July 2023. Camberwell. Five minute blog post. It’s never a good idea to start your day with an early Spoons pint, really slows you down later, but never mind. With my father-in-law safely home from Kings Hospital, I felt invigorated to explore a bit of Camberwell. The first thing you see from Denmark Hill station… Continue reading MORE CAMBERWELL ANTICS
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CLIMBING UP ON DENMARK HILL
July 2023. Denmark Hill, South-East London. If he’s not whining about pub opening hours, it’s geography. What and where is Denmark Hill ? Wiki says Camberwell, in the borough of Southwark; but where’s Denmark Hill itself. I’ll never know. I made an early trip there on Tuesday morning as my father-in-law had a hastily arranged… Continue reading CLIMBING UP ON DENMARK HILL
CAVING IN TO CHISLEHURST CHARMS
June 2023. Chislehurst. For mysterious reasons, we parked our campervan at Dunton Green railway station and took the train into Chislehurst, just as half of the commuter world was heading in the opposite direction. One of the highlights of the 2023 Guide (not that I’m doing it) was a return to Chislehurst, a place I… Continue reading CAVING IN TO CHISLEHURST CHARMS
ONE OVER THE EIGHT (and it’s all BRAPA’s fault)
June 2023. King’s Cross Station. A successful day had produced eight (8) London ticks, my most successful raid (no GBG completist language) of the year. What you need now is to drink four pints of water, make sure you get on and off the right trains, and get to bed. If only life worked like… Continue reading ONE OVER THE EIGHT (and it’s all BRAPA’s fault)
KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROAD
June 2023. Kilburn. Just a short post to remind myself how little I really know about London. With five (5) GBG ticks in the bag by 3 it was already a good day, but now the new Guide entries became a little more tucked away and in need of a helping hand from the Overground… Continue reading KILBURN AND THE HIGH ROAD
BRICK BY BRICK….THE CARLTON REBORN
June 2023. North-West London. You hardly notice the transition from West to North-West London, historically the weakest of the Beer Guide’s capital chapters. The 20 minutes north from Maida Vale’s eerie trees and epic Paddington playground take you to Kilburn, but it’s not a Kilburn I recognise. But I recognise the name. The Carlton Tavern,… Continue reading BRICK BY BRICK….THE CARLTON REBORN
JUST MORE W9 VICTORIAN PUB TILING PORN
June 2023. London W9. The pubs come thick and fast in London. One of the joys of ticking the capital is planning where you’ll have a half rand where definitely a pint, when you’ll swerve the cask in favour of craft*, which tube lines will give you the shortest gaps between loo stops, and how… Continue reading JUST MORE W9 VICTORIAN PUB TILING PORN
WHEN I GET TO WARWICK AVENUE, MEET ME BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE PUB
June 2023. London. After that little bit of negativity, let’s get positive again as we cross the Grand Union into Warwick Avenue Loads of nice looking pubs, like the Bridge House by the, er, bridge, but often disappointing experiences with tired beers and tip boxes. Oh yes, Little Venice, not as good as the real… Continue reading WHEN I GET TO WARWICK AVENUE, MEET ME BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE PUB
A PADDINGTON BEAR STARE FOR THE TIRED BEER IN W2
June 2023. London Part 2 of 11. My heart leaped for joy when I realised I could ride the Central Line from Fairlop straight to Queensway, less than a mile from pub tick No. 2. My joy was only slightly lessened by the realisation that after 7 years as Mayor Sadiq Khan still hasn’t installed… Continue reading A PADDINGTON BEAR STARE FOR THE TIRED BEER IN W2
MATILDA MANN MESMERIZES AT THE JAZZ CAFE
May 2023. Four London ticks was nice, but I was really in town to see a rare Matilda Mann (sold-out) headline gig at the Jazz Cafe. Just enough time in Hackney to walk the mile south along Mare Street to the Five Points Tap, not to be confused with what I assumed to be their… Continue reading MATILDA MANN MESMERIZES AT THE JAZZ CAFE
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