It’s the most hotly-contested event of the month. Who won “Guess my favourite 10 counties“. The process to determine the winner of the competition to win the Prosecco and craft (Mrs RM drank the Speckle Hen) has been subject to a number of legal challenges, mainly over the size of the hat from which the… Continue reading AND THE WINNER IS…
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TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 1 – TYNE & WEAR
It’s been an emotional run-through the Top 10 Counties. And here’s your winner (well, mine, your views don’t count, obvs). One of the smallest “counties”, but barely a square inch wasted (though the Boldons is a bit dull, unless there’s anyone there reading this, in which case the Black Horse is OK ). Let’s start… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 1 – TYNE & WEAR
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 2 – GREATER MANCHESTER
That pic above is of me, descending the steps to the Underbanks to a secret vault where I’ll be collecting the correct answers to my “Guess my favourite counties competition“, now into its 7th year. The tension is growing in London (North-West), Bedfordshire and the Kingdom of Fife. Are they in my Top 2 ?… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 2 – GREATER MANCHESTER
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 3 – KENT
A surprise choice at Number 3 ? Knowing my lukewarm view of micropubs you might be, since Kent is actually 87% made up of the little devils. But before Martyn Hillier invented micros, there were Proper Pubs in Kent. Some relaxed and rural, some rumbustuous. and some a relic from better times. We’ll wait to… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 3 – KENT
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.4 – SOUTH YORKSHIRE
South Yorkshire ? Just Sheffield, innit ? Home to great pubs and pub legends drinking Stones out of a can. Sorry, Roger, I know that I foisted that on you. We’ve just admitted to our neighbours that we may be leaving for Sheffield at some point. “Sheffield ? That’s nearly Yorkshire, isn’t it ?” Yes,… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.4 – SOUTH YORKSHIRE
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 5 – THE ISLE OF MAN
It’s NOT a county, it’s a a self-governing British Crown dependency, you scream. I beg to differ; It’s a GBG county, it really is. Best approached from Heysham, since Liverpool is out of bounds. Oh, sorry, the Isle of Man doesn’t want your plague either at the moment. Shame, because it really is one of the… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 5 – THE ISLE OF MAN
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.6 – ESSEX
Essex ? Really ? Yep, even though I haven’t had to do visit it too much since the blog started, it was a cert for the Top 10 Counties. BRAPA was brought up there, for a start. I think he’s saving a return to The Walden for a special occasion. Down the road from his… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.6 – ESSEX
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.7 – WEST MIDLANDS
Getting exciting now, isn’t it ? Where will Norfolk feature ? Or Fife ? Or Cambs ? You probably guessed West Midlands would be there, on account of Wolves alone. It’s the best place to live in the UK, after all. Besides being the best place to drink Banks’s, and the home of cheap, delicious… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No.7 – WEST MIDLANDS
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 8 – DURHAM
Oooh, clickbait Bass. Is a pint of banked Bass REALLY the best visual representation for County Durham (not to be confused with Durham the City or Adrian of Talksport infamy) ? Stockton-on-Tees, home to the Sun’s famed bankers, doesn’t even appear on the Bing Map for the county. But it does appear in the Good… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 8 – DURHAM
TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 9 – NORTH-WEST WALES
Only number 9 ? Wait and see what’s Number 1. My completely unscientific chart goes foreign. Technically, I think I can drive the 200 miles into Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey for a half, but if I stop near Wrexham for a comfort break I’m arrested and put to work in the Bass mirror factory at… Continue reading TOP 10 COUNTIES – No. 9 – NORTH-WEST WALES
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