May 2025. Kutaisi. Georgia. Our third and final Georgian stop, following Tbilisi the capital and Batumi the beach resort with Kutaisi, the ancient city with an “Oldest Inhabited City in the World” claim. It really ought to better known for having the worst restaurant in the world. Having taken the early bus from Batumi (see… Continue reading YOUR KUTAISI HEALTH WARNING
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DYNAMOS IN TBILISI
May 2025. Tbilisi. Georgia. We started and ended our Georgian week in the capital, a place best known in the UK as the home of the Russian team that routed the Reds in ’79. Press PLAY; Dynamo Tbilisi were every 14 year old boy’s favourite Soviet soccer team back then. Not much love for the… Continue reading DYNAMOS IN TBILISI
THE GOOD GRUB GUIDE TO GEORGIA
May 2025. Georgia. Yes, some themed blogging for you, as I struggle to cope with putting 466 photos into posts. Come back, oooh, June and you might be able to read about Bass and Derby instead of this foreign muck. Back in 2023 it was a final Lithuanian meal in Kaunas that added Georgia to… Continue reading THE GOOD GRUB GUIDE TO GEORGIA
WEST YORKSHIRE HAS FALLEN. THE APPLEGARTH, RIDDLESDEN
May 2025. Riddlesden. West Yorkshire. Cup Final day, the showpiece of the football calendar. At least it was, when it was the only game on telly, and the last game of the season. Nowadays it’s an irritant, the actual timing fought over by broadcasters to maximise overseas rights and make sure it’s over before Eurovision.… Continue reading WEST YORKSHIRE HAS FALLEN. THE APPLEGARTH, RIDDLESDEN
THE DEATH RATTLE AT THE FOX AND GOOSE
May 2025. Hebden Bridge. 36 minutes to clamber the 2 miles from Hebden station to pub tick, 27 minutes to sprint back down to the market place, where literally everyone is heading for the pub. I was astonished to discover the population is barely 4,500, which equates to 1.08 pubs or cafes per resident. It’s… Continue reading THE DEATH RATTLE AT THE FOX AND GOOSE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE ROBIN HOOD, PECKET WELL
May 2025. Hebden Bridge. £13.35 your off-peak return from Sheffield to Hebden Bridge, so you’re going to want to walk 13,350 steps, consume 1,335 calories, and drink NBSS 13.35 worth of beer, I guess ? It’s a glorious town, just a bit overwhelmed with day-trippers, the Matlock Bath or Bewdley of the North. Plenty of… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE ROBIN HOOD, PECKET WELL
A DASH ROUND DALSTON
May 2025. Dalston Kingsland. London. I know how to get to Dalston Kingsland from Waterbeach; down the M11 to the North Circular, A12 past the Olympic site, slow bit past Homerton Hospital and the Pembury Tavern in Hackney, then park, anywhere. I hadn’t driven this far into London for an age, reminds be why I’ll… Continue reading A DASH ROUND DALSTON
RETIRED MARTIN ON VOCATION
April 2025. Sheffield. Mrs RM was in full “am blogging, don’t disturb me” mode last Thursday so couldn’t accompany me on my calorie burning walk into town to check out a new Bass tip. The refurbished Foresters had a turned round pump clip that day, turning it round as soon as I’d gone past, to… Continue reading RETIRED MARTIN ON VOCATION
APRIL ’25 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
Seventy (70) posts published in an month that was my second best for blog views ever, and I still end April a week and sixteen pubs adrift. It didn’t seem an especially exciting month, the usual ploughing up and down that strip from Manchester to Tunbridge Wells via Waterbeach, but there were fifty-six different pubs… Continue reading APRIL ’25 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
GILLINGHAM, PAST AND PRESENT
April 2025. Gillingham. The in-laws took a post-Dockyard nap at the Travelodge; I reckoned two hours, plus half an hour to make themselves a cup of tea, which gave me 150 minutes to restore my sanity. Absolutely no new GBG ticks possible in that time, so let’s revisit much maligned Gillingham. You’ll see from the… Continue reading GILLINGHAM, PAST AND PRESENT
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