27th January. Soon be February. That’s Spring, isn’t it ? Spring brings Easter, Easter brings Summer, Summer may bring a review that leads to a tentative plan for pubs to return in an entirely unattractive manner. How am I passing the time ? Hoovering, washing, reading great literature. Well, only if you count BRAPA in… Continue reading THE ALNWICK MYSTERIES
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WEDNESBURY – GREAT SCRATCHINGS
I completed the current year’s Beer Guide entries in Wednesbury, possibly the least-well known of the Black Country towns, though with the same beautiful accent to the fore. This is the evidence of completion. Note that Simon Everitt uses yellow Stabilo Boss markers, which is just as well as I bought up the global stock of… Continue reading WEDNESBURY – GREAT SCRATCHINGS
LAST 5 STANDING – THE QUEEN’S HEAD AT NEWTON
Back in the hazy summer days of late October I wrote about the last five pubs ever present in the Good Beer Guide – and a return visit to the Buckingham Arms, which is certainly doing a good job of being an exemplar tourist pub. Another of the five, the Queen’s Head in Newton, is… Continue reading LAST 5 STANDING – THE QUEEN’S HEAD AT NEWTON
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