There has to be a Top 100 pub in Worcester really. A year ago it would probably have been the Paul Pry, never the most predictable pub and apparently closed again. My visit on General election night was a year’s highlight, this pint of Hobsons a classic. On Monday night I met a couple of… Continue reading BORN PIPPY -A MONDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER
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WORCESTER’S WINNING POST
In contrast with Surrey, the annual tranche of new Beer Guide pubs in Worcestershire are always a really mixed bunnch, with more boozers than gastropubs. That’s true of the county town as a whole, whose centre has a surprisingly high number of drinkers pubs, the Plough and Dragon standing out. I’d been hoping to coincide… Continue reading WORCESTER’S WINNING POST
BBB AND BASIC PUBS IN BUCKS
I’ve been driving Mrs RM round a few new pubs in the Northants/Bucks borders, so not much beer scoring, but some unexpectedly basic pubs around Brackley and Buckingham. I can’t say Twyford is the most exciting village I’ve ever been to, but then it is in a Milton Keynes postcode. Just looking at my Navigator… Continue reading BBB AND BASIC PUBS IN BUCKS
NORTHAMPTON – BASIC PUBS, NOT A LOAD OF COBBLERS
I finished Northamptonshire’s Beer Guide entries on Saturday (technically Mrs RM did but I took the photos). It’s not that big an achievement for me, though Simon will find the logistics a bit tougher than Bedfordshire when he gets onto “N” in 2023. There are a number of remote pubs to the west, south of… Continue reading NORTHAMPTON – BASIC PUBS, NOT A LOAD OF COBBLERS
THE BEERY MISEDUCATION OF LAWRENCE HILL*
A last post from the South West for a month or so. After this week I’ve nearly finished the many Bristol Guide pubs, so time to concentrate on Cheltenham next. On our way back from Falmouth, we stopped at Weston-Super-Mare, where I gave my Mum and Dad a brief tutorial on the works of Banksy. … Continue reading THE BEERY MISEDUCATION OF LAWRENCE HILL*
THE SHELFORD GROUP
I’ve had some less than glowing things to say about South Cambridgeshire recently, but I’m going to give it every chance this year. Shelford, Great and Little, is the first rail stop out of Cambridge, and therefore one of the main commuter villages in both directions. It’s also on the doorsteps of the Addenbrookes Hospital/Biomedical… Continue reading THE SHELFORD GROUP
A CLASSIC IN SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE
Warning: Nottingham Forest fans may be offended by content Leicester was much as I expected yesterday, and I didn’t think I’d find much surprising in my last Leicestershire pub for the season. I think I may have found a classic rural local in the Plough at Bruntingthorpe, in Harborough District. The large triangular stretch of nothingness between… Continue reading A CLASSIC IN SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE
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