March 2024. Newport (Shropshire). Oooh, look how close I got to a emotional return to High Offley’s Anchor. Actually, I’d like to go with BRAPA; he should make it his last Guide tick, 7pm on a freezing Thursday in February. We could conceivably have parked a mile or so from the Anchor, but it was… Continue reading ANY (NEW)PORT (PUB) IN A STORM
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BOLDLY INTO BOLDMERE
December 2023. Birmingham. Only four new Guide entries in West Midlands; on a whim I thought I’d do them all in an afternoon before we ticked over into 2024. Four spread-out entries requiring the expert planning skills of a man who’s completed the GBG. Instead, I just hopped on the first train at Sheffield and… Continue reading BOLDLY INTO BOLDMERE
LIFE ON MARS. PUMPKINS IN WEM.
October 2023. Wem. Shropshire. This set of reports from your daring trio of casketeers trip to North Shropshire nears its denouement, as we bravely cross the road from the Castle to the White Lion. Two Joules pubs in an hour for Stafford Paul; we were spoiling him now. Only just noticed those little bees on… Continue reading LIFE ON MARS. PUMPKINS IN WEM.
WE’M DRINKING WELL IN THE JOULES PUBS
October 2023. Wem. Shrewsbury. We moved into a third hour in Wem as we approached Pub No. 4. It’s quite something that Wem (six cask pubs) hadn’t merited a single GBG inclusuion in the quarter of a century I’d been ticking the Guide, and at least three of the houses we visited would have been… Continue reading WE’M DRINKING WELL IN THE JOULES PUBS
MORE ALSAGER JOULES
July 2023. Alsager. No (zero) Guide entries in Alsager this year, though the Lodge had just been named “South Cheshire CAMRA Pub of the Year”. Go figure*. Not exactly overpubbed, by the look of What Pub; Reader, we did all four of those. Just for you. A few yards from the Lodge, just past a… Continue reading MORE ALSAGER JOULES
LUDLOW – A JOULE WITHIN A JEWEL
Definitely one for Pub Curmudgeon next, as I dive into Ludlow, Queen of the Marches and default daytrip for the Kidderminster pashmina set. I arrived in the drizzle, which tends to get pashminas wet, so the town wasn’t quite as hectic as on previous visits, though of course older Dads will insist on dragging… Continue reading LUDLOW – A JOULE WITHIN A JEWEL
JOULE’S GOLD IN CODSALL
I In a couple of weeks I’ll be joining a few folk from the Beer and Pubs Forum in Wolverhampton in a plot to blow up craft breweries. I had a plan to combine that trip with a visit to one of my last Staffs GBG ticks in nearby Codsall. But common sense came late;… Continue reading JOULE’S GOLD IN CODSALL
BEARTOWN GETS A JOULE
Mrs RM is working up near Melrose at the moment. This is her office; Some exciting “Tales From the Borders” coming up, though I suspect stories of General Ledger Upgrades and Password approval protocols would be more exciting to you. 20 years ago Mrs RM was staying in Eaton, just outside Congleton, and drinking pints… Continue reading BEARTOWN GETS A JOULE
NEW INN, OLD FOLK
What a joy to be in a Shropshire Joule’s pub on folk night ! As Pub Curmudgeon noted yesterday, the New Inn is Newport’s GBG pub, and a good example of the Joules style, though with a bit more going on than usual. A programme of free music, beer and rum festivals to keep Sunday… Continue reading NEW INN, OLD FOLK
THE WONDERS OF WHITCHURCH
If you’re getting bored of Shropshire, a) Don’t worry, I’ve nearly finished (just an isolated pub at Onibury to tick) b) Try living in the Fens for a month. Onward to Whitchurch, which is a cracker. Forget your Maldives and Maidenhead, this was the place to be on the hottest day of the year so far.… Continue reading THE WONDERS OF WHITCHURCH
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