February 2024. Clare. A trip to the most genteel part of Suffolk (bar the queue for sourdough on a Friday morning in Southwold) to complete the county GBG for another year. Lavenham, Long Melford, and Gainsborough’s Sudbury just up the road; it’s not a place brimming with boozers, and Clare Castle has resisted attempts to… Continue reading SNOWDROPS IN CLARE
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HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 41 – SUFFOLK
After my last “Half A Dozen” from Staffs Andy was excitedly anticipating the next post; So I dutifully knocked out Surrey. But it wasn’t next, was it ? SUF definitely comes before SUR. I think. How does this happen ? Which of you is responsible for checking my alphabet ? I blame CAMRA for changing… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 41 – SUFFOLK
TOP 100 PUBS – THE WHITE HORSE, FINNINGHAM
November 2023. Finningham. Suffolk. Well, well, well. An absolute cracker in rural Mid Suffolk, but where has the White Horse in Finningham been all my life ? Well, in Finningham I guess. Nothing spectacular about the exterior, but inside you get the “no nonsense village pub where conversation and good beer are the order of… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE WHITE HORSE, FINNINGHAM
RASCALITY IN TROSTON
November 2023. Troston. Suffolk. “Troston is a little-known village in the quiet lanes between Bury and Diss, purposeful and pleasing” writes Simon Knott on his excellent churches photo stream, and it’s managed to escape my notice for 58 years, tucked between Bury and Thetford in what I’d describe to Dave as “rural Suffolk”. With Dad… Continue reading RASCALITY IN TROSTON
St Andrews, Westhall. National Church Scoring System (NCSS) 4.5
July 2023. Somewhere near Westhall. My blog views have been up a bit lately, increasing my career earning from the blog from zero to nowt. I put that down to my recent foray into church scoring, and while in Westhall completing Suffolk I took a look at a real classic. Of course, Simon got there… Continue reading St Andrews, Westhall. National Church Scoring System (NCSS) 4.5
SAY HELLO, WAVE(NEY) GOODBYE
July 2023. Westhall. Somewhere in Suffolk. Another day, another East Angular county conquered. As with Norfolk, a lone straggler had been irritating me for months. And, as with Norfolk, it was a visit by Simon that finally pushed me to Get It Done. How embarrassing is it to have BRAPA beat you to a pub… Continue reading SAY HELLO, WAVE(NEY) GOODBYE
GASTRO’D BY THE ORWELL BRIDGE
29th January 2023. Before we left for Sheffield I’d have ticked the new East Angular entries in full by the end of October. Now I’m oop North, and with the GBG delayed till October of late, it’ll be February before I can fully pink Suffolk and co. Zero (none, 0) new Suffolk town ticks this… Continue reading GASTRO’D BY THE ORWELL BRIDGE
SUFFOLK HAS FALLEN
Much as I love Blackpool and Preston, I was pleased to get away from MicroCaskGin bars and back to pubs that look like pubs (blimey, listen to me), even if they are gentlefolk dining pubs in the heart of pashmina Suffolk. I mean, look at the White Horse in Sibton; 20 minutes from Southwold, 20… Continue reading SUFFOLK HAS FALLEN
IPSWICH INDOOR BOWLS CLUB
I’ve been knackered these last few days after a week of driving up and down the country. Thursday saw me take my brother-in-law to a funeral on the Essex/Suffolk borders. It was actually impossible to have got to the service, cremation and reception on public transport. Even leaving on the dot of 07:00 from outside… Continue reading IPSWICH INDOOR BOWLS CLUB
DOES IPSWICH PACK A SUFFOLK PUNCH ?
I visited my parents from Monday to Wednesday to take my Dad out to garden centre to buy plant spray and fix the Virgin remote control with too many buttons on it. Visiting early in the week means half the pubs are shut, of course, but I did find one GBG newbie in Ipswich. In… Continue reading DOES IPSWICH PACK A SUFFOLK PUNCH ?
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