November 2023. Morton. Notts. Slow progress through the new Beer Guide this year, but without the pressure of completion it’s like being “Sherpa” Tenzing after climbing Everest*, happy to tick castle mounds in Essex for the rest of his life. I ticked my penultimate Nottinghamshire newbie just downstream of Newark, a brisk walk from Fiskerton.… Continue reading MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE NEAR NEWARK….
Tag: Nottinghamshire
KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD – BLUE MONKEY, WORN-OUT LOLA
October 2023. Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Now all these trips to honeypot villages in Bradford and Grantham are fine and well, but I know it’s Mansfield you really want to read about. GBG24 brings two (2) new entries in and around Kirkby (not Merseyside) home to Larwood, and once home to four railway stations, impressive for a mining… Continue reading KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD – BLUE MONKEY, WORN-OUT LOLA
A JOYFUL SURPRISE AT THE END OF FEN LANE, NOTTS
May 2023. I’ve always had a vague ambition to travel every road in the UK and pink it in on my Philip Navigator atlas. Sound familiar ? One road that had always escaped me was Fen Lane, just off the A1 in the triangle farming wilderness between the Vale of Beauvoir, Grantham and Newark; Sadly,… Continue reading A JOYFUL SURPRISE AT THE END OF FEN LANE, NOTTS
THE DRINKING TABLE, NEWARK
April 2023. Trekking up and down the A1 between Sheffield and Waterbeach we’re on the lookout for new and fascinating places to break the journey. Just south of naughty Newark (famous for a seminal event in pub blogger history, forget what), you’ll find a brand new service station with Pret, Greggs and Burger King/ And… Continue reading THE DRINKING TABLE, NEWARK
WILLIAM (EVERARD), IT WAS REALLY NOTHING (TO REPLACE THAT DUFF PINT OF TIGER)
I start your new week with big (BIG) news, care of our Mark; Yes, Waitrose have officially recognised the Pub Ticker as a key part of their demographic and are offering 20% off a pack of markers to lure us into their stores to buy quail eggs or whatever they sell. Mrs RM has asked… Continue reading WILLIAM (EVERARD), IT WAS REALLY NOTHING (TO REPLACE THAT DUFF PINT OF TIGER)
“The Doom Bar has replaced the Bass”
Blimey ! More pictures of beer as my blog header, what’s going wrong. Back to Rushcliffe (aka Kenneth Clarke country) for a second tick. I’m really speeding up now. East Leake is neighbours with Gotham, Zouch, Bunny, Sutton “Chris” Bonnington and the ultra-mysterious West Leake. Sadly, it was raining intermittently, despite my presence, and the… Continue reading “The Doom Bar has replaced the Bass”
BASS IS BACK ! (v.4)
The weeks have started to develop a pattern. Pop down to Waterbeach once a week, stopping at the East Markham McDonalds (I’m sponsoring No.107 next season), take Dad to 3 new garden centres with weird pot plants (he ticks the centres in ochre. Possibly), then stop somewhere interesting in the campervan on the way home… Continue reading BASS IS BACK ! (v.4)
ROOTS MANOEUVRE
“Taskmaster burst the bionic zit-splitter Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter We lean all day and some say that ain’t productive That depend upon the demons that you’re stuck with” Roots Manuva – Witness Clearly Rodney aka Roots has been on a pub crawl with Stafford’s Paul and knows that ten pints of… Continue reading ROOTS MANOEUVRE
JAIPUR @ OSCAR’S
A year into our campervan adventures, and we’ve stayed at Newark four nights already. This is partly because the nice people at Brownhills Motorhomes let us stay there free and give us vouchers for free pies and Chuckle Brothers tribute acts, but also because Newark is pretty special. We visited again last week while clever… Continue reading JAIPUR @ OSCAR’S
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
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