On Wednesday morning I got a text message from youngest son Matt. “Soz Dad, short notice. Can I go 2 We Came As Romans gig tonite plz.” “OK. Where ? “Nottingham. London date sold out” “OK” “Radddd” You can guess where he gets it from. So at 6.30pm we were back here, having made… Continue reading RUSHING KIDS, ROYAL CHILDREN
Tag: Nottingham
A BIT OF A BLUR (JUST GIVE ME COFFEE & TV)
Even a Blur style robot for this one, a final post from the great city of Nottingham. OK, I may be getting my Blur mixed up with the miserablists from Oxford now. Being unable to locate the Olde Trip, we popped in to the Crafty Crow, a personal favourite, on the way to catch… Continue reading A BIT OF A BLUR (JUST GIVE ME COFFEE & TV)
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Don’t worry, I’m thinking of the Bee Gees classic* rather than the Metallica cover version. Our American readers will no doubt have been wondering when I’d make my first reference to the Royal Wedding with which our Great Nation will soon be blessed. Harry and Meghan were in Nottingham this week, drawn no doubt… Continue reading FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
THE BIG SUNDAY BEER SELL-OFF
Not exactly a shock that the other Nottingham Guide newbie was another micro; the only surprise there’s not dozens of them in the suburbs yet. A Room with a Brew is relatively central, 5 minutes walk up Derby Street from the staggeringly expensive “4500 miles from Delhi” curry house and the grotesque (not the same… Continue reading THE BIG SUNDAY BEER SELL-OFF
INTO THE MEADOWS
A few posts for Alan Winfield. Another Sunday night in Newark, and an Off-Peak train to That Nottingham to tick the final two new GBG entries in that fair city. No problems finding quality cask here, though on my last visit I did note that a burger bar was the only Guide entry in… Continue reading INTO THE MEADOWS
THE ABDICATION – PROPER PUB, PROPER ROLLS
I like to finish a county’s Beer Guide entries with a good pub, and Nottingham’s Abdication is a cracker. It’s in Daybrook/Arnold/Nottingham North, depending on your level of geographical pedantry. I’d never heard of Daybrook. Two important buildings are nearby. One is a Premier Inn, that essential for a beer break. The other is the one… Continue reading THE ABDICATION – PROPER PUB, PROPER ROLLS
CARLTON – EDGY IN NOTTS
Having just seen an affectionate BBC programme on Ordnance Survey (theme – only weird men buy OS Maps), I was tempted to give you an extract from Explorer 260. But all that would show you is how built up east Nottingham is, with points of interest having to be hunted down on foot. The faithful navigator… Continue reading CARLTON – EDGY IN NOTTS
NOTTINGHAM IN THE DRY
Any trip out with Mrs RM has some frisson of excitement and potential for disaster. And so it was in Greater Nottingham last Monday, where we searched for the soul of “Rough Notts” that Alan Winfield warns me about all the time. But first a pub-less visit to the centre to track down a piece… Continue reading NOTTINGHAM IN THE DRY
RITES OF PASSAGE IN NOTTINGHAM
My 15 year old son has acquired a taste for death metal. Nothing wrong with that; I was into The Fall and Joy Division at his age. On Tuesday we took Matt and his mate to Nottingham to see Architects, a metalcore (?) band actually younger than me. Pleasingly, also an opportunity to tick off the last… Continue reading RITES OF PASSAGE IN NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAM – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN*
One other thing about Nottingham yesterday. There’s pretty much no GBG pubs in the centre, defining that as within the frenetic ring-roads of Maid Marian Way, Mansfield Road and Canal Road. Nottingham has great pubs, but they seem to be clustered on the outskirts of the centre now, particularly in Canning Circus to the west… Continue reading NOTTINGHAM – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN*
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