearby Perivale was in 1980, though admittedly Costello wrote about 80 songs that year and I haven’t heard them all yet. Never mind, the equally venerable Stonch wrote about his Hanwell walk recently. That ended up with a pint in the Fox, one of West London’s… Continue reading FIVE MILES OUT OF LONDON OFF THE WESTERN AVENUE
GOOD BEER GUIDE – COMPLETING BERKSHIRE
Setting aside its other attractions, Berkshire is traditionally one of the easiest counties in the Beer Guide to complete each year (compared to, say, Devon). It’s quite compact, most places are accessible by train, and opening hours are fairly standard. That last quality is being weakened a bit by the erosion of lunchtime opening though,… Continue reading GOOD BEER GUIDE – COMPLETING BERKSHIRE
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