A little trade secret. If I can’t find anything that rhymes, I’ll just call it a Top 100 pub. Sorry to shatter your illusions and all that. Cilgerran rhymes with nothing, except Bobby McFerrin. And he wasn’t in the Masons Arms. But the rest of the village was. “Cash only”. Good start. Really friendly too.… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – MASONS ARMS, CILGERRAN
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AN OLD FAVE IN GARGRAVE
YOU try and find something to rhyme with Gargrave ! A mere two weeks after finishing North Yorkshire in Skipton I was back there on the train again, due to some business in Gargrave, next stop on the line. Fellow ticker Eddie was complaining on our WhatsApp group (aka “TickTillItHurts“) this week about the difficulty… Continue reading AN OLD FAVE IN GARGRAVE
BATTERING SW LONDON IN BATTERSEA
This post is brought to you from the 10.45 from Sheffield to Leeds, from where I’ll head on to my final North Yorkshire GBG 22 tick. I’ll expect fanfare, I’ll expect a welcome committee from BRAPA and Colin, I’ll expect a top pint of Landlord. Who knows? Wednesday saw me on a train from Waterbeach… Continue reading BATTERING SW LONDON IN BATTERSEA
PREPARING TO VOTE
I mentioned earlier about the challenges of settling into Sheffield during Lockdown, and how we’ll need pubs and gigs and football before we’ll really feel like it’s home. But meeting the lovely Sheffield Hatter and Co. (milliners of distinction) on his home turf has made us more at home, and I feel like I personally… Continue reading PREPARING TO VOTE
THE NORTH – AN ACQUIRED TASTE
(Before you ask the half was mine. #PintWomen ) At the weekend Mrs RM made me go and look at houses in the North. You know, THE North. Mumsnet readers know it well; ***************** ***************** Comic gold. I guarantee you, most Mumsnet readers think Stockport is in Manchester, which they think is in Stoke. GinDaddyRedux… Continue reading THE NORTH – AN ACQUIRED TASTE
COTTONING ON TO CHORLEY’S CHARMS, IS IT BAPS OR IS IT BARMS ?
The return journey from Glasgow to Manchester was uneventful, bar a succession of Spanish students sticking their phones in my recharging point and leaving them buzzing all the way to Lancaster. Come Thursday, with an arduous day out in Preston ahead, I settled on a quiet day in Chorley, capital of the bit between Bolton… Continue reading COTTONING ON TO CHORLEY’S CHARMS, IS IT BAPS OR IS IT BARMS ?
MISSING THE TRAIN FROM NEW MILLS – THE TRUTH
You go two years without a New Mills post and then you get two in a day ! I like to think you get the truth on this blog, dear reader. Perhaps not quite as candidly as young BRAPA, but even so. I await his Amber Valley Palma Violets post with interest. In a nutshell,… Continue reading MISSING THE TRAIN FROM NEW MILLS – THE TRUTH
A PUB VISITORS GUIDE TO SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
Eagle-eyed readers, normally called Tim, Peter or Dave*, may have noticed I ignored the looming presence of the colossus that is Sutton-in-Ashfield in the Tibshelf post.. No longer. This is Sutton’s day. When we visited Mansfield 18 months ago, I was urged by Nick (here) to check out Sutton again. It’s taken this long to get… Continue reading A PUB VISITORS GUIDE TO SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
JOHN SMITHS LIVES IN ACKWORTH
I realise most folk reading this are drinking 10.75% Brown DIPAs in soulless halls in Manchester or Cambridge at the moment. I’ve just had a pint of John Smiths in front of a roaring fire, listening to old Yorkshiremen talking guff. I win. We thought we’d found yet another publican doing their own version of… Continue reading JOHN SMITHS LIVES IN ACKWORTH
PROPER JOB
On my way down to Cornwall I stopped for a walk north of Bodmin, an area I only really know for the famous Blisland Inn, former national pub of the year and home of a friendly lizard when I was last there. Altarnun is just off the A30 but the pace slows as you get… Continue reading PROPER JOB
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