Just checking the definition of dalliance, it may not have been the best choice of word, but alliteration beats everything. Monday dawned (only 3 days behind !), Mrs RM left for some corporate gig near Brighton station, and after a leisurely flat white and toastie I set off behind her on my own “gig”. Stafford… Continue reading A DALLIANCE WITH DURRINGTON-ON-SEA
Tag: West Sussex
MY FIRST ROTHAUS, MRS RM’S LAST DUCHESS DE BOURGOGNE
Esteemed lifestyle blogger Mrs RM has been enjoying the beery pleasures of Brighton. Like many of us, her output has dipped a little since the Maidenhead incident at the Honeypot. When I arrived back from Southwick, she was ready with a tea suggestion all her own, though frankly it was exactly the one I’d have… Continue reading MY FIRST ROTHAUS, MRS RM’S LAST DUCHESS DE BOURGOGNE
SCARES AT SUNSET IN SOUTHWICK
Four nights in Brighton this month and I’m just starting to get to grips with one of our great cities, and can now tell you which street to head for to get your patchouli, pashmina and Prefab Sprout LPs. I particularly like the pubs and coffee shops I get to visit while Mrs RM does… Continue reading SCARES AT SUNSET IN SOUTHWICK
HAS THE MICRO TIDE TURNED IN WORTHING ?
What a marvellous sight Worthing’s Henty Arms is. Sky Sports, vintage motor, sign with the sign fallen out. Sunday lunch, “Child friendly”. The antithesis of the “people like us only” micro that had dominated new entries in the Sussex sections of the Beer Guide in recent years (honourable exceptions like Anchored in Worthing exempted).… Continue reading HAS THE MICRO TIDE TURNED IN WORTHING ?
NIGHTS OVER EGYPT, AFTERNOONS ON THE ARUN
The journey to Littlehampton takes about an hour, and gives you chance to admire happy motorists queueing at suburban Worthing‘s infinite supply of railway barriers. This was, inexplicably, my third trip to Littlehampton in six months, after a failed and then successful raid on the Steam Packet. I distinctly remember looking at the Arun View… Continue reading NIGHTS OVER EGYPT, AFTERNOONS ON THE ARUN
MORE BREWERIES THAN GBG PUBS IN HORSHAM
I’m not saying I want to close down all breweries, but it would make it much easier to see the pubs on the GBG maps if we did. On this extract from the Northern Ireland map, you might make complex travel plans before you realise that ALL the entries bar Coleraine are within a Causeway… Continue reading MORE BREWERIES THAN GBG PUBS IN HORSHAM
HORSHAM BOYS (AND GAL)
From Maidenhead we headed towards the coast, where Mrs RM is just about to start an assignment yards from Brighton Station the Evening Star. 20 years ago we’d have set off from Hitchin on a Friday night, phoned a Premier Inn/Lodge on the way, and end up somewhere interesting for £30. “Interesting” meaning Stroud, Sandbach… Continue reading HORSHAM BOYS (AND GAL)
A RUDGWICK PICK
If these posts seem a bit rushed it’s because they’re being compiled in between selling ladies undergarments at the local Salvation Army sale. The ticks are limited but the blog potential is high. Onto Rudgwick, my last Guide pub for the year in brutally inconsistent West Sussex, which really ought to merge with its eastern… Continue reading A RUDGWICK PICK
STILL LIFE IN LITTLEHAMPTON
Another short post about a pub I might have skipped over, having seemingly deleted any notes and my memory deleted any recollection of the Steam Packet in Littlehampton. Perhaps you could have a go at compiling your own alternative post from these photos. I always like to bring you photos of floral displays in West… Continue reading STILL LIFE IN LITTLEHAMPTON
SELSEY GOES THE HIGH TABLE ROUTE
Day 3 by the sea, and a rare trip to Selsey, home to people who can afford to leave Bognor. But why would you want to ? Mrs RM was taken by her parents to Selsey as a child. Goodness knows what she did there. Probably the Times crossword. Selsey is the Frinton-on-Sea of the… Continue reading SELSEY GOES THE HIGH TABLE ROUTE
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