Quinno and I pressed on through the mean streets of Bethnal Green, stopping only to admire Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium. I doubt that Pub Curmudgeon will be relocating from Stockport to Bethnal Green, but E2 has more cat cafes than micro pubs. In fact, it has more Cereal Cafes than micros. #Depraved. Not a great… Continue reading MOTHS
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BRING ME SUNSHINE
The night before the ferry to the Isle of Man, and a chance to finish my most northern Lancashire ticks, leaving just the scary ones near Matthew Lawrenson to do. Onto Morecambe, one of our most ridiculed of resorts. Ridiculed by people who’ve never been, just like Stockport. You can get a room along the… Continue reading BRING ME SUNSHINE
UNWRAPPING THE KING’S ARMS, OXFORD
Into tourist central now, and that pub across from the Camera (which is not as exciting as CAMRA). The King’s Arms is wrapped in unflattering scaffolding, so here, as the ice age descends, is my photo from the balmy summer of 2015. I’d forgotten what was special about it, until we stepped thru’ the… Continue reading UNWRAPPING THE KING’S ARMS, OXFORD
SANDWICH, SUNSETS, GREENE KING
Since I’m in Kent, here’s my last Guide 17 tick for the county, and look how lovely the GBG looks now against the backdrop of my Bristol Premier Inn. Whatever chaos is going on elsewhere in the Guide’s new entries (micros, social clubs and Spoons), you can always rely on Sandwich to come up with a proper pub.… Continue reading SANDWICH, SUNSETS, GREENE KING
A PROPER BOOZER IN GINGERBREAD MAN LAND
I’ve been brought to book by the blog police for shameless use of pub cat imagery as clickbait, which is spot on. Of course, I could just walk past the little kittens and resist the urge to snap them for you; think about that. Let’s hope no-one complains about today’s headline image from the King’s Arms… Continue reading A PROPER BOOZER IN GINGERBREAD MAN LAND
BACK TO THE BROADS
It’s been a frantic month so far, and I’m still some way behind with my blog, though reading the excellent pieces from Alan and Simon on trips from 1998 and 2012 made me feel lightly less bad about bringing you a report from early April. I can’t claim my heart sings for joy at the prospect… Continue reading BACK TO THE BROADS
END OF THE ROAD CHRISTMAS SHOW – THE FAIRYTALE OF SHOREDITCH
Barely back from Burton an hour, we had to shoot off to Shoreditch for the End of the Road Christmas show. This is typically a tiny show in a new east London club venue with decent sound; last year’s gig at Oslo had the best sound and most overpriced beer of the year. The last few… Continue reading END OF THE ROAD CHRISTMAS SHOW – THE FAIRYTALE OF SHOREDITCH
THE KING’S ARMS, BEDFORD – THE BEER GUIDE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
Fortuitously I was in Bedford yesterday as the launch of the new Beer Guide sent shares in fish bladders plummeting, and able to sample the first new entry you’ll come across in the Guide. The nice man at CAMRA books had asked me to take a photo of his former home, and I always accept requests… Continue reading THE KING’S ARMS, BEDFORD – THE BEER GUIDE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
WAREHAM – WELL WORTH THE WAIT
Pub Curmudgeon has visited as many great pubs as anyone I’ve met, and I recall him praising the King’s Arms in Dorset’s Wareham a few years back. This is a particularly attractive small town, bypassed en route to Corfe Castle and the Purbeck coast, which might explain why I’d never been before. The ten minute train… Continue reading WAREHAM – WELL WORTH THE WAIT
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