December 2024. Bermondsey. Thanks to Deserter for the title inspiration. Back to Cambridge from Sheffield on Wednesday morning, the laundry still not dry, I was straight off back to London that evening for a gig. Plenty of time to rest when you’re dead. A heaving Northern Line to London Bridge, and then 10 minutes walk… Continue reading “I’M THE TICKER OF SOUTHWARK, IT’S WHAT I DO”
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HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No.72 – THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
A belated return to the celebrated “Half A Dozen Pubs” series, an early Christmas present. I’ve completed my Christmas present shopping of course; on 1 January, in fact, same as in the last 30 years. The in-laws have been touting a trip to the Channel Islands next year, and if I didn’t have the concern… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No.72 – THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE. No. 1 – THE HONEYSUCKLE INN
November 2024. Ramsgate. Another GBG year, another new Guide pub for Remarkable Ramsgate. “You’re joking – not another one!” says Brenda Mrs RM, who decides an afternoon in the caravan drinking discounted North Brewing cans beats Ramsgate in the rain. But I love Ramsgate, so much I’ve decided to start a mini-series on the pubs,… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN RAMSGATE. No. 1 – THE HONEYSUCKLE INN
THE CINQUE PORTS
November 2024. Rye. Just like Red on the night before Andy escaped from Shawshank, my rail journey from St Pancras onto Ashford was fraught with anxiety. I only seemed to have one bit of card. Where (oh where) was my return ticket to Waterbeach ? Would I be stranded in Rye with Mrs RM forever… Continue reading THE CINQUE PORTS
YOUR CUT-OUT-AND-KEEP PUB GUIDE TO CAMBRIDGE NORTH STATION
November 2024. Cambridge. Leaving the Rose & Crown with blog material on a newish pub in the bag and two strong pints in my tummy, I suddenly realised I’d now have to walk all the way back to Waterbeach as dark descended. And there’s no direct buses back from Histon to Waterbeach, despite it’s esteemed… Continue reading YOUR CUT-OUT-AND-KEEP PUB GUIDE TO CAMBRIDGE NORTH STATION
A PINT OF HARVEY’S OLD IN THE LAMB
November 2024. Eastbourne. Eastbourne is a surprisingly large seaside town (pop. 101,000), as you’ll notice from the train and a walk through the dreadful shopping street to the sea. It can seem a bit under-pubbed for those 101,000 souls, and hadn’t troubled the Beer Guide till this years two beer shop newbies (be patient, be… Continue reading A PINT OF HARVEY’S OLD IN THE LAMB
LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
November 2024. Ashford. Two (2) successive posts about Kent’s most beleaguered town (blimey, even Rainham is better these days), can Paul Bailey and I make Ashford the new beer destination ? Well, no, obviously not, but the Spoons is half decent, the flashy Curious Brewery by the station is plain curious, and that GBG sports… Continue reading LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
The first airing of “Stop The Cavalry” in 2024 comes in….Walthamstow.
November 2024. Walthamstow. E17. After 3 weeks stuck in the parental home in Waterbeach I headed down into Kent where Mrs RM was paying her own elderly folk some overdue attention. Approaching middle-age, I’ve pretty much swapped the car for the train, particularly in the winter months, and you can get from Cambridge to Rye… Continue reading The first airing of “Stop The Cavalry” in 2024 comes in….Walthamstow.
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 69 – NORTHERN ISLES
Ah, yes, the Northern Isles. I spent 30 years looking at that tiny section of the Beer Guide, contemplating overnight ferries from Aberdeen or Loganair flights from Edinburgh, those evocative pub names in Kirkwall calling me. But if I did those pubs in 2011, would I just need to go back a decade later ?… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 69 – NORTHERN ISLES
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 67 – KINGDOM OF FIFE
Well, my spreadsheet says just “Fife“, but the GBG is insistent on the Kingdom, and the GBG is definitive when it comes to county names. It only took three trips up the A1 and over the Firth of Forth to tick Fife, a county most folks will only know from St Andrews and the chippy… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 67 – KINGDOM OF FIFE
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