4th February 2023. A first campervan outing of the year, and I remembered to take the 4 pint growler that previously held some cloud grapefruit DIPA acquired during lockdown. Oddly, and worryingly, that liquid looks indistinguishable from the contents on Sunday morning. We’d headed about an hour south on Saturday for that final Derbyshire tick,… Continue reading HELD UP ON THE WAY TO THE PARWICH LEGION
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A BRIEF HOLT IN BOOTHSTOWN
Onto Boothstown. A rare visit beyond posh Worsley, but the Royal Oak looked familiar. Ah yes, it was my anonymised pub 2 years ago, serving one of the best pints of Holt I’ve had outside the Hare & Hounds. Don’t see much Holt in the GBG these days, do you ? You do see a… Continue reading A BRIEF HOLT IN BOOTHSTOWN
JARL AND A MINI PLOUGHMANS IN RAMSBOTTOM RBL
6th February 2020 Onto my latest trip now, a rather disastrous attempt to get my hair cut. My base for the next two days was Heaton Chapel, which some of you may have heard of. It’s in Greater Manchester/Stockport/Cheshire Lancashire. I paid the princely sum of £54.40 for a two night stay in Trivelles on… Continue reading JARL AND A MINI PLOUGHMANS IN RAMSBOTTOM RBL
CORFE CASTLE’S ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
In a week when the purpose of CAMRA is under discussion (again), I should say that the quality of beer in a succession of Beer Guide pubs has been fantastic recently. Yes, even in (South-East) London. If all CAMRA does is provide a structure for pubs to be assessed for beer quality and recommended in an annual… Continue reading CORFE CASTLE’S ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
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