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
Tag: Suffolk
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 ?
CRACKING THE WALNUT
Interesting to read BRAPA last night welcoming the 4 week break as a chance to catch up with the blog. “There’s a silver lining to every cloud, and that is I’ve been shamefully behind on my blogs. Still stuck at 9th Oct at the time of writing. “ Ah, 9th October. We were so young, so… Continue reading CRACKING THE WALNUT
TAPS AND TICKS
A dull but necessary post needs some click-bait, and what better click-bait than a badly served Porter confusingly decanted into a Bass glass. This was my 5 litre takeaway from Star Wing Brewery, over on the right side of the Suffolk/Norfolk border. The A143 out from Bury St Edmunds to Diss isn’t a BAD road.… Continue reading TAPS AND TICKS
I’LL BROOK NO ARGUMENT – GREAT CORNARD HAS A MODERN CLASSIC
More “recommended” pubs for you before I turn to the Top County, which I’ll bring you as soon as I’ve arranged police protection from Tom Irvin. A rare trip to Sudbury, I thought. But it turns out I was only there 3 years ago. Clearly Mrs RM was distracting me back then. On another of… Continue reading I’LL BROOK NO ARGUMENT – GREAT CORNARD HAS A MODERN CLASSIC
MONKS ELEIGH – ALL RIGHT NOW
I reckon one photo is all you need to guess where I went next; Yes, it’s the brightly coloured cottages of Greater Lavenham, pilgrimage for Americans in search of the true fake Lil Ol England for decades now. If you know the Eleighs at all, it’ll be the famous Cock at Brent, whose bench seating… Continue reading MONKS ELEIGH – ALL RIGHT NOW
MORE PROPER PUB SEATING : KIRTLING SPECIAL
Another day without the new Beer Guide, another day of torment. This would never have happened under Mr Protz, who probably stitched the Guides together himself, such was his commitment to the cause. Back in April I warned Simon off the Red Lion in Kirtling, just deleted from the Guide for change of licensee and… Continue reading MORE PROPER PUB SEATING : KIRTLING SPECIAL
THE HOME OF GREENE KING IPA
Perhaps the question I’m asked least is “Just why is Greene King IPA so good ?“. As the 13th anniversary of its success in the 2004 Best Bitter awards approaches, I bravely took a trip to Bury St Edmunds to test the nectar at source. Actually, I went there to get some brutal hardcore metal… Continue reading THE HOME OF GREENE KING IPA
SUNDAY NIGHT, BURY ST. EDMUNDS
We haven’t taken the campervan on any wild camping expeditions yet, but aim to make it to Cleethorpes soon. The surface car park at Bury St Edmunds is free on Sunday night though, and there’s nothing like a Sunday night pubbing when you don’t have to work on Monday. Bury isn’t heaving at 8pm, but it’s… Continue reading SUNDAY NIGHT, BURY ST. EDMUNDS
IPSWICH CONFIRMS ITS CRAFT CREDENTIALS
The firm time I realised the poetic genius of BRAPA was when Simon described Ipswich as “a cross between Ely, Knaresborough and Monaco“. Like Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, that would have seemed “ludicrous” a few years back. But now I have the confirmation of Mrs RM that this is absolutely true. You really need to… Continue reading IPSWICH CONFIRMS ITS CRAFT CREDENTIALS
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