11th February 2023. Not quite The Longest Day, but 11/2/23 (2/11/23 for US readers) did include 9 pubs and 7 separate public transport journeys, and I’m still pulling bus tickets out of my jeans a week later. The train from Chorley would have taken me rapidly back to Preston station, but I really wanted to… Continue reading A SLICE OF LANCASHIRE LIFE IN LOSTOCK HALL
Tag: Preston
PIZZA IN PRESTON
No idea what that Squid Games art decorating the wall of the Northern Way in Preston is about, but it’s rather impressive. But I decided that with 40 minutes in town before the train home I was better off in a Proper Proud Preston Pub, and what more proper than a Spoons ? The Greyfriar… Continue reading PIZZA IN PRESTON
ON THE BUSES – GREATER PRESTON SPECIAL
Jane’s post last month laid down a marker with a corned beef bagel; I have no answer to that. She also set out some simple instructions to get the best deal on the buses (probably) which I completely ignored because I’d already done four pubs. When I asked about a ticket that would allow me… Continue reading ON THE BUSES – GREATER PRESTON SPECIAL
PRIDE OF PRESTON
Six ticks on a Saturday, and a sensational set of steps; My professional work was done; But having paid a high marginal cost for the rail ticket I felt compelled to squeeze maximum value out of it, just like BRAPA would. A pre-emptive in Preston ? There’s always something new in Preston. Hopwoods Tap House… Continue reading PRIDE OF PRESTON
PRESTON PLAYS POP
I’d have stayed the night in Preston (aka Blackpool East), so I could bring you pics of Mick’s Mixed Grill and an unwise hunt for east Lancs pre-emptives, but the prices were outside my budget; so I caught the train home after doing the essentials. Mini pizza in the Greyfriar, and a walk through the… Continue reading PRESTON PLAYS POP
PLAU-ING A LONE FURROW IN PRESTON
Looking back at these photos from the Kendal trip, something struck me hard. Why do they peter out in Preston. Also, why did I stop in Preston when one of the two new GBG ticks (the Ferret) was closed till Wednesday ? And then I suddenly remembered the Tinderbox IPA I’d had in the Fell… Continue reading PLAU-ING A LONE FURROW IN PRESTON
TWO PRESTON CLASSICS AND A MICK’S CHICKEN TIKKA
Once you start you can’t stop. After the Orchard I should have gone straight to Mick’s Hut for the curry and called Mrs RM to report on Matt’s Move. But you can’t walk past an open door, can you ? Particularly this one; The Black Horse has perhaps the most recognisable bar front on Pub… Continue reading TWO PRESTON CLASSICS AND A MICK’S CHICKEN TIKKA
A PRESTON PRE-EMPTIVE
A bit of a confessional tonight (don’t worry, not in a Patrice Evra way). After finishing Lancashire near Clitheroe I toyed with the idea of stopping for the night at the Red Pump. But it was a) £65 a night, b) about to close its bar at 8pm. And the Premier Inn at Preston central… Continue reading A PRESTON PRE-EMPTIVE
PLUGGING PRESTON
28th December 2019 Some of our friends take exotic holidays over Christmas to places like Florida, Tenerife and Tunbridge Wells. Mrs RM wanted to go to Preston. Not, it transpires, to see whether the John Smiths in the Market Tap is as good as I said, but to look at actual houses in actual streets… Continue reading PLUGGING PRESTON
SEEING THE PRESTON
Odd tidy-up post, this, combining Preston, Penwortham and the Queen of Sydney. Quite a good day out from Eccles, five new GBG pubs including two I failed to pre-empt on the legendary Preston trip back in the heady days of August. I was a bit surprised to see Orchard enter the GBG mere days later,… Continue reading SEEING THE PRESTON
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