December 2025. Hastings. You’ll know that I fund my hedonist lifestyle by not buying clothes, but by Monday I realised I was going to have to replace my dark fleece, inexplicably left on the 17:35 from Uttoxeter after 4 pints of Bass. 20 minutes by rail brings you to Hastings, which has shops and pubs.… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 1 – THE JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
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bod AGAIN
March 2024. Newport (Shropshire). The rain abated, we made a dash for tea and a tick; Disappointingly, Newport (Salop) only has one “tourist attraction” and it doesn’t open till Friday. So no chance of a cheeky watch battery, porcelain duck or artisan cheese. Last time here, and it was 7 years ago, I described Newport… Continue reading bod AGAIN
DURHAM HAS FALLEN
January 2024. Seaton Carew. Hartlepool. I do like a town with a postcard painted on the wall, but it’s rather impractical to stick in the post box. Mrs RM and I had dumped our bags in the Durham Hotel (more on that later), and with some alarm realised it was only a quarter to four,… Continue reading DURHAM HAS FALLEN
I’D RATHER MACC…
December 2023. Macclesfield. The Beer and Pubs Forum arranged a Big Day Out in Macclesfield, in part to allow Stafford Paul to attempt a world record of Old Tom pints in a day or something. I’d have liked to go, but Mum had something that required my presence on that Tuesday. And then, magically, I… Continue reading I’D RATHER MACC…
A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
November 2023. Norwich. Stop No. E on the Great Norwich GBG Mop Up came a mere 5 minutes after Stop D . I really should have slowed down, but only Mrs RM could have made me do done that, and she was in Tunbridge Wells. And she couldn’t have caught me anyway as I sped… Continue reading A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
PLUM PORTER IN MATLOCK
October 2023. Matlock. I’m ticking the new GBG in singles, except I’m not “ticking” it as there’s no way I’ll manage a second Guide completion under current parental circumstances. But the GBG is full of gems, including a Plum Porter in Matlock, just over the hour on the train from Sheff. I was surprised the… Continue reading PLUM PORTER IN MATLOCK
THE CLOSED SHOP RE-OPENS IN THE BEST PLACE INT WORLD
September 2023. Sheffield. It’s great to have a Good Beer Guide, but there’s plenty of life outside the good book. Mrs RM particularly liked the Closed Shop in student-land, as much for the quality pub food as the average Stancil beers. See if you can spot its little problem when it was a Stancil pub.… Continue reading THE CLOSED SHOP RE-OPENS IN THE BEST PLACE INT WORLD
THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
July 2023. Alsager. Part 3 of 4 of our Big Night Out in Alsager, as we walk the six steps from the Joule to the Titanic. I’ve never heard anyone talk about Alsager as a pub town, but in the space of a minute you can go from Bass to Joules to Plum Porter, which… Continue reading THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLUM PORTER GLASS ARE REVEALED TO MRS RM IN ALSAGER
PLUM PORTER AND KATSU CHICKEN IN SPOONS
July 2023. Hillsborough. Sheffield. Not sure what you’ve done to deserve a blog post on my lunch in Spoons; surely an Instagram post like Mrs RM does would be sufficient. Perhaps. But as I staggered out of Beer House I knew that I needed to eat (Axholme Rob doesn’t eat when he’s pubbing, it’s his… Continue reading PLUM PORTER AND KATSU CHICKEN IN SPOONS
DOES ANYTHING BEAT A PLUM PORTER AND THE BUGGLES IN THE BLACK HORSE ?
11th February 2023. Apart from being good company, Preston’s Matthew Lawrenson has the rare quality of being able to walk at my pace. So we arrived in the heart of Preston before the North End fans returned from their hammering at Burnley, before the pubs got too lively. Last time here with Matthew I’d forgot… Continue reading DOES ANYTHING BEAT A PLUM PORTER AND THE BUGGLES IN THE BLACK HORSE ?
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