I mentioned yesterday the problem with rail travel, the urge it creates to fill in time between trains with a rushed extra pub visit (See: BRAPA, every Saturday night). And so it was on the way back from Harrogate to Sheffield that I found myself having to kill 44 minutes in Leeds without an obvious… Continue reading WHITELOCK’S
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TOP 100 PUBS – THE SCARBROUGH HOTEL, LEEDS
21 September 2021. Yes, that’s how far I am behind on these posts, which I’m temporarily having to type with chubby fingers on the phone. It’ll probably mean the photos look odd again but tough. 15 minutes from Shipley to Leeds. 15 minutes dominated by suits talking about “factoring in disbursements”, which sounds like a… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE SCARBROUGH HOTEL, LEEDS
LEEDS – BANKERS ?
No, not Simon ! He does that job from the Public Bar in the Sam Smiths pub near his York home, now Sir Humphrey welcomes the use of electronic devices again. I’m writing about the Bankers Cat, which Mrs RM and I managed to pre-emptively tick in the 37 minutes between our Hebden and Sheffield… Continue reading LEEDS – BANKERS ?
TICKING CHAOS IN LEEDS
Where was I ? Oh, yes, watching a brave lady valiantly clear up a pile of vomit (sorry to those of you with weak constitutions) on the 19:09 Huddersfield to Leeds “fun train” on Sunday night, wishing I’d got that Chinese takeaway and headed back to the Sunday night disco at Ivy Green. “Has anyone… Continue reading TICKING CHAOS IN LEEDS
THAT LEEDS
Another tricky post, as I find myself having to praise That Leeds, something an (honorary) Mancunian hates to do almost as much as taking a coach trip round Anfield. I was there the other Sunday to see Phosphorescent at the Brudenell, enjoying the £35 rates you get at Accor hotels before the suits and… Continue reading THAT LEEDS
MORISH MORLEY MICROS
Only five photos from Oscars in Morley, and not a lot of cultural context to bring you about a proper old market town in Greater Leeds. After a week ferrying BRAPA and Pubmeister to their pubs I fear may be turning into a ticking machine. I’m sure there’s more attractive buildings in Morley, but… Continue reading MORISH MORLEY MICROS
HURLY BURLEY
I nearly forgot to write about this one. And it’s a corker. Even better, you get to walk past the only Northern place my Mum can name on the way. The Cardigan Arms is a short hop from Burley Park station, better known as the home of Sir Geoffrey, and not too far from… Continue reading HURLY BURLEY
LEEDS – SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY MORNING
Nearly at the end of the Big Leeds Bank Holiday Night Out now, as we come to our last Beer Guide pub of the night (F). The Duck & Drake is what we call a Proper Pub, playing proper music for people who should be tucked up in bed by 9pm on a Sunday. And… Continue reading LEEDS – SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY MORNING
LEEDS VOL III – FROM CAMDEN TO WHITELOCKS
We could have stayed in the Templar all night, but a crawl’s a crawl. Here’s that map again. Next stop, Whitelocks (E). Even people in London have heard of Whitelocks, surely ? We cut through the Victorian arcade, Paul Mudge charging ahead at the front. He’s quicker than our tour guide in Singapore 20 years… Continue reading LEEDS VOL III – FROM CAMDEN TO WHITELOCKS
TOPING IN THE TEMPLAR
My favourite photo (above) from Leeds tells all you need to know about why pubs are so great. Can you imagine looking so happy sitting in your London flat drinking 330ml bottles of Pumpkin sour in your striped underpants watching Poldark ? Don’t answer that. It took me ages to construct our crawl map… Continue reading TOPING IN THE TEMPLAR
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