I arrived in Wrexham/Wrecsam to find the locals shuffling down the High Street, still in a state of dejection after Danny Holland’s ill-deserved winner kept them in Non-league for a 43rd successive season. Though still a step higher than Chester. What a goal from @EastleighFC's Danny Hollands last night 😱 pic.twitter.com/rzeLuUwuh0 — Football Carpets (@FootyCarpets)… Continue reading WREXHAM AFTER THE DEJECTION
Tag: North East Wales
NO TRAVAILS IN TREVALYN
The Beer Guide seems determined to promote lovely Wrexham’s pub tourist credentials. Another GBG packed with new entries in the posh Cheshire-lite villages to the north and the grittier hills towards Mold. I had the joy of a walk from the bus stop at Rossett through tiny lanes with giant hedges. A quiet, straggling, bucolic… Continue reading NO TRAVAILS IN TREVALYN
LYCRA ON OFFA’S DYKE
While Mrs RM took photos in the loos in Archie’s I headed across the road to the GBG newbie, Bar 236. Named after the number of passes completed in the Prestatyn Town v Mold Welsh League game on 17/11/2009, it’s another in Prestatyn’s canon of café-bars modelled on Hollyoaks. In the background you can see… Continue reading LYCRA ON OFFA’S DYKE
STEAK NIGHT IN PRESTATYN
I have three Welsh pubs to tell you about before I get back to comparing notes on Northampton with Messrs Mudgie and Coldwell again, and one of those is one of my Top 3 Pubs Ever, Ever. If you can tell me what it is before I get there I’ll send you a bottle of… Continue reading STEAK NIGHT IN PRESTATYN
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