A NEW BEER GUIDE PUB IN BISHOPTHORPE ? ANOTHER ONE !

A start to North Yorkshire, one of the last of the GBG counties I completed a first time (if you see what I mean) in 2018. Since then it’s plodded on with its usual dozen new entries, all in irritating places like Bishopthorpe, just south or York. BRAPA HQ is marked on the map below… Continue reading A NEW BEER GUIDE PUB IN BISHOPTHORPE ? ANOTHER ONE !

MARTIN POWER, OUTER ASHFORD PUB TICKER EXTRAORDINARY

A mid-June trip to finish Kent. I would have waited till Joan and Dave Southworth arrived a month later so they could have the thrill of pinking a county, but completing the Guide and getting chapters complete had become an obsession and besides, you can’t trust Americans with marker pens. You’ll be seeing a fair… Continue reading MARTIN POWER, OUTER ASHFORD PUB TICKER EXTRAORDINARY

THE FIRST 2021 AIRING OF “STOP THE CAVALRY”

Well, probably not, I bet they’ve been playing it since September 5th in Sheffield Dunelm, but my first “Stop the Cavalry” came last Thursday on the western edges of Bradford, which are very lovely. Out on the wiley, windy moors described by Kate Bush in her book made famous by DJ Bronte I stood, surprised… Continue reading THE FIRST 2021 AIRING OF “STOP THE CAVALRY”

THAT’S VELOUTE

Two new pubs in Harrogate for me, though one of them fell into the “arguable” category tickers love to argue about. Both only ten minutes walk from the station, another couple to Harrogate’s astonishing collection of GBG pubs (eleven this year). Those eleven entries are quite capable of changing names, if not location, each year,… Continue reading THAT’S VELOUTE