Another exciting post from the A2. But first, your Christmas quiz; Usual quiz rules, or lack thereof. Onward to the Medway towns, last visited a year ago when Son No.1 was down at the dockyards on a tour of Kent University. Next stop on the train, Rainham. If you’re looking for an authentic “micro pub… Continue reading CHATHAM CHATTER
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A RAINBOW FOR ROCHDALE
Back to The North, and real hills. And proper place names like Trub and Slattocks and Tandle Hill. What an exciting slice of the Ordnance Survey map this chunk of Rochdale is. Home to famous pubs up potholed lanes, esteemed beer bloggers, golf clubs, canals, the tiny A627(M), and a garden centre with a contender… Continue reading A RAINBOW FOR ROCHDALE
KIDDY KOMPLETE
Lots of people are boring on about the best pubs in real ale honeypots like Stockport, Berlin, Nottingham and, of course, Newbury. Not much yet from the smaller pub towns which often provide the best pub crawls. Places like Nuneaton, March or Kidderminster, whose Beer Guide collection I finished off last week. On the day Robert… Continue reading KIDDY KOMPLETE
STALYHEAVEN (NOT LAS VEGAS)
WARNING : CONTAINS PUB WINDOW PORN Five points for the obscure ’90s album reference. Back to Brum shortly (yesterday’s photos still uploading), but first here’s more Northern Sky for you. Sunset in Stalybridge is a wonderful thing. The annual trip to Staly for a new Beer Guide pub is a GBG highlight. Decaying nightclubs and… Continue reading STALYHEAVEN (NOT LAS VEGAS)
A COLNE COLOSSUS
I can lump Barrowford in with Barnoldswick, but Colne stands alone. The last stop at the end of the M65, a million miles from posh Skipton but a world way from “difficult-to-love” Nelson, whose only Beer Guide pub in recent memory was a (very good) Hungry Horse. Colne, like Darwen, is an undiscovered gem.… Continue reading A COLNE COLOSSUS
