Apologies for the lateness of your daily “Half A Dozen Pubs…”. The WiFi in Preston Premier Inn failed to upload my lovely photos (including the one I nicked off Duncan). You could almost have six pubs in the same Norwich postcode here, but that would be so dull. Bu picking five pubs to give a… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 31 – NORFOLK
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THE ACLE STRAIGHTS
January 2024. Acle. I spent a night in an Acle Travelodge. I really did. £29, and Alfie, Baa Baa and Charlie get a decent night’s sleep, while I get a new GBG tick and a chance to explore the main settlement (pop. 2,732) between Norwich and Great Yarmouth, on the road to the Broads. Nice… Continue reading THE ACLE STRAIGHTS
DUAL DISAPPOINTMENT AT CARLETON RODE SOCIAL CLUB
January 2024. Carleton Rode. Attleborough. It’s a small world. Two days after visiting the Carleton Rode (pop. 785) Social Club, a remote Norfolk tick, I actually met someone from Attleborough. On his birthday (it wasn’t 22/12). He didn’t believe I’d been to Carleton Rode, which sounds like a member of Graham Taylor’s 1993 World Cup… Continue reading DUAL DISAPPOINTMENT AT CARLETON RODE SOCIAL CLUB
STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
**** it it’s (a) fine (city) November 2023. Norwich. 16:25. The train leaves Norwich in less than half an hour, best head back, eh ? Quite a bit of street art for you in the underpass leading to St Stephens Street. That one is for our own DAVE, who probably gets the cultural reference in… Continue reading STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
November 2023. Norwich. I’ve been on the move this week, alternating between Waterbeach, Sheffield, Manchester, Waterbeach, Pembury (Kent) and Rye in rapid succession, so the reports from Norwich are a bit “disjointed”. Bit like me as I headed back towards the station last Sunday with an hour to go. Time for one revisit, I reckoned;… Continue reading JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
November 2023. Norwich. Stop No. E on the Great Norwich GBG Mop Up came a mere 5 minutes after Stop D . I really should have slowed down, but only Mrs RM could have made me do done that, and she was in Tunbridge Wells. And she couldn’t have caught me anyway as I sped… Continue reading A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
WEST HAM ARE ON THE TELLY AGAIN
November 2023. Norwich. A Sunday afternoon in Norwich ticking pubs is one of the joys of life. Add in a crisp Autumn (or is it Winter ? Never know) day and a route through pleasant suburbia and it’s hard to beat. Perhaps a Sunday afternoon in Maidenhead is the way to go next. A mere… Continue reading WEST HAM ARE ON THE TELLY AGAIN
NORWICH’S GARDEN HOUSE – IS THIS REALLY A CRAFT UNION PUB ?
November 2023. Norwich. Less than 2.5 hours to tick four pubs, get lost, find a tasty tea and rush for the train back to Ely. Right, let’s walk. Norwich is a Fine City, and a Great Walking Town (just stay clear of the unexpected red light district just west of the station across the river… Continue reading NORWICH’S GARDEN HOUSE – IS THIS REALLY A CRAFT UNION PUB ?
TICKING SIR TOBY AT NORWICH MARKET
November 2023. Norwich. Ornate, and Art Nouveau, the arcade leading you to your first Norwich tick in GBG24. Yes, straight through to Norwich‘s colourful market, best seen from space (top). For such a revered real ale city, the actual centre of Norwich doesn’t have as many great pubs as just outside the ring road. I… Continue reading TICKING SIR TOBY AT NORWICH MARKET
TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, CROMER
July 2023. Cromer. What ! ANOTHER Top 100 pub ! I cannot tell a lie. 2023 has been a golden year for pubs (and beer), but no-one expected a Norfolk pub in the Top 100, especially one not in overrated Norwich. Having completed the county ticks I thought I’d better see what the fuss about… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE RED LION, CROMER
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