August 2023. Piercebridge. Never mind the George‘s status as one of our great coaching inns, or the clock, or the bedrooms (fine, a bargain at the price). You’ll be wanting to know about the bar. Well, when it re-opened last year the handpumps were gone. So with my CAMRA Gold Card hat on it was… Continue reading PARMOS IN PIERCEBRIDGE
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THE CLOCK THAT STOPP’D, SHORT, NEVER TO GO AGAIN
August 2023. Piercebridge. You remember the George in Piercebridge, the star of Mr Protz’s wonderful guide to the Great North Road. I hate to disillusion aspiring bloggers like Mrs RM, but it’s not a passport to an early retirement spent eating Pipers. Far better to crowdfund a craft brewery, go bankrupt and sell it to… Continue reading THE CLOCK THAT STOPP’D, SHORT, NEVER TO GO AGAIN
MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK
Some artists are best known for their worst work. McCartney made his fortune singing about frogs, Bowie is best known for a gnome, and BRAPA‘s fortune rests on a single act of public urination at a Nottinghamshire station. Despite classic blogs from Spurn Head, Kilmarnock and Gozo, my blogging highlight appears to be this faulty… Continue reading MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK
MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK IN KOREAN.
A few exciting reports from my mega-ticking excursion to Scotland last week, starting with Piercebridge, which you may remember from last year, or from Roger Protz’s excellent book on the A1 pubs. Piercebridge popped back in my mind as we drove up the (newly re-opened) B6275 towards the Scottish borders on Monday night. Largely because… Continue reading MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK IN KOREAN.
PIERCEBRIDGE ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD
Leaving Derbyshire, I can now bring you back into the 21st Century with reports from my Scottish trip with Charles, the “Meisterdrinker of Dereham“. This was our route (A-C), as straight as you could hope for, except for the exciting diversion at Junction 56 on the A1, as the slip road to the B6275 is being… Continue reading PIERCEBRIDGE ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD
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