January 2024. Longridge. Perhaps the shortest post* since the Golden days of 2015, as I nip in a Lancashire micro for a quick half. Just like in 2022 when I was frantically finishing the Guide. The West Lancs small pubs, in particular, are virtually indistinguishable from each other in style and I don’t say that… Continue reading APPLEJACKS – ALL YOU NEED IN LONGRIDGE
Tag: Lancashire
HOP SHOPPE – RESIST THE TASTERS ! RESIST !
January 2024. St Annes. I took Mrs RM back her bag of Maltesers from the Travelodge vending machine (£1.30, inflation), and headed straight out to my second tick. A word on St. Annes (is there a full stop after the St. ? Never know). You can trust a place whose sports shop has more City… Continue reading HOP SHOPPE – RESIST THE TASTERS ! RESIST !
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 19 – LANCASHIRE
Getting these “best of” posts out before midnight every day, on top of my incredibly busy days, is so stressful. I almost just picked five from Preston tonight; Black Horse, Old Vic, New Conti (for music), Vinyl Tap, Blue Bell, before remembering that Blackpool Jane would never speak to me again, But I will start… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 19 – LANCASHIRE
“Are ya CAMRA ?”
January 2024 (though I fear I’ll be writing 2023 till at least the 12th so good job we don’t use cheques anymore). Chorley. I very nearly skipped the Flat Iron, as it used to be the Market Tavern, and professional tickers would consider it poor form to revisit a pub just because it had changed… Continue reading “Are ya CAMRA ?”
CHORLEY NOT ?
January 2024. Chorley. January is always a tricky month for pub tickers. Obviously there’s the temptations of Dryanuary and the desire to proclaim your worthiness with photos of yourself at home in Wakefield with a nice cup of cocoa. And if you do bin off Dryanuary, will the weather, rail unions, and micro opening times play… Continue reading CHORLEY NOT ?
TOO MUCH FIZZ
August 2023. Lancaster. Mrs RM had been badgering me to accompany me to see Barbie for a fortnight; apparently it shows you’ve smashed the patriarchy if you can get your “Ken* ” to watch a film about smashing the patriarchy with you. My concerns were two-fold. Would we get those £4.99 seats ?, and would… Continue reading TOO MUCH FIZZ
A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH WARTON
August 2023. Warton, Lancashire. Mrs RM has (subsequently) made it very clear she didn’t enjoy the Sunday of serial ticking in North Lancashire. I drove while she quickly downed a half of pale microbrew, each indiscernible from the last, while I took a sip to confirm her NBSS score and wrote caustic notes. And to… Continue reading A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH WARTON
VOMIT ON THE STREETS OF WHALLEY…
….Cliviger, Barnoldswick, Chipping etc etc August 2023. Whalley. Whalley had looked such a genteel little village when we arrived. Hardly a soul, free parking by the Martyrs church, black and white quintessential Englishness, parish church dating back to 628 (AD), and a main street majoring on jewellery and bridal make-up. The highlight, breakfast pastries at… Continue reading VOMIT ON THE STREETS OF WHALLEY…
CORTO
August 2023. Clitheroe. Hardly a big session in Clitheroe; just the new craft bar in the GBG, the 42 pump beer hall and a lovely little bar that sadly seems set to close before it makes the Guide. The route to Cortó takes you past some of the joys of a traditional Northern market town,… Continue reading CORTO
HOW MANY BEERS CAN YOU DRINK IN A BAR WITH 42 BEERS ON ?
August 2023. Clitheroe. It had been 20 years since Mrs RM was last in Clitheroe, the Glossop of the North (there isn’t one of those in the South) and I wanted her to see the Bowland Brewery development in Holmes Mill. To be honest, Clitheroe didn’t look a lot different. Perhaps that’s the problem with… Continue reading HOW MANY BEERS CAN YOU DRINK IN A BAR WITH 42 BEERS ON ?
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