April 2025. Royal Tunbridge Wells. I’ve been spending more days in Tunbridge Wells than at any time since I asked Michael for Mrs RM’s hand in marriage. Since completing the GBG the desperate urge to shoot off from Southborough has eased a bit, but I’m still mentally unable to sit on a sofa in a… Continue reading ALLOTMENTS AND PUB DESERTS. A HIGH BROOMS WANDER
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THE BEAU NASH, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS – FINE AND DANDY
March 2025. Royal Tunbridge Wells. A year ago, I was still taking Dad out to pubs regularly, his (and mum’s) weekly little respite. Now it’s my Father-in-law, a sprightly 86 year old who lives for our trips down to Kent and pints of Harvey’s. In truth, he’d been hoping from something more exciting than a… Continue reading THE BEAU NASH, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS – FINE AND DANDY
CHIDDINGSTONE
February 2025. Chiddingstone. Kent. Another trip down to cheer up the father-in-law, recovering from being poked about in East Grinstead, a terrible place to be poked about. Michael always perks up when we visit, particularly when we head to the pub. We started with culture, us being cultured and all. Chiddingstone village is owned by… Continue reading CHIDDINGSTONE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELEPHANT, FAVERSHAM
December 2024. Faversham. I’d paid the £7.10 (equivalent to a pint of Sam Smiths in London these days) to park the campervan overnight in Faversham, and was going to Do It All. A couple of ancient Sheps inns, the two new GBG entries, a Crispy Beef… My plans fell apart in the drizzle at the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ELEPHANT, FAVERSHAM
ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE No. 3 – THE RED LION
November 2024. Ramsgate. In for a penny… You can’t come to Ramsgate and not head down King Street to the High Street, the heart of Ramsgate and the embodiment of its “rough diamond” status. This 2020 pic, one of my favourites, capture the town’s charm perfectly. Where King St, High St and the road to… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE No. 3 – THE RED LION
ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE No. 2 – MONTEFIORE ARMS
November 2024. Ramsgate. And the hits just keep on coming. You can’t really justify going all the way from Rye to Ramsgate for a lone pint, and the Montefiore, ticked a decade ago, is one of those pubs I want to go back to on every return to this great town. Tucked a few yards… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE No. 2 – MONTEFIORE ARMS
ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE. No. 1 – THE HONEYSUCKLE INN
November 2024. Ramsgate. Another GBG year, another new Guide pub for Remarkable Ramsgate. “You’re joking – not another one!” says Brenda Mrs RM, who decides an afternoon in the caravan drinking discounted North Brewing cans beats Ramsgate in the rain. But I love Ramsgate, so much I’ve decided to start a mini-series on the pubs,… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE. No. 1 – THE HONEYSUCKLE INN
DUNGENESS
November 2024. Dungeness. Plenty of undiscovered Kent and Sussex coast to explore from the base of Mrs RM’s Rye caravan; never been to Lydd. And oddly, until Saturday we’d failed to make it to Dungeness, which holds a strange place in the English psyche due to remoteness, the rolling (?) marsh, a desolate but beautiful… Continue reading DUNGENESS
LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
November 2024. Ashford. Two (2) successive posts about Kent’s most beleaguered town (blimey, even Rainham is better these days), can Paul Bailey and I make Ashford the new beer destination ? Well, no, obviously not, but the Spoons is half decent, the flashy Curious Brewery by the station is plain curious, and that GBG sports… Continue reading LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
A PORK PIE IN BROADSTAIRS
August 2024. Broadstairs. Just the two pubs to finish the Kent chapter of the Guide for a 12th successive year, but disaster strikes as I walk up to the door of the quaintly named “Pub” on Ramsgate High Street. In honesty, it feels ages since I’d last had a “micro fail”, and I’d quite missed… Continue reading A PORK PIE IN BROADSTAIRS
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