Tag: Top 100 pubs

TOP 100 PUBS.  THE RUDDY DUCK, BEXHILL-on-SEA

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December 2025. Bexhill-on-Sea. Mrs RM enjoyed our lunchtime in Sussex-by-the-Sea, remembering the times that her aunt (it was probably her granny but I’m not strong on genealogy) took her to Bexhill for whatever people used to do at the seaside in the 70s. Look out to sea and shout at France, I guess. The houses… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS.  THE RUDDY DUCK, BEXHILL-on-SEA

TOP 100 PUBS – THE PEASANTS’ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM

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November 2025. North Walsham. Norfolk. Next up, an instant classic in rural Norfolk. No, really. The Peasants’ Tavern is Norwich & District CAMRA Pub of the Year, open Noon till 11pm all week, some bench seating, lined glasses, terrific beer, mostly local, but all that is secondary to the sheer joy in this pub on… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE PEASANTS’ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM

VAN DE GRAAF GENERATOR IN YORK’S HOUSE OF THE TREMBLING MADNESS

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February 2025. York. Monday morning in York. Almond croissant – tick. Big church – tick. Shop selling relics of famed War of the Roses protagonist Oliver Bonas, No, give that a miss. Mrs RM, having decided the queue in the Minster too long, needed a comfort break, and I reckoned the (original, Stonegate) House of… Continue reading VAN DE GRAAF GENERATOR IN YORK’S HOUSE OF THE TREMBLING MADNESS

THE GOLDEN BALL, YORK. BAD KITTY, SHY CAT

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February 2025. York. We said we’d get away straight after the funeral; Mrs RM hoped for Moldova, I wanted Maidenhead. It never happened, what with trips to banks and father-in-laws and such. But Sunday brought news of £33 Travelodges in big cities, and with its most famous resident 250 miles away in Neath, there would… Continue reading THE GOLDEN BALL, YORK. BAD KITTY, SHY CAT

TOP 100 PUBS – THE COMMERCIAL, CHAPELTOWN

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February 2025. Chapeltown. Sheffield. A Saturday attempt to reach West Yorkshire foiled by overcrowded Cross Country carriages. If you learn only one (1) thing from this blog it should be “NEVER attempt to take a train from Sheffield on a weekend“. So, instead, a short hop to the Sheffield burbs, to S35, home of the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE COMMERCIAL, CHAPELTOWN

TOP 100 PUBS – THE RAILWAY INN, MANSFIELD

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February 2025. Mansfield. A lot of posts from my First Big Post Funeral Trip to Mansfield coming up. “We just need to get away somewhere nice like Bath for a few nights and recover” said Mrs RM, but in truth I needed a 25,000 step slog exploring one of the UK’s least loved towns visiting… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE RAILWAY INN, MANSFIELD

IS THE RUTLAND ARMS A TOP 3 PUB ?

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January 2025. Sheffield. To Mrs RM’s chagrin (always loved that word) I failed to buy a funeral suit in Cambridge, but partially redeemed myself but buying her a sumptuous slice of millionaire’s shortbread on the way home from arranging Mum’s memorial service. The Railside Café at Alfreton Station (long story) is highly recommended for the… Continue reading IS THE RUTLAND ARMS A TOP 3 PUB ?