Leaving the Princess, I consulted my artisanal map for my last day’s ticking before Lockdown 2. Four down, with two close by somewhere in Marylebone, which I always spell Marleybone. I almost fell at the furst hurdle; but I feared the wurst if I followed a Pride with curry, so started one of those long,… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE HARP
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DO THE STRAND
Panic ye not, I’m not doing a Ferry-esque dance over the Thames, merely a retiredmartin rush as the impact of that Volcano coffee suddenly means I need the loo. Like Newcastle, London’s bridges are its real treasure. If you look very closely you can probably see BRAPA and Colin about to upset someone in Southend.… Continue reading DO THE STRAND
WATERLOO WOBBLE
Lockdown (2) Eve. Onto Pub No. 4, as I moved level with BRAPA on eight November ticks (but can I edge ahead ? The tension !). Another 20 minutes from the Ring, past Waterloo and over the Golden Jubilee Bridge (never knew they were called that) to Strand. A bit of dawdling on the way,… Continue reading WATERLOO WOBBLE
SOUTHWARK PORTER
Pub No.3 on the Great Lockdown (2) Eve London Crawl coming up, after a short hop from Borough to Southwark, though I never really know where Southwark starts. Or stops. Bing Maps has some strange ideas. Wiki doesn’t have an easy-to-read Southwark map, and the Deserter book witters on about the Bishop of Southwark “incident”.… Continue reading SOUTHWARK PORTER
KEG COMFORT IN BOROUGH
Well, at least I now had one tick to take home from Lockdown Eve, even if the terror alert brought an abrupt halt to the day (it didn’t). On to Borough, as I entered a 3rd hour of walking (1:30 at retiredmartin pace). I stopped to admire a child playing with one of the dolphins… Continue reading KEG COMFORT IN BOROUGH
HANGING AROUND – WAPPING WRAPPED
“Enough of the walking, give us a pub !” I hear you cry. Here it is; Bit of a beauty, and I can’t believe I haven’t been in the Prospect of Whitby before, having wandered round Wapping a few times. Having set off from King’s Cross at 10.10 last Wednesday Google Maps had told me… Continue reading HANGING AROUND – WAPPING WRAPPED
“And the whisper room that winds around St Paul’s”
“And the lights on the bridgeWilliam Blake and the gridAnd the whisper room that winds around Saint Paul’sSir John Soane, found me in his parlor all aloneWeeping at the beauty of it all“Maria McKee, Right Down To The Heart Of London, 2020 When Lockdown hit hard in March I turned to my melancholia for comfort,… Continue reading “And the whisper room that winds around St Paul’s”
THE PEMBURY
You left me in Motspur Park, (F) which at least I can tell my children I’ve seen now. Wiki tells me the area has had two famous residents; Nigel Winterburn and George Clinton. Nigel apparently played maracas on the video for “Do fries go with that shake ?“. Anyway, too exciting for me, so I… Continue reading THE PEMBURY
KING OF THE MANOR (PARK) – MY FIRST E12 GBG TICK
All-day gigs test your patience, don’t they ? I managed the lovely Winnie Raedler and Stoner at the Roundhouse before deciding I needed a walk and a tick. Or two. Let’s finish East London, shall we ? Overground to Stratford, past the craft enclave of Hackney Wick, then underground to Leyton. The Hammers are playing… Continue reading KING OF THE MANOR (PARK) – MY FIRST E12 GBG TICK
“She’s down in the dumps, she lives on Holloway Road”
Decent WiFi in Dunkeld last night after a great haggis supper, so let’s crack on with my Friday night is music night trip to That There London. Just time before a remarkable gig by Amber Arcades at Oxford Circus to do my last two North London GBG20 ticks, which is paltry when you think about… Continue reading “She’s down in the dumps, she lives on Holloway Road”
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