Grief. It’s been five months since my last Top 100 pub; how have you coped ? One last American memory from a year ago today. New York is gigantic, isn’t it ? It takes an artist to pick out the detail at ground level. Dylan may not have explicitly written about the Blind Tiger in… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE BLIND TIGER, NEW YORK
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WELFORD – POSH, P****D AND PEDI
I can’t say I enjoy writing these retrospectives, but I DO enjoy reading some of my old posts (and Pubmeister, BRAPA, LifeAfterFootball et al). And blogging beats trying to find something exciting in Waterbeach. Look closely at the “Mon” symbol next to the cutlasses marking the Battle of Naseby, where Curry Charles and I fought… Continue reading WELFORD – POSH, P****D AND PEDI
THE THRILL OF THE GRILL
While I’d been slogging my way up to the Highlands and round the Moray coast towards Aberdeen, Mrs RM had taking the easy option of a Logan Air flight from Southend. I think you should demand she blogs about Southend, you know. She’ll have had this view as the plane bumbled towards Trump Airport in… Continue reading THE THRILL OF THE GRILL
TOP 100 PUBS – SLUBBERS, HUDDERSFIELD
Dick has been pestering me to make him my cover star (it’s like being a mascot at City but cheaper), so here he is, training for a job at next year’s Octoberfest. Note how we ruins the fun of real #PubMen who like to take their own glass back in Northern towns. Next up was… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – SLUBBERS, HUDDERSFIELD
THE STRAWBERRY THIEF
No, not Matthew. The wallpaper (apparently). I rejoined the Preston Craft Advance Group in the Moorbrook after checking in to my trusty Premier Inn, narrowly resisting the urge to sleep till Saturday. My formal visit to the Moorbrook must have been just before I started this blog in late 2015, and somehow I did it… Continue reading THE STRAWBERRY THIEF
THE OXFORD BAR
Moving on from the BrewDog bar, where the Punk music selection was a Punk version of 500 Miles and Green Day, clearly the original punks. Mrs RM is up in Edinburgh for the Festival (not the real one) and BrewDog should make sure she doesn’t get to their punk karaoke night. I walked past the… Continue reading THE OXFORD BAR
TOP 100 PUBS – DEWDROP, ILKESTON
Two instant bits of feedback on the Ilkeston post have revealed that a) The Prince of Wales used to be The Poacher, which I’d already been to. b) Ilkeston Station is so new (April 2017) I may have been the first paying customer to use it ! Thanks to Mark and Anonymous, my new favourite… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – DEWDROP, ILKESTON
LINING ‘EM UP IN THE CIRCUS
I’m not quite sure why the Circus was my Pub of the Day; the cumulative effect of beer, the quality of the pubgoers or the free pork pies. The company was still high quality, but Joan and Dave and Tom had left us then, showing wisdom beyond their age and nationality. The Two Mudgies (repeats… Continue reading LINING ‘EM UP IN THE CIRCUS
TOP 100 PUBS – THE MARBLE ARCH, MANCHESTER
Five points for identifying what’s odd about the photo above. The Official US/UK New Year Pub Crawl of Manchester contained some expected names (but oddly not the Lost Dene). Our motley crew met up at the Lower Turks Head, but I ducked out in favour of another scolding coffee at Home Sweet Home and a… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE MARBLE ARCH, MANCHESTER
TOP 100 PUBS – PRINCE OF WALES, FOXFIELD
The Prince of Wales has been near the top of my “Must-Do” list for years; it’s one of the few classic UK pubs I’ve somehow missed, along with Devon’s Crewe Arms (what !) and Lord of the Isles at Renfrew’s indoor ski slope. How exciting to do it on a gray December night the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – PRINCE OF WALES, FOXFIELD
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