April 2025. Otley. Otley felt a lot smaller than I remembered, a modest market town of 13,668 souls dominated by a bus station and courtyard cobbled shopping centre. But it’s certainly well-pubbed, five in the GBG. I thought Savage Crangle was a great name for a pub, recalling that Rorty Crankle up the road in… Continue reading IN PRAISE OF BREW YORK
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CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
April 2025. Otley. Thank you to reader Pauline, who knows her Yorkshire, for gently pointing out that the Otley pub crawl is actually in Leeds, and all the pubs on it are student bars called Pop ! and Flares and The Duncan. I thought you’d like to see Pauline’s hubby modelling an early GBG back… Continue reading CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
TOP 100 PUBS – THE OLD COCK, OTLEY
April 2025. Otley. The chap at Curious Hop, my actual new GBG tick, had opened up, shut up again, and left that “Back in 5 mins” sign up while I stood at the door. Would it still say “Back in 5 mins” in 5 mins time ? Would he ever come back ? I should… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE OLD COCK, OTLEY
MISSING THE BUS FROM MENSTON TO OTLEY
April 2025. Menston to Otley. OK, the set-up post for the big trip to Otley, and a question “Why Menston ?“. I’d only decided to take the train to Leeds roughly 45 seconds before it departed Sheffield. I think you’re supposed to buy your ticket earlier, but I like to be sure I’m getting a… Continue reading MISSING THE BUS FROM MENSTON TO OTLEY
OTLEY APP-ENINGS
You left me admiring Simon’s certificate of vaccination, which will allow him to jump the queue to get in Surrey’s micropubs, ahead of all those 20-somethings who throng Haslemere Hop Haus and Dorking Draft Dorm on a Saturday night. Surrey can wait, on Monday I was “Taxi for BRAPA“, taking the great man round the… Continue reading OTLEY APP-ENINGS
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