May 2024. Ludlow. Our Marches tour took us to the public car park in Ludlow for the night, Excitingly, Smithfield car park was free overnight, with 24 hour toilets and two (2) polling stations next door. And 10 minutes walk in the rain to my final Shropshire GBG24 tick. It was raining 5 years ago… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – BLOOD BAY, LUDLOW
Tag: Shropshire
PUBS THAT MAKE YOU GO “Ooooh” – THE LIVE AND LET LIVE, NEEN SOLLARS
May 2024. Neen Sollars. Cleobury Mortimer. Deep into the heart of the Marches now, where Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire collide, and the sudden disappearance of WiFi as you head south from Cleobury means you can’t actually find the Live And Let Live. I’d set the directions for the village, assuming the pub is the only… Continue reading PUBS THAT MAKE YOU GO “Ooooh” – THE LIVE AND LET LIVE, NEEN SOLLARS
WINNING THE CASK LOTTERY AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT
March 2024. Newport. Salop. A last pub of the night in Newport. There’s more than 3 here, but 3 seemed plenty as we’re approaching middle age. “My pub is virtually next door” I called to Mrs RM, which was a bit of a lie as it was 200 yards and it wasn’t the Shakespeare even… Continue reading WINNING THE CASK LOTTERY AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT
bod AGAIN
March 2024. Newport (Shropshire). The rain abated, we made a dash for tea and a tick; Disappointingly, Newport (Salop) only has one “tourist attraction” and it doesn’t open till Friday. So no chance of a cheeky watch battery, porcelain duck or artisan cheese. Last time here, and it was 7 years ago, I described Newport… Continue reading bod AGAIN
ANY (NEW)PORT (PUB) IN A STORM
March 2024. Newport (Shropshire). Oooh, look how close I got to a emotional return to High Offley’s Anchor. Actually, I’d like to go with BRAPA; he should make it his last Guide tick, 7pm on a freezing Thursday in February. We could conceivably have parked a mile or so from the Anchor, but it was… Continue reading ANY (NEW)PORT (PUB) IN A STORM
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 37 – SHROPSHIRE
A great county, and not one over-dominated by its county town, either. Tough picking six; was spoilt for choice in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth, though pickings get a bit slimmer towards the north-east. Shrewsbury – Cross Foxes No tour of England is complete without a wander round Shrewsbury’s medieval streets and health food cafes. I might… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 37 – SHROPSHIRE
WEM – SIX OF THE BEST, AND NOT A CRAFT BEER ALL DAY
October 2023. Wem. Shropshire. The last of our six Wem wonders came just north of centre, as long as the Hawkestone Arms actually opened at 4. And why wouldn’t it, does What Pub or Facebbok ever lie ? Actually their Facebook hadn’t been updated since April, when Sventertainment (great name) must have brought the house… Continue reading WEM – SIX OF THE BEST, AND NOT A CRAFT BEER ALL DAY
LIFE ON MARS. PUMPKINS IN WEM.
October 2023. Wem. Shropshire. This set of reports from your daring trio of casketeers trip to North Shropshire nears its denouement, as we bravely cross the road from the Castle to the White Lion. Two Joules pubs in an hour for Stafford Paul; we were spoiling him now. Only just noticed those little bees on… Continue reading LIFE ON MARS. PUMPKINS IN WEM.
WE’M DRINKING WELL IN THE JOULES PUBS
October 2023. Wem. Shrewsbury. We moved into a third hour in Wem as we approached Pub No. 4. It’s quite something that Wem (six cask pubs) hadn’t merited a single GBG inclusuion in the quarter of a century I’d been ticking the Guide, and at least three of the houses we visited would have been… Continue reading WE’M DRINKING WELL IN THE JOULES PUBS
WE’M NOT DRINKING WELL
October 2023. Wem. Shropshire. A Pub Man would rather visit six different pubs of variable quality in an interesting town than six different good pints in a town hall or museum. So I didn’t mind the odd disappointment on a generally good day in Wem the other week, as the Dickin Arms had other charms.… Continue reading WE’M NOT DRINKING WELL
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