May 2024. Kinlet. Cleobury Mortimer. The great May Marches March continues southwards, well away from industrial Wolves and Kiddy, into rural South Shropshire and tiny Kinlet. Bing Maps reckons the Eagle & Serpent opens 12-3 and 5-11; What Pub says 4-, and again What Pub is correct. You may be disappointed to learn I’ve had… Continue reading THE CLEOBURY CLARION CALL
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MUCH ADO ABOUT WENLOCK
May 2023. Amazing how many gorgeous towns and pubs there are within spitting distance of Telford New Town. Much Wenlock, who I always assumed to be a Wolves centre-half from Victorian times, gains a second new Guide entry this decade, and an unlikely one in the Gaskell Arms. Old-fashioned looking hotels for gentlefolk don’t tend… Continue reading MUCH ADO ABOUT WENLOCK
TAKING IT DOWN TO THE WYRE – THE BLAKEDOWN SWAN
May 2023. With Evesham out of reach, the next pub was only a penultimate Worcestershire tick, and the biggest question about the Blakedown was whether I’d actually been to the Swan before and forgotten to record it on The Spreadsheet. For the A456 from Birmingham to Kidderminster (I believe Life After Football used to walk… Continue reading TAKING IT DOWN TO THE WYRE – THE BLAKEDOWN SWAN
DIG THE NEW BREED (OF DIGBETH PUBS)
“In the (Birmingham) City there’s a thousand words (OK 342) I wanna say to you“. Yes, one for Beer Mat now as we finally enter some Digbeth pubs you’ll all have heard of, even if you’ve never been further out of Brum than the funny bull statue. It’s the Anchor ! It must be 17… Continue reading DIG THE NEW BREED (OF DIGBETH PUBS)
KIDDY KOMPLETE
Lots of people are boring on about the best pubs in real ale honeypots like Stockport, Berlin, Nottingham and, of course, Newbury. Not much yet from the smaller pub towns which often provide the best pub crawls. Places like Nuneaton, March or Kidderminster, whose Beer Guide collection I finished off last week. On the day Robert… Continue reading KIDDY KOMPLETE
TENBURY’S DAY IN THE SUN
A little while ago Pub Curmudgeon conducted a poll on the UK’s best region. Unfortunately, this rather implied that there was room for debate. As the storms descended over the South-east yesterday, the Welsh Marches enjoyed magnificent sunshine and were clearly the best place to be anywhere in the world (I confess I’ve still to… Continue reading TENBURY’S DAY IN THE SUN
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