June 2023. Grantham. In January I promised you a series on pubs close to the southern Grantham relief road, which probably has a fancier name. That series stretched to just the White Lion before being decommissioned quicker than El Dorado, but it’s sort of back as I stop at Barrowby’s White Swan for no obvious… Continue reading PROPER PUBS IN GRANTHAM – No. 2 IN A NEAR INFINITE SERIES. THE WHITE SWAN.
Tag: Lincolnshire
MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
April 2023. Lincolnshire GBG23 complete, we headed for the Humber, and a night renewing acquaintances in Barton upon Humber before crossing the river to tackle East Yorkshire the next morning. Mrs RM demanded, and Mrs RM got, a night in a nice (cheap) hotel rather than the campervan. Apparently, boys have it easier when it… Continue reading MEETING THE REAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN BARTON UPON HUMBER
SOUTH OF SCUNTHORPE
April 2023. Not as good a film as “East of Ipswich”, for those of you who remember that classic. Another pub that they’ve put in the Guide because there’s no way BRPA can get there on public transport, though he could walk from Scunthorpe if he’s not distracted by Scunny’s embryonic* craft scene. Our journey… Continue reading SOUTH OF SCUNTHORPE
ALL THE TABLES WITH A “RESERVED” SIGN; WHAT WILL MRS RM DO ?
April 2023. We loved this little trip to North Lincolnshire. Said no-one ever, except us. Two new GBG pubs to tick (IF I am ticking the Guide), starting with the Heneage Arms in Hainton, which you’ve never heard of, even if you live in Market Rasen. The Heneage Arms has been brought into community ownership… Continue reading ALL THE TABLES WITH A “RESERVED” SIGN; WHAT WILL MRS RM DO ?
MRS RM HAS A COLLISON WITH A ZEBRA IN MARKET RASEN
April 2023. I decided I’d use the last Friday in April to finish the Lincolnshire GBG entries. Honestly, you would too. They’re either rubbish, or never open, or both. Mrs RM said she’d come with me. I think she mixed up Market Rasen with Market Drayton or Melton Mowbray or Mogadishu in her head. We… Continue reading MRS RM HAS A COLLISON WITH A ZEBRA IN MARKET RASEN
A NIGHT IN SPALDING
24th March 2023. While I was in the “community hub” Mrs RM was scouring Booking.com for an overnight stop. It seemed a bit odd staying in a hotel so close to Sheffield and Waterbeach but Mum worries about us driving in the dark and it doesn’t pay to worry your mum. And a night in… Continue reading A NIGHT IN SPALDING
SPOT THE PUB
24th March 2023. Our second North Kesteven tick of the night is deep in the heart of an area I can only describe as “Greater Martin”; That’s me, down in the bottom-right corner, just above Sots Hole. Really, I think Lincs make these names up. Carlton le Moorland, Norton Disney, Witham St Hugh, and on… Continue reading SPOT THE PUB
MID-LINCOLNSHIRE, SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR
24th March 2023. Before I get on to business, I see MumsNet is finally tackling the BIG issues. The correct answer is, of course, to eat it cold after leaving it on the side for two (2) days. And stick to Singapore Rice, you philistine. Back to last Friday. I dread the rural Lincolnshire Good… Continue reading MID-LINCOLNSHIRE, SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR
INSPECTING THE 1926 ACCOUNT BOOKS AT ST THOMAS, BURTON-LE-COGGLES
16th March 2023. Enough of pubs, let’s focus on Grade II listed Anglican churches on quaintly named Lincolnshire villages. More importantly, let’s liven up the relentless 2:20 hours journey from Sheffield to Waterbeach with a stop in a place I’ve never stopped before. Quite why I’d never been to tiny Burton-le-Coggles before last Thursday is… Continue reading INSPECTING THE 1926 ACCOUNT BOOKS AT ST THOMAS, BURTON-LE-COGGLES
A RARE MOMENT OF PEACE IN HAXEY
February 2023. I’m not one for customs, apart from the famous ones associated with my own birthday (22 December, make a note), but I quite fancy turning up in Haxey, North Lincs to watch the giant scrum known as the Haxey Hood. It’s the most famous thing about the “capital of the Isle of Axholme”,… Continue reading A RARE MOMENT OF PEACE IN HAXEY
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