May 2023. Thee only way to finish the eastern part of the GBG is Essex. BRAPA’s adventures in getting from King’s Cross to Thurrock on a rail replacement bus and back in time for an unwise ESB at the Parcel Yard would make classic reality TV. Excitingly, one of my new Essex ticks is in… Continue reading REHABILITATING GRAYS
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FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH MILD, AND ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
15th April 2023. Yes, a fortnight behind with the blog. And it’ll only get worse as I report back blow-by-blow on the CAMRA AGM in Sheffield last week, paper clip debates and all. Two weeks ago I was dreading a trip to Manchester a day after the Big Brum Booze-up, but I felt fine after… Continue reading FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH MILD, AND ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
NO ! , NOT THE JOLLY ANGLER
I drove straight home from Constantine with Sis last night, managing the trip from Cornwall to home in six hours. Isn’t it supposed to take six days ? It’ll take six days to write up the 25 pubs though. I peeped at the BBC Sport website to see if City had matched Bayern in the… Continue reading NO ! , NOT THE JOLLY ANGLER
“I can’t understand why Stranraer lie so lowly”
And finally, we arrive at the highlight of my short Southern Scottish saunter. NO-ONE had given me a good word about Stranraer, so you’ll know how Maidenhead feels now after Mrs RM and I dissed it. But, like Peterlee and Peterhead and Peterborough (there’s a theme here) that negativity only made me want to visit… Continue reading “I can’t understand why Stranraer lie so lowly”
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF WIX
Dick and Dave will be safely Back in the USA (was that a song ?) now, but will have to wait a little while longer for my post while I run it past Trump Towers. Instead I want to praise an unassuming little Essex pub five miles from Harwich Ferry, in the Beer Guide for… Continue reading STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF WIX
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