March 2025. Doncaster. The driver did notice me waving frantically on the Saltmarshe platform, and 35 minutes later I was at Doncaster with a dilemma. Sprint the 7 minutes each way to the Donny Brewery for a 10 minute pint schooner of “Gruesome Raspberry: Gravy is Finite”, or stay put at the station pub. What… Continue reading YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO WASTING 25 MINUTES AT DONCASTER STATION
Tag: South Yorkshire
THE KIVETON TAP. 8% PASTRY STOUTS AND ALL
February 2025. Kiveton. The big trend in Sheffield isn’t hitherto undiscovered Victorian boozers, it’s suburban craft bars open from Thursday to Sunday. Kiveton Tap is one of a dozen Sheffield/Rotherham micros to emerge in post COVID and stake a GBG claim. Kiveton itself has pleasantly repurposed the old mining grounds. 20 years ago we dragged… Continue reading THE KIVETON TAP. 8% PASTRY STOUTS AND ALL
ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT – LOXLEY No. 3
February 2025. Sheffield. A Sunday lunchtime in west Sheffield with the Sheffield Hatter, who is keen to promote the merits of Ecclesall Road and Sharrow Vale. It’s a bit like pushing the case for Chorlton or Stirchley; the beer is good quality but the bars might be a bit, er, pokey for some. Sharrow Vale… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT – LOXLEY No. 3
UNSUNG SHEFFIELD – THE LESCAR
February 2025. Sheffield. You’d be surprised how many times visiting #PubMen message me “Anything new and exciting in Sheff, RM ?“, assuming I spend my life going round pubs or something. I’d have said things had quietened down a tad in the UK’s top pub town (sit down, Norwich), but there were four (4) new… Continue reading UNSUNG SHEFFIELD – THE LESCAR
TOP 100 PUBS – THE COMMERCIAL, CHAPELTOWN
February 2025. Chapeltown. Sheffield. A Saturday attempt to reach West Yorkshire foiled by overcrowded Cross Country carriages. If you learn only one (1) thing from this blog it should be “NEVER attempt to take a train from Sheffield on a weekend“. So, instead, a short hop to the Sheffield burbs, to S35, home of the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE COMMERCIAL, CHAPELTOWN
IS THE RUTLAND ARMS A TOP 3 PUB ?
January 2025. Sheffield. To Mrs RM’s chagrin (always loved that word) I failed to buy a funeral suit in Cambridge, but partially redeemed myself but buying her a sumptuous slice of millionaire’s shortbread on the way home from arranging Mum’s memorial service. The Railside Café at Alfreton Station (long story) is highly recommended for the… Continue reading IS THE RUTLAND ARMS A TOP 3 PUB ?
“When you were sweet 16”
Apologies to subscribers for the lack of a post yesterday. I’m currently in a field, in Wiltshire, like in the Pulp song. No e’s and whizz or WiFi. Except in the craft bar with it’s £7.50 pints from Lost and Grounded. Cunning, eh? A last pre-End of the Road pint with Will, who is a… Continue reading “When you were sweet 16”
ROTHERHAM GOES GOTH
Yes that’s a coffin ! February 2024. Rotherham. Mrs RM was about to get her early Valentine present with a visit to Rotherham’s top goth pub, after we completed our extensive town tour. Next to the imperious Cutler’s, the Alma still lies bereft, awaiting investment from a Brunning & Pricey or Miller & Carter Steakhouse.… Continue reading ROTHERHAM GOES GOTH
If there’s anything in life better than watching folk come in and go out of the Cutler’s I’ve yet to discover it.
February 2024. Rotherham. Mrs RM had finally, finally, been released from her week of restraint and was in “Go big or go home” mode. She really wanted to visit the medieval looking Bridge Inn, but with an hour till 3pm opening it was a flat white in the cafe opposite the Minster or a pint… Continue reading If there’s anything in life better than watching folk come in and go out of the Cutler’s I’ve yet to discover it.
PENITENT IN PENISTONE
October 2023. Penistone. Just like Warden Norton in “Shawshank Redemption”, I had been suffering an unsettled night after the visit of BRAPA to conclude South Yorkshire GBG24. I’d already claimed my home county “complete”, but something was nagging me… Mrs RM joined me on Sunday lunchtime to confirm my suspicions. I’d had definitely visited the… Continue reading PENITENT IN PENISTONE
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