ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 7 – The Riverside (Kelham Island) On Monday (I’m already that far behind) we popped into “town” to walk off the 455 calories we’d inevitably put back on in the pub later. Pleasingly the Cathedral hasn’t yet been converted to a Brunning & Price, and will therefore… Continue reading PACKED PUB GARDENS BY THE DON
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ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT WALKS ROUND THE CORNER
I know you’re desperate to hear my views on the European Super League this morning. Tough. Who cares ? I don’t. Read Life After Football; he knows best. Based on the poll on Blue Moon, a whopping 5% of City fans think it’s a great idea, which is good enough for me. Throw in a… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT WALKS ROUND THE CORNER
PANGOLIN
We’re on the road again, exploring beer gardens in our campervan. Someone is pleased. As ever, the important thing is to keep the milk bottle with DIPA separate from the milk bottle for wee. One other downside of this “On the Road” life is that I have to do these posts on the phone, never… Continue reading PANGOLIN
DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE
EVERY PUB IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 4 – Riverside, Hillsborough Day 3 of reopening week, as excited as ever, and an afternoon trip to the Hillsborough Spoons. Closed! Despite a massive garden, little local competition and a loyal septuagenarian fan base, the Rawson Spring seems to have timed its latest refurbishment entirely wrong. “That… Continue reading DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE
“The cask all went on Day 1 !”
April 13th. Day 2 of the Great (Semi) Reopening. Oh, and “EVERY PUB IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT – No. 1“. We stayed local. When we arrived in Sheffield back before Christmas, the Walkley Cottage looked like this; Now, new landlord installed in time for the 12th, the scaffolding has gone, but my dodgy photography (I… Continue reading “The cask all went on Day 1 !”
TIM MARTIN IS TRENDING
You can always tell when the pubs have reopened as Tim Martin will be trending:Beer Twitter dropping all “Be Nice” pretence to slag off the guy who brought £1.99 pints to the masses. At the table next to me in the Sheffield Waterworks, an off duty Spoons employee was vigorously defending his boss, contrasting his… Continue reading TIM MARTIN IS TRENDING
AND THEY’RE BACK!
“Be gentle with us, we’ve never done this before“ Said the nice young man letting us into Sheffield Waterworks, after a five minute wait by the Jessica Ennis postbox. “There’s only two of us“ Folk seem patient, at least until the coffee machine breaks. It’s a gorgeous day in Sheffield, the sun beating down on… Continue reading AND THEY’RE BACK!
THREE MORE SLEEPS…
The sole purpose of this post is to outrage folk who cannot abide a period of time between now and a highly-anticipated future event being denoted in “sleeps“. But then those folk aren’t excited about the return of pubs as I am, like a little kitten pawing at the rats in our garden. I’ve been… Continue reading THREE MORE SLEEPS…
A POST-GARDENING TIPPLE
“I’m so pleased you’ve been helping with the gardening” said Mrs RM, mistaking weary compliance for enthusiasm. I retired so I could walk aimlessly and mysteriously end up at the pub, NOT spend 2 days sawing up and putting wood into a skip. Actually, TWO skips were filled, though I’ve rescued the match ball from… Continue reading A POST-GARDENING TIPPLE
HANDSWORTH – THE HOLY GRAIL OF SHEFFIELD SUBURBAN PUB-TICKING
In four days time, God willing, I will be in a pub. Perhaps even in esteemed company. Only a few more of this pointless exploration of Sheffield’s eastern suburbs with their loveably scruffy pubs and artisan litter. But that’s Handsworth, Brum, which IS ethnically diverse, or was last time I went there. The South Yorkshire… Continue reading HANDSWORTH – THE HOLY GRAIL OF SHEFFIELD SUBURBAN PUB-TICKING
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