Just for Kentish Paul, your Pelican of the Day; February 2024. Cambridge. Pub 2 of “Just a couple with Will in Cambridge” and a real wander into the backstreets towards Newmarket Road, well away from the post-graduate Mill Road set to a real (and increasingly rare) survivor. The backstreet boozer, the community pub with big… Continue reading A LOAD OF DOBBLERS
Tag: Wells
WONDERFUL WELLS
I’d never quite got Wells before. “it’s a scruffy town, with rundown shops and not much cutting-edge creativity, Prosecco Pong apart” I wrote in 2018, perhaps influenced by the dour micropub and dreich weather. I was wrong. I seem to have missed the beauty of the approach to the Cathedral from the north, joining a… Continue reading WONDERFUL WELLS
IN A WOOKEY HOLE
Our Somerset Saunter reached Wookey (Hole). It always suprises me when I realise Wookey (Hole) is virtually a suburb of Wells, which never fails to disappoint for pubs (ZERO Guide entries this year). I seemed to have booked a £45 twin room (actually the disability accessible with wet room one) at the actual Wookey caves.… Continue reading IN A WOOKEY HOLE
WELL, WELL, WELLS
I see that Whitby has won Mudgie’s poll of England’s most beautiful towns, edging out Shrewsbury, Stamford and Coalville. I can only assume that most of you don’t actually travel very widely. Wells scored well, which surprised me a bit as it left no real impression on a couple of visits over the years, rather… Continue reading WELL, WELL, WELLS
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