January 2024. Stockton-on-Tees. A pint of banked Bass in the Sun, then straight back on the train to Seaton for a Parmo Platter and an early night. That would have been the sensible thing. But I’m afraid I bullied Mrs RM into a second Stockton revisit, though to be fair it would have been a… Continue reading AFTER THE SUN, THE GOLDEN SMOG
Tag: North Riding
SHAZAMMED IN SCARBOROUGH
September 2023. Scarborough. 2:45 hours to reach Scarborough from another Yorkshire city seems a long time, but you get to see the glories of Goole and Brough and Driffield so not all bad. First time I’ve arrived in Scarbs by train in years, it’s a bit of a tip at the moment, but redeemed by… Continue reading SHAZAMMED IN SCARBOROUGH
SCARBOROUGH FAYRE
Moving seamlessly from Waterbeach to Seamer Road and the Yorkshire Riviera. 3 trips to Scarborough over recent years, enough to place it firmly in my Top 17 UK towns, even without a Chinese takeaway recommendation. I doubt accommodation will be a problem, apart from the week Boycott comes to open the batting for Yorkshire with… Continue reading SCARBOROUGH FAYRE
RUNNING UP THAT HILL – A LINCOLN LOLLOP
More Autumn loveliness before the floods. You know where Lincoln is, I’m sure. In fact it’s locally known as “28.6 miles from Scunthorpe“. Better to show you the close-up. It all happens north of the station. Still one of the iconic views up Broadgate. Not much street art on view, though there is a fading… Continue reading RUNNING UP THAT HILL – A LINCOLN LOLLOP
HIP HOP HEBDEN
After a few posts basking in the reflected glory of toping with BRAPA, I feel a bit guilty about bringing you a few more where nothing happens except for me asking for a drink, it being poured and me drinking it. Sorry. But at least you get some nice pictures of Hebden Bridge, a… Continue reading HIP HOP HEBDEN
MICRO PUBS & SWINGING LEGS IN BURTON UPON TRENT
From the birthplace of Bass to its spiritual home. Shamefully, this was our first trip to Burton since I started this blog in 2015, and it’s been prompted by a rather seismic, some would say heretical, event. The new Beer Guide has lost the Coopers* (of which more later) and the Elms, and gained… Continue reading MICRO PUBS & SWINGING LEGS IN BURTON UPON TRENT
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