September 2023. Scarborough. I meant to send my mum a postcard from Scarborough but a) I forgot, b) a first class stamp is £1.25, c) couldn’t find a Post Office anywhere. I did see loads of hotels though, including the Grand. rated “Passable” on Booking.com (i.e. dreadful), the Adelphi of the North. But take the… Continue reading LEMON TWIST
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THE BEST PART OF COMPLETING THE BEER GUIDE IS BEING ALLOWED TO DRINK PINTS IN PUBS LIKE THE SCHOLAR’S
September 2023. Scarborough. Well, you can’t spend the equivalent of 13 and a third pints of OBB on your rail ticket getting to Scarborough and just do the two ticks. If I’d turned up a few days earlier I could have seen Glamorgan grind out a draw to keep Yorkshire in their rightful place at… Continue reading THE BEST PART OF COMPLETING THE BEER GUIDE IS BEING ALLOWED TO DRINK PINTS IN PUBS LIKE THE SCHOLAR’S
SHAZAMMED IN SCARBOROUGH
September 2023. Scarborough. 2:45 hours to reach Scarborough from another Yorkshire city seems a long time, but you get to see the glories of Goole and Brough and Driffield so not all bad. First time I’ve arrived in Scarbs by train in years, it’s a bit of a tip at the moment, but redeemed by… Continue reading SHAZAMMED IN SCARBOROUGH
CLOUGHTON CLOUGHTED
A successful weekend around the North York Moors, with the highlight two (2) pubs in Cloughton, a village I’d never heard of. Well, the GBG says “Cloughton“, but the landlord of the Bryherstones was adamant it was Cloughton Newlands, though Wiki has nothing to say on that matter. Very autumnal, very traditional, very quiet. I’d… Continue reading CLOUGHTON CLOUGHTED
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
On to Scarborough, with my Malton tick closed (half of Malton looks closed on WhatPub). The sun had made a brave effort to join me on the east coast, but with ever-present clouds I was glad that Wilson’s, renamed for the star of Tom Hanks’ Castaway, was so close to the station. On my annual… Continue reading SCARBOROUGH FAIR
SCARBOROUGH FAYRE
Moving seamlessly from Waterbeach to Seamer Road and the Yorkshire Riviera. 3 trips to Scarborough over recent years, enough to place it firmly in my Top 17 UK towns, even without a Chinese takeaway recommendation. I doubt accommodation will be a problem, apart from the week Boycott comes to open the batting for Yorkshire with… Continue reading SCARBOROUGH FAYRE
TOP 100 PUBS – NORTH RIDING, SCARBOROUGH
If Scarborough is in my Top 20 Pub Towns (above Norwich in 15th place), the place I didn’t write about yesterday is unquestionably a Top 10 pub. Folk often ask me why I didn’t visit such and such a pub when I visit their town. In Matlock, for example, I did the two newbies, but not… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – NORTH RIDING, SCARBOROUGH
SCARBOROUGH – MORE THAN A GIANT CHIP FACTORY
At some point everybody should spend a night in a Scarborough Guest House, as I did the other Tuesday. The Almar is a joy of a B & B, clean and cheery and with a feast of chocolate biscuits on the pillow when I arrived. Scrambled eggs and salmon for breakfast as well. It’s a… Continue reading SCARBOROUGH – MORE THAN A GIANT CHIP FACTORY
FILEY FAX
Steal with pride, particularly blog post titles. And ALWAYS include a cat picture. This one from near Bonhommes in Filey. It’s been 15 years, back to Euro 2002 and Sven, since I was in Filey, staying in a caravan at Reighton Sands during our “posh” phase. In all the time since then, the Beer Guide… Continue reading FILEY FAX
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