December 2025. Waterbeach. First off, more pics from our artisanal family Christmas Day, “hosted” (ugh) by Mrs RM in a largely empty Sunnyside with the use of a few pots and pans brought back from Rye. That’s a bit like “cuckoo” brewing Bass at Donnington, I guess. Spag Bol and ungrated cheese on Charlie the… Continue reading BEER TASTES BETTER IN A PROPER GLASS Pt. 244
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THE TRUE START OF CHRISTMAS
December 2025. Waterbeach. Back at Home (2) after that little Gravesend diversion and 20 minutes between train at Kings Cross that I judged just insufficient for a pint at the King Charles I, I visit Dad in the afternoon (I’ve just missed “Annie” at the care home), hoover Sunnyside and then pop to The Sun.… Continue reading THE TRUE START OF CHRISTMAS
KEG PEDI, PROPER PUB
April 2025. Hinckley. Back, again, through Hinckley’s pedestrianised centre to my final pub before the train home, stopping only to note the dramatic relocation of Mr Tax. Every trip to a UK town gives you a new perspective on the architecture, but to really understand a place you have to visit a tax advisor there,… Continue reading KEG PEDI, PROPER PUB
“No mobile phones, please”. QUIZ NIGHT IN UTTOXETER
February 2024. Uttoxeter. No offence at all to local CAMRA, but if ever a town was ill-represented by its GBG entries it’s Uttoxeter. A population of 14,014, occasionally doubled at race meetings, with 20 entries on What Pub but just a couple of micros in the Guide most years. Nothing wrong with the Horse &… Continue reading “No mobile phones, please”. QUIZ NIGHT IN UTTOXETER
PEDIGREE IN DOVERIDGE
February 2024. Doveridge, Uttoxeter. You left your ticking hero in the dark, on the muddy approach to Doveridge Grave Yard. You may remember Kentish Paul (gently) chiding me for the act of walking public roads from Uttoxeter last year, and although this was a marked path it seemed scarcely less foolhardy, though a man who… Continue reading PEDIGREE IN DOVERIDGE
NO MAN’S LAND
February 2024. Austrey. Warwickshire. “That pub looks familiar !”. Yep, the Bird in Hand at Austrey went straight in to my “Half a dozen pubs in Warwickshire” even before this blog got there, so I’ve now got a job on to find something else out to say about it. The most interesting thing is that… Continue reading NO MAN’S LAND
WAITING FOR THE BASS BARREL TO BE CHANGED IN WILLINGTON
November 2023. Willington. Derby. I like the fact the newbie Guide entries are so unpredictable; just like the Spanish Inquisition no-one (except Life After Football) would have predicted the Dragon in Willington. LAF even suggested a week’s holiday in your first stop south of Derby, but a night in a campervan in the station car… Continue reading WAITING FOR THE BASS BARREL TO BE CHANGED IN WILLINGTON
A HATHERSAGE HOP
October 2023. Hathersage. Peak District. If there’s one thing that characterises the frustration of GBG ticking, it’s realising that the new Guide entry in a town you recently visited is literally the only pub you didn’t visit, despite scouring What Pub for pre-emptives. And more often than not that future GBG tick will have been… Continue reading A HATHERSAGE HOP
THE ORGREAVE CARVERY
August 2023. Waverley, Rotherham. One last little slice of Sheffield before we head into deepest Dorset for a slice of musical bliss under the sun to see in September. Actually, the new development of Waverley, just off J33 of the M1, is technically Rotherham, though I suspect the residents of these “exciting” Sky Houses next… Continue reading THE ORGREAVE CARVERY
WELL, AT LEAST THE CHIPS WERE GOOD
July 2023. Uttoxeter. The Wikipedia entry for Kingstone is the dullest in the UK. But at least they have a “man of the people” as their Member of Parliament; I’m sorry if that photo is more scary than my ring finger. When you’ve walked four (4) miles out to a pub you really, really, want… Continue reading WELL, AT LEAST THE CHIPS WERE GOOD
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