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
Tag: Pedigree
BASS, BASS, BASS, PEDIGREE…
3rd March 2023. On we go, much to the apparent horror of Stockport’s top pub. Yep. Just as Bass follows Bass, Bass follows Bass and then you arrive at the Bank House Hotel, a recent-ish GBG entry.. I really should have stopped at the butchers for a pork pie, but I had some recollection of… Continue reading BASS, BASS, BASS, PEDIGREE…
FAGGOTS, PEAS & PEDI. AND MOONLIGHT SHADOW.
20th February 2023. Hope you’ve already had your lunch before you saw that pic. Mrs RM just cooked James and I a lovely roast dinner (NRDSS 4), but a pint of Pedigree as good as the one at the Greyhound in Hinckley would have raised it even higher. I did the full cultural tour of… Continue reading FAGGOTS, PEAS & PEDI. AND MOONLIGHT SHADOW.
CHANGING THE BARREL OF PEDIGREE IN LEASINGHAM
February 2023. A second pub in Greater Sleaford followed half an hour after the unexpectedly good Greene King IPA, though Leasingham (pop. 1,584) would assert its independence from its nearby town as stridently as it asserted its right to a community pub in 2018. The Duke of Wellington is the third prominent building in the… Continue reading CHANGING THE BARREL OF PEDIGREE IN LEASINGHAM
THE THREE TUNS – A TON OF FUN
Some of you have expressed your concern for Baa Baa Toure’s welfare after his “close association” with Colin the Cauliflower in the Three Cranes. Rest assured, he’s been thoroughly decontaminated. Press “PLAY” now for the action-packed video (children should seek parental guidance first). The sixth and final York pub of the day was another BRAPA-approved… Continue reading THE THREE TUNS – A TON OF FUN
MARSTON’S GOES POSH IN WOKINGHAM
All your favourite places coming up next; Not sure if I’ve ever written about the delights of “woke” Wokingham, as exemplified by their charismastic MP, and I shan’t start now as the Oakingham Belle sits right on the very edge of town on a new housing estate (while the GBG App mischievously directs you to… Continue reading MARSTON’S GOES POSH IN WOKINGHAM
RECOMMENDING A PUB IN CENTRAL NOTTINGHAM
One tick, a pre-emptive Spoons, an old favourite voted into the Top 100. And six miles walked uphill (both ways) and a feta and spinach pastry (NS&SPSS 4.5). That should have been that, but I had this nagging need to find a recommendable pub in central Nottingham., which has looked a bit bare of GBG… Continue reading RECOMMENDING A PUB IN CENTRAL NOTTINGHAM
ROCHDALE’S WINTRY SUBURBS
Bamford is an affluent suburban area (pop. 9,693) within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, says Wiki. It says nothing else, not even that it now has a GBG entry under its own name ! I almost skipped this diary entry, but I knew the Tand would want to hear about beer quality in his balliwick, and he might enjoy the… Continue reading ROCHDALE’S WINTRY SUBURBS
A BURTON TRINITY
Oh, go on then. Have some quick and nasty hand pump porn. No better place than the A50 corridor for your Bass and Pedi handpumps. This was actually just a fish and chips stop in “Estimable Etwall”, a title the Tourist Office can have for the price of a pint (£3.40). The Spread Eagle isn’t… Continue reading A BURTON TRINITY
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW (NEAR STAFFORD)
A rare night in a chain hotel followed, as we stumped up £40 for one of those Marston places on the A5 at Gailey between Stafford and Wolves. I can feel the jealousy of Paul Mudge as I write. The rooms are good value, better than Premier Inn, but how would the adjoining pub diner… Continue reading SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW (NEAR STAFFORD)
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