Odd one this. I’d arranged to meet John, the Wonder of Wittering, in Littlehampton for a seaside crawl. But our pub was unexpectedly shut (and wasn’t a micro). Even worse, I hadn’t had time to park up in my usual secret spot in Pompey and make the train across, so I was going to… Continue reading THE DREGS OF WORTHING
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HIGH HOPES, HIGH TABLES IN NEW MILLS
A motley collection of photos from New Mills, home to the second of our trio of modern micros. Charles and I pressed on without the good company of Paul, though with a photo of his legendary map for company. The walk along the Peak Forest Canal is surprisingly flat, but compensates with views quite scary… Continue reading HIGH HOPES, HIGH TABLES IN NEW MILLS
A MICRO ROLE MODEL IN OLDBURY
Back to pubbing on the Friday, as two days were enough to “clear the West Midlands“. After the Bennets and the Bow Bars, my first newbie doesn’t look all that, does it ? The Old Dispensary looks better in the photo on WhatPub, which otherwise seems a bit keen to tell me just how many… Continue reading A MICRO ROLE MODEL IN OLDBURY
A GOLDEN FINISH IN FISHPONDS
And so to my final GBG pub in Gloucestershire. 103 Guide entries, 11 newbies this year, so actually not a lot of churn when you consider that tally includes Bristol, where you expect at least 11 new craft/tap/micros annually. I’d timed my trip to Snuffy Jacks to coincide with a rare Sharon Van Etten… Continue reading A GOLDEN FINISH IN FISHPONDS
PATRINGTON LICKED
Yes, get yourself down/up to Patrington and enjoy Licks tonight. As it were. Less than an hour on the bus from sophisticated Hull, but feeling a bit like the end of the world. If you’ve been to Littleport or Chatteris you’ll know that feeling. I called the amiable Amy up before I travelled to check… Continue reading PATRINGTON LICKED
A NORTON PIONEER
Next up an exciting yomp from Stockton up to Norton, which is definitely NOT a suburb of your new favourite Durham town. However much it looks like one on the Navigator. Sheer suburbia between the two towns, though I do fancy the building below as a future micropub accessible only by scaling the fence. It… Continue reading A NORTON PIONEER
CHATHAM CHATTER
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
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)
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