Right, a cracker as I close in on completing Gwent. Just how is the Llanthony Priory Hotel such a yo-yo entry in the Guide ? Two years out of the GBG while I finished Gwent, and now back in, taunting me from the Black Mountains. Wales has some of the best located GBG… Continue reading HIPPIE HUGGING AT LLANTHONY PRIORY
Tag: Wales
ABER, ABER, NAY
Yes, I used a title like that last year. But that was Aberystwyth. And this isn’t. Last time here I was actually just over the bridge in Llanfoist, bemoaning the lack of new entries in Abergavenny. Now I’m back, killing an hour before Y Cantreff (“Begone BRAPA”) opens at an irritating 12.30 (why?). There’s two… Continue reading ABER, ABER, NAY
TOP 100 PUBS – HOPE & ANCHOR, TENBY
Well, what a disappointment. I’d been looking forward to bringing you photographic proof of the merits of the Hope & Anchor, but all I have is this; It’s Dave and Joan’s fault, of course. No sooner was I through the door than they’d thrusted a pint of Brains SA into my fist and were bombarding… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – HOPE & ANCHOR, TENBY
BITTER, BATTER & BARAFUNDLE
It’s a dreadful life, slogging round the country, having the first beer out of the barrel in a cheerless dining pub just so the owner has a bit less to tip away a week later you don’t have to. And then walking two miles uphill downhill both ways just so I can bring you pictures… Continue reading BITTER, BATTER & BARAFUNDLE
“DO YOU WANT TO BUY A PUB ?”
Yep, still in West Wales. In fact, by the time I finish writing up this May trip I’ll probably be back there with Duncan. Finally some great beer, the sort that makes you turn to Mrs RM (if she’d been there) and say “Try this, Mrs RM. THIS is the pinnacle of the brewer’s… Continue reading “DO YOU WANT TO BUY A PUB ?”
A LITTLE HAVEN, OF SORTS
On my 33rd birthday, I spent the evening in Little Haven‘s Swan Inn, the waves lashing against the sea walls while Mrs RM and I ate chicken in a basket and drank pints of Worthington Best. Well, I did, while Mrs RM looked on jealously. There it is at the top, looking very lovely and… Continue reading A LITTLE HAVEN, OF SORTS
V60 IS BEST IN HAVERFORDWEST
I doubt there are many folk whose highlight of a trip to West Wales would be a return to Haverfordwest, 22 years after a Christmas visit to the unchanging Pembroke Yeoman. Sadly, my other previous tick has lost a few letters and acquired some garlic. Yes, not for me the Guardian readers pashmina-friendly bolt-holes of… Continue reading V60 IS BEST IN HAVERFORDWEST
