June 2025. Newcastle upon Tyne. A good start to our Newcastle crawl; a station bar, crafty lunch and the gorgeous old classic. I had a bit of paper with scribbles saying “Gateshead micro triangle”, “Ouseburn, Free Trade view”, “Wylam brewery”, “chips in Whitley Bay”, “remember to drink water” etc. etc. There was also a trio… Continue reading MY “FAVOURITE” NEWCASTLE PUB
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HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 44 – TYNE AND WEAR
My Top pub county in 2021, and the visits since then have only reconfirmed what a great place it is, so it should be easy to pick half a dozen pubs to represent the area, you’d think. And to an extent, it is, and though I could have picked five in central Newcastle, it would… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 44 – TYNE AND WEAR
DRINK BEER SMOKE TABS
October 2023. Byker. Newcastle. Back on the tram, just about to pass Byker, when the Americans pop up. I really shouldn’t have stopped at the Free Trade Inn., with one (1) more Newcastle pub to tick (a Bass tick at that) and a need for pre-gig scran. But Dick had asked, sort of, and I… Continue reading DRINK BEER SMOKE TABS
LEFT LUGGAGE, LEFT OUT OF THE GBG
October 2023. Monkseaton. Tyneside. Having ticked the annual (and inevitably excellent) North Tyneside Beer Guide newbie I walked the ten minutes to Monkseaton Metro, admiring the roadside pubs (and opticians), and wondering what the Front Street Tap had done to lose out on GBG glory this year. Or, come to that, the Left Luggage Room… Continue reading LEFT LUGGAGE, LEFT OUT OF THE GBG
REV JAMES DRINKING WELL IN MONKSEATON
October 2023. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I’d obviously lost track of time as it was past 5pm when I left the Bridge Hotel in search of two Newcastle ticks, the first of them right out on the coast. The skies were looking angry as I descended to the bowels of the metro, but it was the bladders of… Continue reading REV JAMES DRINKING WELL IN MONKSEATON
BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, MAGIC MICRO BUS – A GATESHEAD GREAT
October 2023. Gateshead. An absolute deluge of posts coming up from Newcastle; old favourites, new favourites, that bloke from the 1975 AND Les Dennis. Saturday night sees the hotels either side of the Tyne fill up and double their prices; the Durham House Hotel is probably too far from the Toon for tottering hen parties… Continue reading BUS, BUS, BUS, BUS, MAGIC MICRO BUS – A GATESHEAD GREAT
A CULTURAL AND CRAFTY INTERLUDE IN THE NORTH-EAST
June 2023. Gateshead to Durham. We’d exhausted the in-laws in Beamish and Newcastle so had a leisurely cultural day to start June before the 2 hour trip home. Obviously Newcastle-Gateshead had the Bigg Market and the Tuxedo Royale before the millennium saw the Baltic bring culture to Tyneside, but it’s the old flour mills (and… Continue reading A CULTURAL AND CRAFTY INTERLUDE IN THE NORTH-EAST
SHOWING OFF THE CROWN POSADA TO TOURISTS
31st May 2023. Newcastle. Yes, I know I’m not a local. But I can still show off a pub that I know so well, just as I’d give an American a guided tour of the Fat Cat or the City Arms if they asked. Or even if they didn’t. Mrs RM wanted to show her… Continue reading SHOWING OFF THE CROWN POSADA TO TOURISTS
A MIRACLE ON PERCY STREET
31st May 2023. Newcastle. Three GBG ticks down, one left till I could colour in the Tyne & Wear chapter for another year. The problem with having done the whole book is you lose discipline and are much more tempted to wobble off from the Wobbly Duck and get distracted by old favourites on Percy… Continue reading A MIRACLE ON PERCY STREET
A QUICK ESCAPE TO THE WOBBLY DUCK
31st May 2023. Newcastle. You left us in the warm embrace of the Quayside Spoons, with your hero upsetting queuers by standing along the bar and Mrs RM corralling the in-laws to a spare table. And I appreciate “corralling” has certain connotations when applied to a MIL. At 19:02 I’d ordered my tea, a simple… Continue reading A QUICK ESCAPE TO THE WOBBLY DUCK
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