I finished our latest trip to Newcastle “on a crafty tip”. Mrs RM had been doing the cultural thing, shopping for clothes in chain stores, and needed a quick drink after her effort to save the Tyneside economy single-handed. We had 28 minutes before the next train, so I generously picked the closest Beer Guide… Continue reading NEWCASTLE Life – CRAFTWORK, METALCORE
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THAT INADVISABLE 4th PINT
I’m delighted that regular commenter Mark Crilley is receiving recognition for his enthusiasm for proper pubs. Notably in the latest column from Roger Protz (here). Of particular interest is the news that Mark is planning a story whereby an America teenager on holiday in England sets out to sabotage BRAPA pub visits* Mark is… Continue reading THAT INADVISABLE 4th PINT
TRAIN DELAYED AT NEWCASTLE CENTRAL
Before I start, I should sympathise with the folk who didn’t get a drink on Friday night. Some of Mrs RM’s Scottish colleagues have apparently found pubs round Edinbugh Waverley shut entirely, denting shares in Tennents. No such trauma in Newcastle, though the centre looked a little less crowded as folk decided not to rely… Continue reading TRAIN DELAYED AT NEWCASTLE CENTRAL
STRAWBERRY IN THE SNOW
Not only did I make it to Newcastle, I reckon 3 hrs 45 from Cambridge might be a record, so I reckon Si is right about a lot of fuss about nothing over the Beast. Sadly, Mrs RM chose not to join me on the temperamental Metro to the centre, put off by the… Continue reading STRAWBERRY IN THE SNOW
GATESHEAD’S PUB BUSKERS
As you’ll know, all the best bits of Newcastle are actually in Seaton Sluice. But Gateshead has its attractions too, including some of the darkest, scariest roads outside of Harare (but better pub windows). I was too early to make the BALTIC cutting-edge Christmas ceramics workshop, so had to make do with a couple of new… Continue reading GATESHEAD’S PUB BUSKERS
NEWCASTLE COMPLETE
Another new batch of Beer Guide pubs in Newcastle, which only needs to add a fast hovercraft service to Bergen and a Vietnamese café or two to get in the same league as Manchester. Last year was all about a clutch of new Uber-Craft places, including two microbrew places lumped into a confusing new “Quayside”… Continue reading NEWCASTLE COMPLETE
JULIA JACKLIN & PUB CATS IN THE OUSEBURN VALLEY
Among plenty of reasons to visit Newcastle, I count some of our best live music venues, craftiest (?) pubs and proper graffiti art. The Free Trade has two of those qualities, and a legendary free jukebox. Much more importantly, it also has a quite wonderful pub cat, clearly a favourite of the FT’s resident bog artists. I hadn’t been… Continue reading JULIA JACKLIN & PUB CATS IN THE OUSEBURN VALLEY
NEWCASTLE – NOT STANDING STILL
Sadly perhaps, I’ve given the pubs visited (9,000+) over the last 25 years a simple score for beer quality, which isn’t at all the same as pub quality. Tyne & Wear, and Newcastle in particular, has had more top scores from me for quality than any other CAMRA region outside Greater Manchester, which gets nearly three… Continue reading NEWCASTLE – NOT STANDING STILL
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