August 2023. Woolton, Liverpool. The second Merseyside Guide pub takes me across the Mersey, via an exciting 3 minute change at Central. The geography gets a little confused down at the end of the (Northern) line. The Cobden is in Woolton (not Walton), but there’s no Woolton station so it’s a walk from South Parkway… Continue reading THE CLOSEST GBG PUB TO LENNON’S CHILDHOOD HOME
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16:30, BOLD STREET
July 2023. Liverpool. The nice folk at Liverpool’s Z Hotel let us leave our bags in the lobby before our early evening departure from Lime Street, having let Mrs RM conduct a full afternoon’s meetings from the corner table. You need to get your money’s worth from your £40.50 room. You’ll be assuming that we… Continue reading 16:30, BOLD STREET
AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IN LIVERPOOL
July 2023. Liverpool. WARNING : CONTAINS SURGICAL PROCEDURAL DETAIL. Tuesday morning started with Bubble and Squeak and Eggs Royale round the corner on Dale Street. The Moose Coffee in Manchester is always packed, as was this one, as we Brits love our authentic American cuisine. Perhaps your best place to get “grits” and “potato hash”,… Continue reading AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IN LIVERPOOL
BACK TO THE BALTIC
July 2023. Liverpool. I reckon we’d been to Liverpool at least annually over the last 30 years but I couldn’t ever remember staying in the centre*. Is that possible ? I’d even stayed 3 miles out beyond Bootle and walked in recently. Chris Dyson’s post on Dale Street pubs the other week had prompted me… Continue reading BACK TO THE BALTIC
BRAMLEY MOORE
July 2023. Liverpool. I’m easing myself back into blogging so excuse these short posts. My latest excuse, after major surgery and a night in Fanny’s Croft, is a lack of internet not solved by switching-off-and-on-again. Summat to do with metering, I find out. I’d left the Tin Shed in Formby with plans to head off… Continue reading BRAMLEY MOORE
FITNESS ADVICE FOR THE OVER-FIFTIES IN FORMBY
July 2023. Formby, Merseyside. This post is brought to you from Fanny’s Croft car park. Well, Liverpool looked gorgeous on Monday night, as good as I’ve seen it. It’s amazing what a bit of blue sky can do for a place. Goodness knows what I was doing in a nondescript Spoons when I could have… Continue reading FITNESS ADVICE FOR THE OVER-FIFTIES IN FORMBY
A Wetherspoons in the Beer Guide in Liverpool ? ANOTHER one ?
July 2023. Liverpool. Not a lot to say about the second new Beer Guide pub in central Liverpool, 57 seconds read at most, I reckon. 57 seconds is enough to get from the Denbigh Castle to the Captain Alexander, IF you don’t stop to take photos on the way, and wait for the Red man… Continue reading A Wetherspoons in the Beer Guide in Liverpool ? ANOTHER one ?
IN LIVERPOOL
All these trips to Merseyside over the years and I never thought to use Suzanne’s classic (and it is). “If you lie on the groundIn somebody’s armsYou’ll probably swallow some of their history” Suzanne Vega, “In Liverpool”. Perhaps no town outside of New Mills has inspired such great music over the years. Having just returned… Continue reading IN LIVERPOOL
MINDING THE BIKE IN THE LION
I came back from the Isle of Man on the Mannanan, a boat obviously named after Liverpool wing legend Steve McManaman, somehow resisting the keg option on board. The ride down the Mersey towards Pier Head give you tremendous views of the Merseyside Marvels; New Brighton beach, the Magazine, Birkenhead docks… Sadly I’m returning home… Continue reading MINDING THE BIKE IN THE LION
THE VIEW FROM BIRKENHEAD
May 11th 2022. Eight pubs needed in Northern Ireland, and a nagging feeling that I hadn’t done the Antrim coast justice. meant a long weekend in Belfast. Even better, Matt and Emma joined us, their first holiday since the You-Know-What. We picked them up at Stockport station’s shiny new drop-off area and headed to Birkenhead… Continue reading THE VIEW FROM BIRKENHEAD
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