SHOE (AND BEER) SHOPPING IN DARLINGTON

19th February 2023. I’ve been neglecting my ticking duties since completing the Guide, but I’d managed a trio of GBG entries by 2pm on Sunday, which isn’t bad going, and we’ll gloss over the fact that I’d delegated the actual drinking duties to Mrs RM. She’d delegated shoe-buying duties to herself, too, and Darlington, made… Continue reading SHOE (AND BEER) SHOPPING IN DARLINGTON

A NEW BEER GUIDE PUB IN BISHOPTHORPE ? ANOTHER ONE !

A start to North Yorkshire, one of the last of the GBG counties I completed a first time (if you see what I mean) in 2018. Since then it’s plodded on with its usual dozen new entries, all in irritating places like Bishopthorpe, just south or York. BRAPA HQ is marked on the map below… Continue reading A NEW BEER GUIDE PUB IN BISHOPTHORPE ? ANOTHER ONE !

J. STANFORTH PORK PIES, SKIPTON

When I ask Twitter for pub suggestions, as I did for Skipton, they tend to come in 3 forms, all equally valid; 1.Visit ALL the pubs. They’re all great. 2. The Good Beer Guide pubs are the best, that’s why we chose them. 3. Here’s some new micropubs we discovered yesterday. They won’t be open,… Continue reading J. STANFORTH PORK PIES, SKIPTON