October 2024. Billinghay. One of the joys of a new Good Beer Guide is finding out which remote Lincolnshire boozer with uncertain hours and a lone Bateman pump will require Simon to beg a lift from Daddy BRAPA this year. So, a big muddy welcome to Billinghay, far enough away from the mods of Sleaford… Continue reading BILLINGHAY, HEY, HEY
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PRIDE DRINKING WELL IN TOWER HILL’S SHIP
September 2023. Tower Hill, London. A second randomly selected City of London pub before my Hoxton gig, and an annual chance to go “Wow” on the walk from Aldgate north of Tower Hill to the Ship. It’s that clash of modern and medieval that always gets me. Quiet on a September Monday in the City;… Continue reading PRIDE DRINKING WELL IN TOWER HILL’S SHIP
DEAL SHIP OR NO DEAL SHIP ?
June 2023. Deal. Middle Street in Deal is one of the greatest streets in the world, along with one of those flowered covered lanes up the hill in Bergen and the one with Uerige on it in Dusseldorf. You’ll have your own favourite, I guess. Having bagged the tick, Mrs RM and I strolled the… Continue reading DEAL SHIP OR NO DEAL SHIP ?
RELAUNCHING THE SHIP
16 months into life in Sheffield and I’ve barely scratched the surface of the city’s culture, Chinese takeaways and cask outlets. The Ship, on the edge of Kelham, is undoubtedly one of the gems for lovers of brown tiling. And aren’t we all ? It re-opened last summer, had an inconclusive visit from Will and… Continue reading RELAUNCHING THE SHIP
A PINCHED TICK IN PINCHBECK
Not gonna lie; Lincolnshire is the worst English GBG county for beer quality, perhaps Bedfordshire is a little worse for pub quality as at least Lincs has Grantham and Louth. But my licking of Lincs concludes in the Fens near Greater Boston, a fine place to finish. Last year Wyberton Fen, this year Pinchbeck. Us… Continue reading A PINCHED TICK IN PINCHBECK
FILEY FAX – THE SHIP IS A PROPER PUB
Almost at the end of North Yorkshire’s GBG entries. Has Simon managed that ? He lives there ! Always a joy to find a new Guide entry that’s a Proper Pub like the Ship at Muston. just outside Filey. As I approach the Ship I realise I’ll be able to wheel out the old Filey… Continue reading FILEY FAX – THE SHIP IS A PROPER PUB
NATTER WITH THE HATTER
Some more nice pubs exteriors, and interiors, for you, as I continue my attempt to do all the pubs in Sheffield as well as all the pubs in the Beer Guide. I won’t get very far if I keep making return visits to the same pubs, though. But as I mentioned yesterday, I’m focusing on… Continue reading NATTER WITH THE HATTER
THE ENGLISH RIVIERA
Sunday the 6th September, and Summer still in full swing in the English Riviera, its coastal railway unusually intact. I parked up along the Prom at Teignmouth, another free night putting back a saving of at least £40 into my complex DCF calculation that justifies the campervan. Baa Baa Toure felt the view was a… Continue reading THE ENGLISH RIVIERA
IT’S………..THE SHIP IN PORTISHEAD
Well, it was Quinno wot won it. So he should, he was born in the public bar. Or conceived on the beach, or something. He certainly sold me on the charms of Portishead, only previously visited for the Windmill (unlucky, Paul) and the modern Spoons. But no-one told me about the gorgeous the retirement community… Continue reading IT’S………..THE SHIP IN PORTISHEAD
KING LIZARD & THE PUB TICK WIZARD
17th January 2020 “Enough of all these pubs” writes RetiredDave, “give us pictures of Cornish charity shops with micro hours“. I should start a business selling these printed signs in Thanet. No GBG pub at Lizard Point this year, but as the most southerly point of mainland Great Britain (whoopy-do) I supposed I ought to… Continue reading KING LIZARD & THE PUB TICK WIZARD
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