I’ve been knackered these last few days after a week of driving up and down the country. Thursday saw me take my brother-in-law to a funeral on the Essex/Suffolk borders. It was actually impossible to have got to the service, cremation and reception on public transport. Even leaving on the dot of 07:00 from outside… Continue reading IPSWICH INDOOR BOWLS CLUB
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DOES IPSWICH PACK A SUFFOLK PUNCH ?
I visited my parents from Monday to Wednesday to take my Dad out to garden centre to buy plant spray and fix the Virgin remote control with too many buttons on it. Visiting early in the week means half the pubs are shut, of course, but I did find one GBG newbie in Ipswich. In… Continue reading DOES IPSWICH PACK A SUFFOLK PUNCH ?
IPSWICH’S GOLDEN HOUR
Talk of Tolly Follies yesterday took me back to a couple of Ipswich trips 3 years ago, and the realisation that I’ve never been in this specialist Doom Bar pub; Only an hour on the train, so I’ll be tempted to go back when things return to normal. Can there really be nothing new since… Continue reading IPSWICH’S GOLDEN HOUR
DEFYING GENTRIFICATION IN IPSWICH
Boak & Bailey ask today how you’d respond to a request from a stranger for local pub recommendations. The obvious answer is, of course, go in the pub with mobility scooters outside. Unless it has Arsenal livery. Last year in Ipswich, Mrs RM and I found a pub scene apparently in the throes of craft… Continue reading DEFYING GENTRIFICATION IN IPSWICH
IPSWICH CONFIRMS ITS CRAFT CREDENTIALS
The firm time I realised the poetic genius of BRAPA was when Simon described Ipswich as “a cross between Ely, Knaresborough and Monaco“. Like Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, that would have seemed “ludicrous” a few years back. But now I have the confirmation of Mrs RM that this is absolutely true. You really need to… Continue reading IPSWICH CONFIRMS ITS CRAFT CREDENTIALS
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