October 2025. Leicester. Having paid for a night’s accommodation in the centre of Leicester that Wednesday (£60 at the well-equipped* Ramada Encore) I wasn’t going to bed at 6, even if Mrs RM was. A bit of night-time street art ? Nah, let’s do a pub. News of my visit had seen “incomer” Quinno go… Continue reading INEVITABLY, THE ALE WAGON
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TOP 100 PUBS – THE ALE WAGON, LEICESTER
I see top pub photographer Richard Coldwell (he really is) has been publishing photos of me in his latest series of blogs from Leicester. Nice of him to airbrush my bald patch out of that shot from behind, but you’ll know how I feel about folk taking photos of old blokes in pubs. I see… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ALE WAGON, LEICESTER
IN PRAISE OF SHINJI OKAZAKI AND THE ALE WAGON
Leicester City’s Premiership win is the most astonishing event in my lifetime, even surpassing Mrs RM’s two pints of Old Peculiar on twenty minutes for shock value. To win it by 10 points is beyond belief. Lots of evidence of last night’s euphoria in the town centre today, but no giant picture of their unsung hero.… Continue reading IN PRAISE OF SHINJI OKAZAKI AND THE ALE WAGON
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