Clickbait ! I thought Leicestershire would be a tough county to pick five sure fire winners in, but it was a doddle, even if you might find them surprisingly similar in style. Well, one of them doesn’t sell Bass. Whitwick (Greater Coalville) – Three Horseshoes (Polly’s) But Polly’s does, and on my visit with Life… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 20 – LEICESTERSHIRE
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TO CALVARY
December 2023. Coalville. Yes, you’re still in Coalville, apparently. Bit of a change in tone now, as I take you from the Rock Bar with DIY keg wall to Calvary (not Cavalry, that’s a Jona Lewie hit). Ah, Calvary.”There is a green hill far away, without a city wall” in the words of Cecil Frances… Continue reading TO CALVARY
COALVILLE – A ROCK AND A WALL
December 2023. Coalville. Well, who’d have thought it. A new GBG pub in Coalville. Sadly, it comes in the same year that the landlord of the Stamford and Warrington, sulphurous Pedi and all, leaves us for good. The Rock Bar ? I was convinced this was the bikers pub that graced the Guide to Britain’s… Continue reading COALVILLE – A ROCK AND A WALL
EAST OF COALVILLE
November 2023. Rothley. Leicestershire. The word “Coalville” is clickbait. Sorry. You were expecting to see an unwoke boozer craft beer bar on the A511; instead you get a dining pub just off the A46. Technically, Rothley is not far east of Coalville, but it might as well be in a different continent. I’ve grown to… Continue reading EAST OF COALVILLE
EVERARDS TAP – IT’S…..OK
November 2023. Enderby. Leicester. After that great pint of Tiger it was inevitable the GBG would next take me to the very home of Everards, whose giant Beer Hall graces the great nothingness below iconic Leicester Forest East Services. I’m not, at present, able to offer a self guided tour between the service station and… Continue reading EVERARDS TAP – IT’S…..OK
GHOST SHIPS & MYSTERY SURPRISES IN SAPCOTE
April 2023. Another day, another county falls; Leicestershire took longer than usual to complete due to the 5pm opening at Sapcote Club. “Sapcote ?” you ask. “Never heard of it“. Another of those unsung Leics/Staffs/Warwicks border style* places with much to be unsung about. But, as with Warton last month, I will do my best… Continue reading GHOST SHIPS & MYSTERY SURPRISES IN SAPCOTE
PORK PIE, STILTON, BASS – MELTON MOWBRAY MARVELS
7th March 2023. Closing in on completion of Leicestershire’s GBG entries, a very minor pleasure, but the penultimate tick takes me to magical Melton Mowbray on market morning, which sounds an alliterative dream. All change in Melton’s GBG entries, what happened to the brewery in the market and the bowls club ? And what have… Continue reading PORK PIE, STILTON, BASS – MELTON MOWBRAY MARVELS
HINCKLEY’S CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS
You’ll notice it’s the youngsters like BRAPA and Blackpool Jane that can still pull out the mega blogging. Us folk approaching middle-age, like Duncan and myself, can only manage short posts, and I didn’t even have the energy to lump Hinckley’s many cultural highlights in with the faggots and Pedi post. Cultural highlights ? Well,… Continue reading HINCKLEY’S CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS
FAGGOTS, PEAS & PEDI. AND MOONLIGHT SHADOW.
20th February 2023. Hope you’ve already had your lunch before you saw that pic. Mrs RM just cooked James and I a lovely roast dinner (NRDSS 4), but a pint of Pedigree as good as the one at the Greyhound in Hinckley would have raised it even higher. I did the full cultural tour of… Continue reading FAGGOTS, PEAS & PEDI. AND MOONLIGHT SHADOW.
A CHARNWOOD BASS HUNT
29th December 2022. Nearly finished the 2022 posts, then I’ll do a December Stocktake, and I’ll be up-to-date on the blog by next week. “What will you do then ?” asks Mrs RM, a worrying question. Two (2) Charnwood pubs on the River Soar for you tonight, two pubs largely inseparable in style, ambition and… Continue reading A CHARNWOOD BASS HUNT
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