April 2025. Wolverhampton. Just like Tiny Tim tiptoeing thru’ the tulips back whenever, our #PubMen heroes set off through the blossoms of Wolverhampton’s West Park for Pub No.2. As I’ll never tire of telling you, Wolverhampton is a city of some beauty. Two National Trust properties, ancient churches and a pub with a tree in… Continue reading ROYAL OAK, WOLVERHAMPTON. A GOOD SUB FOR THE ONE WITH THE TREE IN THE GENTS
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SWAYING INTO SWAYFIELD
September 2024. Swayfield. Grantham. A fun day, last Sunday. Wake up in a park in Grantham, breakfast of Lincolnshire fruit loaf (NLFLSS 4.5) at the bowls club, visited Mum and Dad, had a quick Chung Hwa, then headed back up the A1 to the exact same overnight parking spot in Grantham. Oh, one other stop.… Continue reading SWAYING INTO SWAYFIELD
A SYMPHONY IN BROWN – THE ROYAL OAK, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
January 2024. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Plenty of opportunities to revisit the Wells while helping my Father-in-Law recuperate, but the last of the Tunbridge GBG entries had eluded me till now, despite being the most “Proper” of all the Guide entries. The Royal Oak looks a suburban grown-ups pub, and indeed it is. perhaps more of… Continue reading A SYMPHONY IN BROWN – THE ROYAL OAK, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
ALE-CESTER
May 2023. Own up. How many of you could place Alcester (pop. 6,273) on a map ? Probably only Mark Crilley, who reads all my posts thoroughly and saw the map in my 2017 post. Except I see that I only gave you an extract of the town itself 6 years ago, so here’s a… Continue reading ALE-CESTER
FINDING A THRILL IN ECCLESHILL
26th January 2023. I’d have stayed even longer at Bradford Industrial Museum (an hour is a LONG time for me) but the artisanal cafe was a bit disappointing (a coffee machine with paper cups) and they wasn’t a section on brewing and pubs, just that Babycham exhibit. So I walked back towards the Greedy Pig,… Continue reading FINDING A THRILL IN ECCLESHILL
A HOLT AND A HYDE’S IN HEATON PARK
The Retired Martin household spent 25 December in Sheffield. No presents at all, but we did allow Mrs RM to serve a Christmas pudding she’d picked up cheap at Aldi late on Christmas Eve. I do not approve, but I have no say in my own house. All I want now I’m 58 (I know,… Continue reading A HOLT AND A HYDE’S IN HEATON PARK
I STILL KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BIBSTONE
30th October 2022. A first visit of the new GBG year to the area known as Greater Stroud. Anyone reading the Telegraph and attempting to recreate my travels may alternately know this as “Just below those posh Gloucester Services, near that nice vegan football club“. I’m rambling because it’s a struggle to really describe the… Continue reading I STILL KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BIBSTONE
WHEN IN LEWES…
Last Saturday saw a concerted attack on the south coast, now safe a week after the CAMRA folk left Eastbourne having agreed that Life Members were leeches/freeloaders or something. Good work, as well as the Tand’s excellent campaign to require price lists in pubs. I’m sure some members will have taken the train to Lewes,… Continue reading WHEN IN LEWES…
TIMMY TAYLOR DARK
Thwarted in Curthwaite last Saturday, but redemption came 10 minutes later at Moorhouse’s Royal Oak. You see ? Google Maps collecting all this personal data about me and Mrs RM; it’ll probably start sending me adverts for houses in the west of Carlisle soon. There’s some nice houses, and some decent pubs, like Great Orton’s… Continue reading TIMMY TAYLOR DARK
EAVESDROPPING ON HOUSE HUNTERS IN HOLMBURY ST. MARY
Yes, finally, the report has been cleared by our lawyers and I can bring you unexpurgated details of our trip into Hurtwood Forest and Mrs RM will just have to face the consequences of wearing inappropriate footwear that morning that meant the extent of our walking was a trip to the Royal Oak. We’d parked… Continue reading EAVESDROPPING ON HOUSE HUNTERS IN HOLMBURY ST. MARY
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