September 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Out on my bit of respite from in-law drama, I was heading aimlessly towards the Pantiles, when it suddenly occurred to me what a scruffy town Tunbridge Wells is, particularly around the main station. On the Clive Bull show on LBC this morning a lady called Sophie from Reading said,… Continue reading TO THE PANTILES !
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A LITTLE BIT OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS, A LOT OF WATERBEACH…
September 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Just back from a week away from caring for 2 sets of parents and now I find a new (embargoed) GBG on my doorstep alongside the Colombian coffee beans from Pact. Here it is; Some folk have opted for the plain cover version. Be aware ticking that doesn’t count. Four… Continue reading A LITTLE BIT OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS, A LOT OF WATERBEACH…
QUIZ NIGHT AT THE TIGER TAVERN
August 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. It was approaching 8.30pm on a Tuesday in Tunbridge Wells and a combination of Imperial Stouts and Danish cherry wine had left Mrs RM less convinced on the merits of a walk along the A26 back to Southborough and the bosom of the in-laws. Being all heart (I even let… Continue reading QUIZ NIGHT AT THE TIGER TAVERN
When you visit The George in Tunbridge Wells, be very, VERY careful on the stairs.
August 2023. Tunbridge Wells. Mrs RM and I had had a hard day at Pembury hospital, and needed some exercise and 10% Imperial stout to clear the mind. Fuggles had obliged with the beer, and now it was time to head back up the A26, stopping to admire this garden, and this pun. But we… Continue reading When you visit The George in Tunbridge Wells, be very, VERY careful on the stairs.
NEVER MORE IN NEED OF THAT 16% DANISH CHERRY WINE IN A ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CRAFT BAR
August (finally !) 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Tuesday was, if anything, more stressful. Two (2) trips to Pembury Hospital from the in-laws, one to queue for an hour for medication and then another to take my father-in-law back for diagnostics. Another day spent sitting, walking the corridors, queuing for Costa. Again, I can’t praise the… Continue reading NEVER MORE IN NEED OF THAT 16% DANISH CHERRY WINE IN A ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CRAFT BAR
MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S FIRST CHINESE TAKEAWAY SINCE 1980
July 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells. A week ago we were rushing down to Kent where my father-in-law had had a bad night and was getting an emergency referral to Pembury Hospital, birthplace of Mrs RM and other adverts for healthy living. Pembury is only 10 minutes from the in-laws Southborough home but the quickest route… Continue reading MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S FIRST CHINESE TAKEAWAY SINCE 1980
TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, SNARGATE. DORIS WOULD BE PROUD.
June 2023. Snargate. In late May 2000 I walked from Appledore station to Snargate to visit Doris’s, one of the Good Beer Guide’s legendary pubs and one of the Classic, Basic and Unspoilt legends on RW Coe’s list. The walk through the marsh (adjacent to Speringbrook Sewer, I now note) was as magical as the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, SNARGATE. DORIS WOULD BE PROUD.
“Oh grief this Doom Bar is brilliant”
June 2023. Rochester. And it was all going so well. A nice riverside walk from Strood, a late morning glass of murk in a pub that might get in the GBG when the CAMRAs drop the “Real” from the name, a triumphant pint of BBB in a backstreet survivor, and some culture in the cathedral.… Continue reading “Oh grief this Doom Bar is brilliant”
ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL (NCSS 4)
June 2023. Rochester. Still half an hour till my Rochester Guide tick opens; who opens a pub at 1pm ? The cathedral is open from 10am; it could teach those micros a lesson. Has a cathedral ever made the Guide ? I’m sure some of them sell St Peters under the counter, and Halifax Minster… Continue reading ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL (NCSS 4)
David 6.15 ish or 6.30 pm
June 2023. Rochester. Still an hour till my new Beer Guide target opens, an hour to rest and contemplate in the Cathedral, or a leisurely lunch at a Dickensian tavern ? Obviously not, when there’s the Coopers Arms to pop in for the first time in 20 years. Four entries in the GBG, but three… Continue reading David 6.15 ish or 6.30 pm
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