December 2023. Darlaston. Greater Walsall. I was going to call it a day after Stourbridge because the fourth pub in Darlaston looked a bit tricky. Train back towards Snow Hill, change at the Hawthorns for the metro to Wednesbury, walk to Wednesbury exchange where they subject me to tinny Vivaldi and charge m 10p to… Continue reading YOU CAN RING MY BELL, RING MY BELL (TO GET ENTRY TO THE SWAN IN DARLASTON)
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YAM YAM
Young Simon is clearly having a good time down in Dorset, exploring the unexpectedly rough pubs of Greater Bournemouth (Lesser Bournemouth is rubbish). I’m quite jealous of his first ever trips to Lower Parkston Ex-Servicemen’s Club and the Cricketers, particularly as I’ll only get to drive him to square micros this week. New entries to… Continue reading YAM YAM
TURTLES AT THE GATES OF ALDRIDGE
The snow cleared (if it ever existed; I blame Russian mind bots), just in time. One more day in Cambridgeshire and I’d be going crazier than Jose Mourinho. If that irritating Solihull micro ever opens I’ll finish the West Midlands this week. Why is it always Solihull that holds everything up ? But Aldridge Village… Continue reading TURTLES AT THE GATES OF ALDRIDGE
WALSALL
As well as housing one of my 100 Top Pubs, Walsall is a very underrated place for a short break. We’ve stayed there many times since discovering it with a young family 10 or so years ago, when it provided excellent parks (the Arboretum), cheap Asian food in Pleck, and some family friendly museums, as well… Continue reading WALSALL
TOP 100 PUBS – BLACK COUNTRY ARMS, WALSALL
I regularly get asked what the best pub(s) are, generally be people who have no intention of ever going in a pub, let alone one outside Cambridge. I always reply “The Dead Poets Inn in Holbrook“, without qualification, so as to appear authoritative on the matter. The truth is, great pubs need to be revisited… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – BLACK COUNTRY ARMS, WALSALL
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