Preston makes a great base for pub tickers, with fast trains* to pub hubs like Westhoughton, Lancaster and Blackpool, and providing an opportunity to meet the Pub King of West Lancashire himself; More from Matthew shortly. I started Friday afternoon in Lancaster, always a curate’s egg with its attractive architecture but strangely unalluring pubs (and… Continue reading FONT APPRECIATION AT THE LANCASTER GOLDEN LION
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BLACKPOOL. STILL VERY MUCH BLACKPOOL
Just back from the End of the Road, where Mrs RM has kept Beavertown in profit for the year, and youngest son Matt found a band he liked in the last hour of the festival. You’ll want to see my route back, dropping Mrs RM in Chippenham, a publess town, and only exceeding 60mph as… Continue reading BLACKPOOL. STILL VERY MUCH BLACKPOOL
SIZZLIN’
One of the joys of the Beer Guide, if we ever see it again, is the variety of places you get to visit. Basic boozers, gastropubs, brewery taps, places that don’t like opening at all. Loads of Wetherspoons and Ember Inns across the country, but only a few of the main family diners. A… Continue reading SIZZLIN’
THE FYLDE, ANYTHING BUT PLAIN
An attempt to visit three plain pubs in an hour and then squeeze in the days glamour National League fixture (AFC Fylde v Dover) fell apart at stage one, when it transpired that Salwick Station doesn’t actually exist. I bet Matthew Lawrenson could have told me that, and no doubt BRAPA wrote about it,… Continue reading THE FYLDE, ANYTHING BUT PLAIN
A DARWEN TRILOGY – PHIL THOMPSON, THE £2.60 PINT & DR. NO
I ought to colour code these posts so you can dip in and out more selectively. Perhaps; Green for your Complete Tourist Guide (e.g. to Nuneaton) Yellow for reflections on changing underpass art or shopfronts (e.g. in Stoke) Blue for Pub Cats Red for Draught Bass (obvs) Orange for a quick dip into a plain… Continue reading A DARWEN TRILOGY – PHIL THOMPSON, THE £2.60 PINT & DR. NO
WELCOME TO RAWTENSTALL
We’re off to Cranborne Chase tomorrow for our annual non-Guardian reader music festival. Four hours, heavy traffic, avoid the Novichok, says Google Maps. Who knows what the WiFi will be like this year? You may be lucky to get more than a picture of Mrs RM in a field with a peacock and a… Continue reading WELCOME TO RAWTENSTALL
THE RIBBLE RIDDLE
Before you read the rest of this, can you name the pub chain from the photo above ? Course you can. Especially of I add “random tractor” and “too many pumps“. Anyway, another couple of Lancashire ticks in the beautiful Ribble valley. Loads going on the OS extract below. Witches, hills, a recent National… Continue reading THE RIBBLE RIDDLE
A LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE LOVE-IN
Another year, another TWO more new Beer Guide entries in Leyland, Lancashire, which is clearly aspiring to be the next Chorley. Alliterative possibilities abound; just as well since you can only use that “Leyland Motors On” title once. So what would make you stop off here on your way to Blackpool Punk Fest ? Not… Continue reading A LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE LOVE-IN
LANCASHIRE’S PUB OF THE YEAR -THE BARE FACTS
While in Overton I skimmed through the local CAMRA magazines looking for pubs offering that crucial 10p members discount that determines all my pub visits. Staring at me from the cover was this; Yes, a pub I hadn’t been in yet was their Pub of the Year. A potential pre-emptive tick and a chance for… Continue reading LANCASHIRE’S PUB OF THE YEAR -THE BARE FACTS
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
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