11th February 2023. Not quite The Longest Day, but 11/2/23 (2/11/23 for US readers) did include 9 pubs and 7 separate public transport journeys, and I’m still pulling bus tickets out of my jeans a week later. The train from Chorley would have taken me rapidly back to Preston station, but I really wanted to… Continue reading A SLICE OF LANCASHIRE LIFE IN LOSTOCK HALL
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THE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED NEW GBG MICROPUB IN CHORLEY
11th February 2023. One of the many, many great things about this country is the bus services set up especially to speed GBG tickers from micropub to micropub. I know I never said that on the Isle of Wight but that’s because there’s an inbuilt feature on Southern Vectis buses that make you feel sick.… Continue reading THE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED NEW GBG MICROPUB IN CHORLEY
PALE, PIES & POST OFFICE CONVERSIONS -ADLINGTON IN 20 MINUTES
11th February 2023. I have a confession to make. My completely authoritative GBG completion spreadsheet is NOT 100% reliable. I was convinced that I had a pub called “Keg n Cask” to visit in St Annes, but also a nagging feeling I’d been there already. And by searching MY OWN BLOG while in Cask &… Continue reading PALE, PIES & POST OFFICE CONVERSIONS -ADLINGTON IN 20 MINUTES
TOP 100 PUBS – CASK AND TAP, BLACKPOOL
I thought the Cask and Tap was my first Top 100 Pub in Blackpool, but my crack team of unpaid researchers remind me that the Victoria in Cleveleys made the cut in 2016. There’s soon be more Sam Smiths pubs in my Top 100 than there are open Sam Smiths pubs. A rare micro on… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – CASK AND TAP, BLACKPOOL
THE ONLY PERSON GETTING OFF AT SQUIRES GATE
11th February 2023. Mrs RM had left me at home alone for a week while she explored the craft bars of Eindhoven (no blog, sadly), so I didn’t need to seek her written permission for a night out in Lancashire. I probably should have sort Blackpool Jane‘s permission to visit her home town, but I’d… Continue reading THE ONLY PERSON GETTING OFF AT SQUIRES GATE
DUSK FALLS ON ST PATRICK’S CHAPEL, HEYSHAM
You left me at Lancaster’s main bus station, dreading the 46 minute journey with weak bladder over speed bumps to Heysham via marvellous Morecambe. I nearly got off at the Royal for a wee and walked the rest. I survived, with only the minor issue of how to pass seven (7) hours before the 02:15… Continue reading DUSK FALLS ON ST PATRICK’S CHAPEL, HEYSHAM
LANCASHIRE HAS FALLEN
Mrs RM is determined to see me finish the GBG this year, so I can do something useful like sort the garden out. She can dream. I’d been putting my last Lancashire tick in Heysham off, hoping to do the Bookmakers before a 2:15 am sailing to the Isle of Man. But Mrs RM HATES… Continue reading LANCASHIRE HAS FALLEN
PIZZA IN PRESTON
No idea what that Squid Games art decorating the wall of the Northern Way in Preston is about, but it’s rather impressive. But I decided that with 40 minutes in town before the train home I was better off in a Proper Proud Preston Pub, and what more proper than a Spoons ? The Greyfriar… Continue reading PIZZA IN PRESTON
ON THE BUSES – GREATER PRESTON SPECIAL
Jane’s post last month laid down a marker with a corned beef bagel; I have no answer to that. She also set out some simple instructions to get the best deal on the buses (probably) which I completely ignored because I’d already done four pubs. When I asked about a ticket that would allow me… Continue reading ON THE BUSES – GREATER PRESTON SPECIAL
From South Shore into St. Anne’s
You left me jumping off the Number 7 Cleveleys – St Annes in need of the sea somewhere near Blackpool FC. “Taylor’s Law” says that the more desperate you are for a wee, the less likely there is to be a public toilet or unattended scrubland. Anyway, I clearly found somewhere, and then trudged to… Continue reading From South Shore into St. Anne’s
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