ANOTHER MICRO IN ANOTHER ALLEY – STARTLING STOCKTON

18th February 2023. Sorry about the blog free day yesterday, got distracted by this; No idea what it is, but I’m sure it’ll make a great micropub when it’s finished. Talking of micropubs, back to our Stockton Saturday. I was ahead of schedule so tried to track Mrs RM down in micro central, gave up… Continue reading ANOTHER MICRO IN ANOTHER ALLEY – STARTLING STOCKTON

A GUIDED TOUR OF SUBURBAN PRESTON’S MICROPUBS

11th February 2023. This was the day I singlehandedly revitalised the East Lancashire economy with purchases of halves in micros and award winning pork pies. I also bought four (4) separate £2 bus tickets on the trip from Adlington to Fulwood*, which seems an extravagance at the time but my feet were chafing so I… Continue reading A GUIDED TOUR OF SUBURBAN PRESTON’S MICROPUBS

THE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED NEW GBG MICROPUB IN CHORLEY

11th February 2023. One of the many, many great things about this country is the bus services set up especially to speed GBG tickers from micropub to micropub. I know I never said that on the Isle of Wight but that’s because there’s an inbuilt feature on Southern Vectis buses that make you feel sick.… Continue reading THE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED NEW GBG MICROPUB IN CHORLEY

PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF IN PENCOED

A reminder to those of you asking where all the close-ups of Welsh strict Methodist chapels from this trip are; sign up to be a Patronised reader to get that content. The Welsh week wasn’t entirely without fraught moment, the Little Penybont Arms in Pencoed deciding to be unexpectedly shut. After reading through the Facebook… Continue reading PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF IN PENCOED

A TALE OF TWO MICROS – (ii) SITTINGBOURNE

If “A Tale Of Two Cities” is about Rochester and Sittingbourne (SPOILER : It isn’t), then Sittingbourne ISN’T Paris. Few folk in rural Kent have ever looked at a map and thought “Oooh, lets head to Sheerness, stopping for cress sandwiches in Gillingham and a micropub in Sittingbourne“. That’s their loss. It’s long High Street… Continue reading A TALE OF TWO MICROS – (ii) SITTINGBOURNE