November 2025. Pudsey. West Yorkshire. Back in Sheffield at the weekend for a couple of days to a) collect post (there isn’t any, except the Caravan Club glossy), b) put the bin out (it’s empty, but habit), c) make sure the heating is working in the middle of a sudden freeze (yep), and d) have… Continue reading ANOTHER LEEDS SATELLITE TOWN, ANOTHER WOBBLY BOB AND SPICE BAG. NO. 2 – PUDSEY
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LEFFE AND SPICE BAG
November 2025. Tonbridge. Having spent the extravagant sum of £3.20 to park next to Tonbridge Castle (it was 6.43pm, they charge 8am till 8pm but kindly gave me a credit of those 43 minutes in the morning) we were going to get full value for our night out. Supper in Spoons, which seems to be… Continue reading LEFFE AND SPICE BAG
PINTS UNDER A POUND IN KETTERING
November 2023. Kettering. Yes, November. I thought I’d never get there. Two years ago, that 2021/22 of GBG completion, I never actually went to a single pub in Northamptonshire, as Covid meant (in common with Ely) no surveys for new GBG pubs. But last year our most underrated county bounced back, and GBG24 sees an… Continue reading PINTS UNDER A POUND IN KETTERING
A Wetherspoons in the Beer Guide in Liverpool ? ANOTHER one ?
July 2023. Liverpool. Not a lot to say about the second new Beer Guide pub in central Liverpool, 57 seconds read at most, I reckon. 57 seconds is enough to get from the Denbigh Castle to the Captain Alexander, IF you don’t stop to take photos on the way, and wait for the Red man… Continue reading A Wetherspoons in the Beer Guide in Liverpool ? ANOTHER one ?
CLIMBING UP ON DENMARK HILL
July 2023. Denmark Hill, South-East London. If he’s not whining about pub opening hours, it’s geography. What and where is Denmark Hill ? Wiki says Camberwell, in the borough of Southwark; but where’s Denmark Hill itself. I’ll never know. I made an early trip there on Tuesday morning as my father-in-law had a hastily arranged… Continue reading CLIMBING UP ON DENMARK HILL
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE INTERNET FAILED IN WETHERSPOONS ?
19th February 2023. I had ambitions to “Get Teesside Done” that weekend, but Marske’s micros had other ideas; Why, oh, why do people crash their cars into micropubs just before ticker’s visits ? So our ambitions that Sunday were more modest; 1) Get up and find the key to the loos at White Water Caravan… Continue reading WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE INTERNET FAILED IN WETHERSPOONS ?
STARED AT IN SITTINGBOURNE
The Good Beer Guide gets you out of your comfort zone; no other publication is going to persuade you to trek out to Sittingbourne at 8am on a drab February morning, is it ? But remember, the sun always shines on North Kent. Despite a prime location as a Gateway to Sheppey, Sittingbourne has failed… Continue reading STARED AT IN SITTINGBOURNE