January 2025. Meanwood. Leeds. Mrs RM went off in search of “culture” on our afternoon in Leeds, I tool the bus to the pubs of Meanwood. “The bus, RM, you’re going soft !“. Yes, could have walked it in 45 minutes but it was wet, and you get to see Leeds’ northern suburbs from the… Continue reading PREEMPTIVE LEEDS – THE BOOT & RALLY, MEANWOOD
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ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PORT STREET BEER HOUSE
August 2024. Manchester. My creaky back, which I don’t like to talk about*, prevented the exciting walk round Didsbury I’d planned with Matt on Tuesday, so I settled on a guided tour of lesser known Ancoats. I don’t like to talk about the fact Matt knows places in the Eternal City that I don’t, though… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – THE PORT STREET BEER HOUSE
SAWLEY TEMPTED
More encroachment into Life After Football territory, as I approach the ACTUAL border between Derby and Nottingham, the very point at which Clough switches from Ram to Tree. Yes, it’s Long Eaton, again. The town you’re guaranteed an annual GBG trip to that will NEVER quite result in a stay long enough to make a… Continue reading SAWLEY TEMPTED
“ARE YOU HERE FOR THE FOO FIGHTERZ ?”
30th January 2020 A last pub of the night, sadly not one of the trad Wolves classics. “Very quiet for a Thursday night” I thought, before realising it was Thursday, the night before Brexit. Easy to lose track when Wolves are still in 1990 musically. I could have walked to Bilston at a push, but… Continue reading “ARE YOU HERE FOR THE FOO FIGHTERZ ?”
TURN A DIFFERENT CORNER
I feel a bit “beery” writing about Huddersfield; wall-to-wall Chinook and Gose and Sorachi blah blah. As you know I don’t do “beer“, but Hudders, as we like to call it, had two new GBG ticks and the cheapest B&B for my latest midweek visit to the Etihad. That B&B is the Ivy Green,… Continue reading TURN A DIFFERENT CORNER
CLIFFORD – COOL CASK, CHAMPION PIES & 60 LITRES OF MUSHY PEAS
In case you were wondering, that picture of the pie and peas hasn’t been artificially enhanced. The pork even tasted like pork, too. I don’t do many beer festivals, but Clifford’s Champion Beer Fest is a must. This is such a significant event that it gets it’s own marker on Google Maps, and surely deserves… Continue reading CLIFFORD – COOL CASK, CHAMPION PIES & 60 LITRES OF MUSHY PEAS
KEEPING UP WITH MANCHESTER
Never a dull moment at the Etihad, but some complex rail connections from Bradford and Hebden gave me little time for Bundobust yesterday. With a personal best time from the Colin Bell stand to Victoria (appropriate footwear, folks), I had ten minutes to look for the the Pilcrow. That reduced to eight as I was… Continue reading KEEPING UP WITH MANCHESTER
HEATWAVE IN HARROGATE
Certain towns can be relied for an annual visit that will deliver a) a decent new Guide pub, b) a new aspect to the place, and c) a decent lunch. All of those were present in lovely Harrogate this week, which was just about to unveil a magic fountain in the Valley Gardens that turns curious children into stone. Simon… Continue reading HEATWAVE IN HARROGATE
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