September 2024. Stamford. Unlike “up all-night BRAPA“, I take my time cross-checking the old to new GBG, colouring in maps, and compiling a long (long) list of pubs to be visited in GBG25 TY (ticking year). So I’d initially missed the fact we had a bran’ new entry in stunning Stamford, a great town with… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE MILLSTONE, STAMFORD
Tag: Lincolnshire
SWAYING INTO SWAYFIELD
September 2024. Swayfield. Grantham. A fun day, last Sunday. Wake up in a park in Grantham, breakfast of Lincolnshire fruit loaf (NLFLSS 4.5) at the bowls club, visited Mum and Dad, had a quick Chung Hwa, then headed back up the A1 to the exact same overnight parking spot in Grantham. Oh, one other stop.… Continue reading SWAYING INTO SWAYFIELD
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 21 – LINCOLNSHIRE.
Not a great county for beer quality, or great pubs, outside the larger towns. So the lack of village pubs in my starting 5 in Lincs isn’t a surprise. At a push I’d have included Winterton’s George Hogg, a classy village pub just north of Scunthorpe that’s added Bass since my visit, but that was… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY COUNTY. No. 21 – LINCOLNSHIRE.
6 pints of Madri and 6 raspberry sambucas for the Grimsby “social after Christmas” lads
December 2023. Grimsby. Part 3 of my Greater Grimsby crawl curated tour of public houses, as I realised I might as well do ALL the GBG pubs while I’m here. I hadn’t been in the Barge for 10 years, but I remembered the best haddock and chips ever there, and a man should not enter… Continue reading 6 pints of Madri and 6 raspberry sambucas for the Grimsby “social after Christmas” lads
LINCOLNSHIRE HAS FALLEN
December 2023. Great Grimsby. Not only does Elton John’s “classic” 1974 album contain “Grimsby”, it also has “Ticking”, a Taupin tale of a chap frustrated by micro pub opening hours. “Don’t ever ride on the devil’s knee,” Mama said. Remember Mama said . Ticking, ticking“ I wasn’t riding the devil’s knee to New Waltham to… Continue reading LINCOLNSHIRE HAS FALLEN
“Oh, oh, Grimsby, a thousand delights couldn’t match the sweet sights of my Grimsby”
December 2023. Great Grimsby. Those are actual lyrics there, from an actual UK and US Number 1 album. I only know about “Grimsby” because Caribou is currently in the Top Albums on Tidal, along with “Guts” and, er, “Rumours”. Possibly only because they’ve added “Step Into Christmas” onto the CD, mind. Bing’s new AI function… Continue reading “Oh, oh, Grimsby, a thousand delights couldn’t match the sweet sights of my Grimsby”
CHRISTMAS EVE, EVE IN GAINSBOROUGH. EVERYBODY’S IN THE SPOONS.
December 2023. Gainsborough. On the way back from the Humber we stopped in Gainsborough for a peep. Those North Notts/Lincs towns like Bawtry, Scunthorpe, Retford and Gainsborough haven’t had a Retired Martin visit for a few years, with a static pub scene and the boys being too old for Sundown Adventure Land. I’m not implying… Continue reading CHRISTMAS EVE, EVE IN GAINSBOROUGH. EVERYBODY’S IN THE SPOONS.
MINI PLOUGHMANS IN WEST LINDSEY
December 2023. Laughton. Lincolnshire. A penultimate tick in Lincs GBG24, and perhaps the archetypal Lincolnshire village local. I liked the Ingram Arms in Laughton, but I wouldn’t have fancied getting the bus there from Gainsborough (one bus weekly, returning before it arrives). You can feel safe in a place that takes egg security seriously. Be… Continue reading MINI PLOUGHMANS IN WEST LINDSEY
AN OLD AND PECULIER BIRTHDAY FOR MRS RM
December 2023. Colsterworth. Although not celebrated as widely and elaborately as Retired Martin Day (22 December, but you knew that), Mrs RM’s birthday two days earlier is also a day that needs to be commemorated with a blogpost. I’m not at liberty to tell you her age, but the day is sponsored in Heinz. And… Continue reading AN OLD AND PECULIER BIRTHDAY FOR MRS RM
CAPTAIN FLINDERS COME HOME
December 2023. Donington. Lincolnshire. Jules alerts us to the welcome opening of a new Euston Spoons. Hoorah ! Someone has to keep the price of a London pint below a fiver. It won’t replace the Bree Louise of course, nothing could (though the beer might be more reliable),but it’s good to have the name of… Continue reading CAPTAIN FLINDERS COME HOME
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