July 2023. Burslem, the Potteries. One of the conditions of my exciting sponsorship deal (come on Pipers, sort it out) is that I promote towns that normal folk never visit. Oddly, if I mention Stoke-on-Trent to Mum and Dad they’d go “Oooh, we used to love Stoke“, but of course they mean the genteel bit… Continue reading THE BEAUTY OF BURSLEM
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TICKLED PINK IN SHIFNAL
May 2023. Another day, another small pub (NOT a micro) in a Midlands market town. Keen readers will remember Shifnal as the venue for one of the last Proper Days Out before Covid. Half a dozen Old Codgers tip up at a remote train station with 27 different train tickets and visit half a dozen… Continue reading TICKLED PINK IN SHIFNAL
GOOD NIGHT UTTOXETER
3rd March 2023. And finally… Bass, Bass, Bass, Pedigree, Bass, possibly another Bass, homebrew. The Night Inn claims that much sought-after GBG place alongside Uttoxeter’s Bass shrine Wetherspoons, and there couldn’t be a bigger contrast between the traditional one pump boozers and this cafe-cum-micro. Oh look ! Shiny hand pumps. I challenge you to choose… Continue reading GOOD NIGHT UTTOXETER
TOP 100 PUBS – THE VAULTS, UTTOXETER
3rd March 2023. In 2019 Pub Curmudgeon wrote of the Vaults in his admirably concise manner, “perhaps Uttoxeter’s classic pub. A narrow, shop-like frontage conceals a pub of great character running a long way back from the street. There’s a front bar area where most of the drinkers seem to gather, a middle room with… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE VAULTS, UTTOXETER
BASS, BASS, BASS, PEDIGREE…
3rd March 2023. On we go, much to the apparent horror of Stockport’s top pub. Yep. Just as Bass follows Bass, Bass follows Bass and then you arrive at the Bank House Hotel, a recent-ish GBG entry.. I really should have stopped at the butchers for a pork pie, but I had some recollection of… Continue reading BASS, BASS, BASS, PEDIGREE…
REAL FIRE, RACING ON TV, ELLA FITZGERALD, BASS
3rd March 2023. Stop 3 on the Uttoxeter Bass trail, which frankly didn’t look a lot different from the one in Paul’s 1980 CAMRA leaflet; Seventeen different beers in the sixteen pubs 20 years later, which is probably more than there are today if you ignore the Spoons. The Talbot has gained “Ye Olde” since… Continue reading REAL FIRE, RACING ON TV, ELLA FITZGERALD, BASS
A WINNER IN THE 11:15 AT UTTOXETER
3rd March 2023. Due to popular demand we returned from Greece at the start of the month, just so I could start blogging about UK towns and pubs again for you, dear reader. It took longer to exit Luton Mid-term parking than it did to fly home, due to, and I quote the parking operator,… Continue reading A WINNER IN THE 11:15 AT UTTOXETER
TOP 100 PUBS – BLACK LION, BUTTERTON
4th February 2023. Our Search for Sites App, a fiver well spent, told us the next pub would let us leave our campervan in their car park overnight, and sure enough Butterton’s Black Lion seemed delighted to have us hog a space. It really was one of the most unfussy places I’ve been in, considering… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – BLACK LION, BUTTERTON
BASS, BASS, EVERYWHERE…
…but not a drop to drink, as I was driving, so I just get a sip to confirm the NBSS for the official record. I know this makes me a hypocrite as I’ve said a pint’s a taster but there you go. 4th February 2023. Having completed Derbyshire, thoughts turned to an afternoon of invigorating… Continue reading BASS, BASS, EVERYWHERE…
ALL SIGNS POINT TO TAMWORTH
18th January 2023. At last, a second tick of the day on the Brum/Tamworth toddle (is toddle a word ?). The Old Bank opened at 4:00, the train back to Derby, where I would jump off and back on a train headed for Sheffield, left at 4:20. It would be tight. Particularly if the Old… Continue reading ALL SIGNS POINT TO TAMWORTH
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