I’m struggling to find much to whinge about at the moment, what with good beer in London, sunshine in Stockport and micropubs opening when they say they will. I’ll hope for worse tomorrow. Monday opening, or lack of it, has been a reliable source of gloom over recent years, making Sunday overnighters just that bit… Continue reading MUNDY BOIS, MONDAY JOY
Tag: Kent
RAMSGATE ON THE EDGE
Our campervan wasn’t nicked or covered in pro-micropub graffiti when we returned to Ramsgate, so I’ve no doubt we’ll be back regularly at our free spot on the Esplanade during the year. Views like these are rare from our windows in Waterbeach. On Saturday we did the clifftop walked into town, and Mrs RM was amazed by… Continue reading RAMSGATE ON THE EDGE
TOP 100 PUBS – FEZ, MARGATE
All the Margate pubs we visited are good, but the Fez is something else. A small one-roomer with a hands-on owner (i.e. he turns the LPs over) and a good mix of Margate life. In some ways I’m reminded of another labour of love round the corner. Like all the best micros, the Mad Hatter… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – FEZ, MARGATE
DAHN TO MARGATE
Our campervan safely parked on Ramsgate promenade (for free !), we walked the mile uphill to the railway station. Sensible folk use the famed Thanet Loop Bus to hop between micros, but we were determined to avoid overdoing it, now that news of the Government’s reduced drinking levels has reached the Fens. So, just a… Continue reading DAHN TO MARGATE
HAIR OF THE DOG
Another day with a “y” in it, another Kent micro, another request to photograph pickled onions and pump clips met with bemusement. Welcome to Minster. Apart from Mrs RM’s short spell there as a Benedictine Nun following her expulsion from Royal Tunbridge Wells in the early ’80s, this is a village best known for its… Continue reading HAIR OF THE DOG
STARED AT IN SITTINGBOURNE
The Good Beer Guide gets you out of your comfort zone; no other publication is going to persuade you to trek out to Sittingbourne at 8am on a drab February morning, is it ? But remember, the sun always shines on North Kent. Despite a prime location as a Gateway to Sheppey, Sittingbourne has failed… Continue reading STARED AT IN SITTINGBOURNE
CHECKING OUT CHATHAM
Obviously my son James’s choice of University will be determined only by a detailed cost-benefit analysis, with higher earnings built into a DCF model at discount rates of 13.7%. I was, however, hopeful he’d be looking at some exciting open days in Exeter, St Andrews and Lampeter, all places meeting his requirements and near Good Beer… Continue reading CHECKING OUT CHATHAM
THE IMPERIAL, SOUTHBOROUGH
It’s only in the last few years that our regular trips to the in-laws have become bearable. By that, I mean of course the pubs in Tunbridge Wells have improved, as Paul Bailey has reported recently. Little Southborough isn’t Tunbridge Wells though. What it gains in views over the Weald it loses in terms of any… Continue reading THE IMPERIAL, SOUTHBOROUGH
RED TOPS IN THE WEALD OF KENT
Erlangen Nick finally manages to leave behind Germany’s finest basic pub next week and visit wonderful Thanet. I might pop down and see Tabor him over a half of weak beer in Ramsgate. I’m not sure that the nearby Weald of Kent would be quite to his taste, beer wise. Fairly staid beer selections, or… Continue reading RED TOPS IN THE WEALD OF KENT
SNARGATE’S CLASSIC, BASIC AND UNSPOILT PUB
My sympathies are with the family and friends of the late Doris Jemison, the quite wonderful landlady of the Red Lion in Snargate. Doris’s was on my list for a revisit for many years, so I will now have to treasure the one visit I made in 2000, when the pub made a significant impression… Continue reading SNARGATE’S CLASSIC, BASIC AND UNSPOILT PUB
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