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
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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
GOTHIC HASTINGS
Back in Hastings, I had two (2) more micropubs to look forward to. Two (2) more chances of opening time hell I took the scenic route to the Jolly Fisherman, dropping by the 1200 Postcards for signs of life, but a 5pm start it was. Google Maps said it would take 17 minutes if I… Continue reading GOTHIC HASTINGS
FULWELL (NEARING THE) END
Suddenly I was within two (2) ticks of completing Tyne & Wear GBG, and all that was needed was an hour on the metro to north Sunderland and then another hour slog in the biting cold along the coast. See, it’s easy. The hardest part was finding a loo at Monument before I jumped on… Continue reading FULWELL (NEARING THE) END
LIFE’S A LARK IN HIGHAMS PARK
Higham’s Park ? Where’s that ? I had no idea. Well, obviously I knew it was somewhere in East London near the North Circular, I’m not THAT daft, but the issue was more WHAT is Highams Park ? See, Chingford rarely draws Beer Guide tickers here. Walthamstow has had a good run of hipster bars… Continue reading LIFE’S A LARK IN HIGHAMS PARK
CHIPPING AWAY IN CHIPPENHAM
Back to the Wiltshire Wandering now, and a long night in Swindon was extended with an 11 minute rail trip to Chippenham to add some continental exotica to the evening. It’s at least 7 years since my last visit to Chipz (as the kidz call it), though I DID drop Mrs RM here on a… Continue reading CHIPPING AWAY IN CHIPPENHAM
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
A TALE OF TWO MICROS – (i) ROCHESTER
Yes, I’m in Kent aka Microland for a weekend, hoping the GBG entries will honour their Facebook opening times but knowing (spoiler) that they won’t. I always enjoy the Medway towns, the land of Dickens and the lesser known Digger, 2 of the greatest Britons. Sadly Dickens World was rubbish and was closed with a… Continue reading A TALE OF TWO MICROS – (i) ROCHESTER
SEARCHING OUT COMMUNISTS IN CHOPWELL
I’m working far too hard, curating this blog. You can find Chopwell yourselves on the map, somewhere between Consett and Chester-le-Street. An intriguing area of coal mines, Cava and clubs. Where the bus drops you off in Blackhall Mill, note the leg to the sign stolen by a vandal from Vindolanda. Sadly the Social Club… Continue reading SEARCHING OUT COMMUNISTS IN CHOPWELL
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