June 2023. Deal. Right in the heart of Deal, opposite the Just Reproach, where King St meets Middle St. Regular reader and all-round legend writes “I must say I chuckled but also grimaced a bit at “a micro-cum-record-shop”; I mean, I’m sure it can be done well, but the odds are not stacked in its… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – SMUGGLERS RECORDS, DEAL
Tag: Kent
SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN DEAL SPOONS
June 2023. Deal. 27 minutes round the coast from Broadstairs to delicious Deal, and a penultimate Kent GBG23 tick. First time in Deal in 5 years, after seemingly spending most of the mid-2010s in pubs on that east Kent coast. Smugglers Record Shop provided that little bit of opening hours peril that a micro-cum-record-shop provides,… Continue reading SLAPSTICK COMEDY IN DEAL SPOONS
SHE’S IN BROADSTAIRS
June 2023. Broadstairs. You can never have too many Half Man Half Biscuit references in your blog. “She’s on the Isle of ThanetI wake up on a trolleyAnd realise the follyI tell them I can manageThere isn’t any damageAnd as I’m being led outI get my A to Z out“ That “A to Z” really… Continue reading SHE’S IN BROADSTAIRS
TERRIBLE TUESDAYS
Don’t worry, Three Sheets to the Wind, I’ll be back two days later praising you to the skies. A nice short post for you as recover from The Death of Bazball. Word Press tells me you’ll be able to read this in one (1) minute, but then those calculations suggest I could read a WHOLE… Continue reading TERRIBLE TUESDAYS
THE MILLWALL 2004 FA CUP SHIRT IN AN UPMARKET NORTH KENT VILLAGE PUB
June 2023. Luddesdown, Kent. There’s nothing more joyous in life than BRAPA irritation, so I can only imagine his frustration at having made the perilous journey to rural North Kent to tick the Cock in late August last year, only to find it joined a month later by the Golden Lion. Two trips to Luddesdown… Continue reading THE MILLWALL 2004 FA CUP SHIRT IN AN UPMARKET NORTH KENT VILLAGE PUB
WAITING FOR THE CRAFTY FOX TO OPEN
June 2023. Rochester. We dropped the in-laws off in Greater Tunbridge Wells, after an epic 5 hour trek down M1/M25, and headed to our caravan in Rye. Mrs RM had let the park owners worry about the lettings, and we’ve picked the early and late summer slots. Hopefully that late summer slot will coincide with… Continue reading WAITING FOR THE CRAFTY FOX TO OPEN
BONDING OVER ROQUITO PEPPERS IN BRITAIN’S SMALLEST TOWN
April 2023. I’d got my two Canterbury ticks in the bag by lunchtime (a lamb samosa); perhaps I’d stop and explore an unsung Kent town like Ashford Chartham on the way back to Rye. The train left Sturry from Platform 1 at 13:32. It was now 12:27. I spotted Platform 1 across the line and… Continue reading BONDING OVER ROQUITO PEPPERS IN BRITAIN’S SMALLEST TOWN
“Presented to the bat & trap team of The Golden Lion by the Grand Association of Fun Kings 12th July 1969”.
April 2023. No hurry, here’s Sturry. That would have been the best title. 10 minutes out of Canterbury, we arrive in the land of weatherboards and lamb samosa (£1.20, 20% up on a year ago). Broad Oak has its own heading in the GBG so I guess it’s a bit more than a suburb of… Continue reading “Presented to the bat & trap team of The Golden Lion by the Grand Association of Fun Kings 12th July 1969”.
Seven (7) Italian tourists, all asking for tasters.
April 2023. You left me at Canterbury, heading towards the Bell & Crown for an ultra-rare tick in an increasingly charming but touristy Cathedral city. Somewhat surprisingly, Cathedral’s GBG entries have been quite earthy over the years, solid back street boozers called “Dolphin” and “Unicorn” and “Thomas Tallis”. The Bell & Crown wears its ancient… Continue reading Seven (7) Italian tourists, all asking for tasters.
TO CANTERBURY !
April 2023. Everyone is visiting Kent these days. BRAPA, Paul Bailey, Pauline, the bloke doing every GBG pub in the county… I was in good company as we went down to Rye Harbour to make sure our caravan was ready to receive a few visitors. 3 days; enough time to get a few ticks. And… Continue reading TO CANTERBURY !
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