Five posts from Brighton and no pictures of the beach, so here’s one from Daniel. April 2023. Four new GBG ticks in two hours, just like the old days. It concluded at the Hole in the Wall, tucked away in an unprepossessing little street near that big pole in the ground which turns out to… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE HOLE IN THE WALL, BRIGHTON
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CALIFORNIA (DERBY), BUT NO DREAMIN’
Living in Sheffield brings Derby within easy reach, 30 minutes by rail in fact, and it’s a mystery, as the song goes, that it took me nearly a year to make the trip. The new GBG offers three new Derby pubs, one of which in Spondon you’ve met already. The other two are new micros… Continue reading CALIFORNIA (DERBY), BUT NO DREAMIN’
CHICHESTER CAN’T SLOW DOWN
If you’ve been reading this blog in despair at the lack of genuine micropubs, fear not, your wait is nearly over. And the Hornet is a corker, joining Anchored in Worthing among my favoured real micros. Being a micro, it opens at 4pm, giving me 3 hours to kill in Chichester. I could have watched… Continue reading CHICHESTER CAN’T SLOW DOWN
A DOUBLE IN DEAR OLD DARLINGTON
The second beer in the Wylam Tap was both a joy and a bad idea, necessitating a comfort break at Caffe Nero that only meant I needed another comfort break in the Bigg Market. Perhaps I shouldn’t make so many stops to take photos for you, but that’s the problem with the photogenic old… Continue reading A DOUBLE IN DEAR OLD DARLINGTON
A SLIEMA WANDERER
Duncan will know all about the strange allure of foreign football team names from your youth. Jeunesse D’esche, Nancy, Grasshopper, Shepshed Charterhouse… I’d always wanted to visit the home of Sliema Wanderers, the biggest team in Malta back in the ’70s, and now home to most of the island’s “beer scene” according to local expert… Continue reading A SLIEMA WANDERER
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
UPSELLING IN BODMIN
I won’t be comparing Bodmin to Walthamstow (only with a Moor) here, but I did see something in the Wetherspoons that impressed and amused me yesterday. Arriving just before breakfast ended for my usual Eggs Benedict and coffee, I was told by the jovial barman “that’s what you want” as he pointed to an admittedly… Continue reading UPSELLING IN BODMIN
DARLO
I’ve just made an overdue overnight trip to Darlington, a Durham market town which I’ve always had unreasonable affection for, largely based on the atmospheric Feethams ground and some excellent pubs. 3 new entries in the Beer Guide, the first changes in some time, and a newish cheap Travelodge made my mind up. To be… Continue reading DARLO
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