October 2026. Nassington. Northamptonshire. Last year, Yarwell; this time Nassington gets the Beer Guide glory in that cluster of gorgeous villages west of the A1 at Peterborough. A few miles east you’ve got dull Fenland and that pub in Holme that thinks it’s the lowest point in the UK, but this little pocket of Northants… Continue reading THE QUEEN’S HEAD, NASSINGTON. PROPER CRUST PIES JUST OFF THE A1
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“Another pie, then ?”
January 2024. Preston. Sorry for a two part post about one pub, my first such extravagance since a similarly photogenic wonder in Plymouth. Mrs RM had spotted the bargain pies, and if anything is guaranteed to fuel appetite for pork in pastry in Old Tom and Plum Porter. A marvellous combination, in a pub with… Continue reading “Another pie, then ?”
HOT PIES IN HORWICH
Yes, I know I haven’t told you about Lancaster yet. But you can only really follow Chorley Cakes with Horwich pies. Lots of lovely contours for this one (Note to Cambridge readers ; they indicate hills). Horwich was heaving on Saturday, full of road racers, leisure cyclists, horse riders, and families walking from car to… Continue reading HOT PIES IN HORWICH
THE NEW WIGAN, THANKFULLY JUST LIKE THE OLD WIGAN
I wasn’t the only City fan secretly happy when Wigan nicked the FA Cup in 2013; it’s hard to dislike a town that gave us Stuart Maconie, Limahl and pie on a barm. As I’ve wrote before, it’s a beautiful town with proper shops, unlike one close to home I could name. It’s also fast… Continue reading THE NEW WIGAN, THANKFULLY JUST LIKE THE OLD WIGAN
