December 2023. Sheffield. The weather up in Sheffield isn’t much different to the weather in Waterbeach. 9 degrees in the south with light rain, 8 degrees and sunny intervals oop north. You pays your money. Some gorgeous sunsets last weekend over Sheffield, and Mrs RM got the killer shot (top). We took the classic Walkley… Continue reading RED SKIES AT NIGHT…
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ELUSIVE BREWING TAP TAKEOVER AT THE KELHAM ISLAND TAVERN
Extensive market research shows that including the pub and city names in the blog title gets you more views, and its blog views that pay for those pints of Doom Bar I keep giving away in the quiz. December 2023. Sheffield. Turn a different corner and we wouldn’t have walked straight from the Riverside to… Continue reading ELUSIVE BREWING TAP TAKEOVER AT THE KELHAM ISLAND TAVERN
THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE
December 2023. Sheffield. Winter came early to Walkley, a layer of snow on Sunday scuppering any exciting travel plans we might have had (though oddly Manchester had escaped). The snow, which never seems to last long here (good), was clearing on Monday before I could emulate the Tynemouth Lodge’s Bass Snowman. By 4pm I’d done… Continue reading THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE
£21 A PINT ! AND WORTH EVERY PENNY.
December 2023. Sheffield. The Rutland is a singular pub, whatever that means, celebrating the start of Whamageddon by replacing the lyrics of “L*** C********” with Band Aid. And giving Sheffield a US keg takeover anchored by their most expensive beer yet. Just so Beer Twitter can say “How Much !!!” and “You don’t drink it… Continue reading £21 A PINT ! AND WORTH EVERY PENNY.
A SEAT IN THE RUTLAND ARMS
December 2023. Sheffield. Our guest from Bristol had to leave us after a second Bass in Fagans, but at the bus stop seemed to suddenly decide that in fact there was time for a quick half in the Rutland. What impeccable judgement. Impeccable judgement, and improbable luck as the table closest to the bar suddenly… Continue reading A SEAT IN THE RUTLAND ARMS
BASS IN FAGAN’S – A THING OF BEAUTY
December 2023. Sheffield. On Saturday afternoon we had a guest from Bristol. Just for a change they weren’t visiting the Blind Monkey. I suggested a half in the Old Shoe, a very Bristol sort of bar. It ended up with a min-crawl round a hotch potch of central Sheffield that I rather enjoyed, though the… Continue reading BASS IN FAGAN’S – A THING OF BEAUTY
SUPPER IN A SUPER SHEFFIELD SPOONS
November 2023. Sheffield. The short trek from central Sheffield’s industrial quarter, between the Moor and Bramall Lane, is spookily quiet on Friday night. It’s one of the real points of contrast between Sheff and Manchester; less folk on the streets, but the pubs and diners still seem packed. We’d missed the Christmas market, including the… Continue reading SUPPER IN A SUPER SHEFFIELD SPOONS
TRIPLE (ON) POINT
November 2023. Sheffield. More from our night out in Sheffield, with a comfy bed in a windowless Easyjet greeting the end of our mini-crawl. With no room at the (Rutland) inn, the pressure was on me to come up with tea NOW ! Or four minutes walk through the industrial streets below the Moor, to… Continue reading TRIPLE (ON) POINT
STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE RUTLAND
November 2023. Sheffield. The last day of November, in fact. We had to be back in Sheffield as the plumber man was coming to fix our boiler, whatever that is. Equally, we didn’t fancy sleeping in an igloo, so I extravagantly booked a luxury hotel in the middle of our city, barely a mile from… Continue reading STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE RUTLAND
BACK ON THE SMOOTH IN THE GLEADLESS VALLEY
November 2023. Sheffield. I’ve only spent 4 days at “home” in Sheff this month, which is hardly enough time to do the laundry, hoover the cobwebs, and pretend to do the garden (whatever that means). No new GBG pubs close by now, but by Monday I really had to get out and stretch the legs… Continue reading BACK ON THE SMOOTH IN THE GLEADLESS VALLEY
