November 2025. Lewes. Back from Newhaven to Lewes for a fourth new GBG tick by 3pm. Four in the bag so early in the week used to set me up for those 20 pub weeks that BRAPA knocks off on the way to Beer Guide glory, but in 2025 I don’t have that stress anymore.… Continue reading SUPPING SUSSEX IN THE SWAN
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WHEN IN LEWES…
Last Saturday saw a concerted attack on the south coast, now safe a week after the CAMRA folk left Eastbourne having agreed that Life Members were leeches/freeloaders or something. Good work, as well as the Tand’s excellent campaign to require price lists in pubs. I’m sure some members will have taken the train to Lewes,… Continue reading WHEN IN LEWES…
QUEUEING ! IN PUBS !!!
A week ago I had to leave Mrs RM in the luxurious Newhaven Premier Inn while I did the hard yards ticking West Sussex. You won’t believe the planning that goes into these trips. TWO (2) train changes on the way to Portslade, the Cheadle of the South. You won’t believe how filthy those Southern… Continue reading QUEUEING ! IN PUBS !!!
LEWES LIFTS THE SPIRITS
When you’ve just been called out on your blog for being grumpy it’s a bonus if the next post comes from Lewes. I don’t think I’ve ever left Harvey’stown without a spring in my step. Oh, there was this. Looking back at my last post from here, I could basically just copy and paste what… Continue reading LEWES LIFTS THE SPIRITS
LUSCIOUS LEWES
Five points if you recognise the chap above. Three points if you can explain why East Sussex gets it’s own chapter in the Beer Guide when, say, east Manchester doesn’t. Never mind, it’s good to complete another chapter, even if it is months after Pubmeister. The highlight of East Sussex is, of course, Hailsham, where I… Continue reading LUSCIOUS LEWES
HARVEYS IN HAILSHAM
The next leg of my mission to finish the southern Beer Guide counties took in Hailsham and Lewes. You can see Lewes lying like a box of toys under a great amphitheatre of chalk hills … on the whole it is set down better than any town I have seen in England. — William Morris (1834-1896)… Continue reading HARVEYS IN HAILSHAM
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