December 2025. Herne Bay. Yes, it’s my birthday (22/12) and I’m in a caravan writing blog posts for you (after a day’s walking in Hastings). Mrs RM did the same on her birthday, we’re dedicated to our art. Still on Mrs RM’s Birthday Eve, as we continue along the coast to Herne Bay, for reasons… Continue reading A HERNE BAY DELAY
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ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 1 – THE JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
December 2025. Hastings. You’ll know that I fund my hedonist lifestyle by not buying clothes, but by Monday I realised I was going to have to replace my dark fleece, inexplicably left on the 17:35 from Uttoxeter after 4 pints of Bass. 20 minutes by rail brings you to Hastings, which has shops and pubs.… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 1 – THE JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
IS SPOONS CASK QUALITY GETTING BETTER ? BEXHILL THINKS SO
December 2025. Bexhill-on-Sea. We’d entered the gates of Bexhill with such noble intentions. Culture at the De la Warr, a long bracing walk along the front, Eddie Izzard’s model railway… But too much beer early on had scuppered plans, and I wasn’t even in the mood for some clothes shopping for me. Not today. But… Continue reading IS SPOONS CASK QUALITY GETTING BETTER ? BEXHILL THINKS SO
“FOLKESTONE IS AN ART SCHOOL”
December 2025. Folkestone. Kent. Mrs RM is planning a series of posts on the Kent coast, which by her definition starts at Rochester and skips Gillingham on the way to Whitstable and beyond. Gravesend will have something to say about that. “We should go to Folkestone, only an hour.” I said. “You won’t recognise it“.… Continue reading “FOLKESTONE IS AN ART SCHOOL”
THE JOY OF BURGESS HILL SPOONS
December 2025. Burgess Hill. West Sussex Ah, Bucolic Burgess Hill. I’d been before, just the once, when Quench got in the GBG over a decade ago. Even Harvey’s can’t keep Quench in the Guide, replaced by a craft bar and a Spoons. Which might make you think that Burgess Hill is worthy of a detour… Continue reading THE JOY OF BURGESS HILL SPOONS
BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
November 2025. Brighton. A few new GBG entries along the Sussex coast, so let’s follow up Eastbourne and St Leonards with everyone’s favourite bit of London-by-the-Sea. Brighton feels a major city these days, with a Top 10 Premier League team and some of the highest parking charges in Western Europe, though the station itself is… Continue reading BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
THE JOY OF EASTBOURNE SPOONS
November 2025. Eastbourne. Mrs RM is spending a season down in Sussex by the Sea, attending to elderly parents (sound familiar?). Arranging Lasting Powers of Attorney never seemed so urgent. I’m hoping to spend a while down there too, ticking GBG pubs and National Trust castles. Some dreich weather to start this week meant I… Continue reading THE JOY OF EASTBOURNE SPOONS
LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
October 2025. Elephant & Castle. London. You left me on Hungerford Bridge after leaving the Old Shades, admiring the view. The view changes rapidly as you leave the culture of South Bank and the sunset over Waterloo Station to head the mile to Elephant & Castle, a pub graveyard of late. It could only be… Continue reading LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
YOUR CUT-OUT-AND KEEP GUIDE TO WAITING FOR THE PUB TO OPEN IN NORTHALLERTON
July 2025. Northallerton. The campervan , Triple fff Moonshine portable toilet and all, has been getting some proper usage this summer, taking us to small town car parks which don’t yet have “NO OVERNIGHT PARKING ON PAIN OF DEATH” signage. And you really need a night in North Yorkshire towns like Northallerton, with its legally… Continue reading YOUR CUT-OUT-AND KEEP GUIDE TO WAITING FOR THE PUB TO OPEN IN NORTHALLERTON
BREAKFAST IN GARFORTH
March 2025. Garforth. Leeds. The sun comes out, time for an actual trip, in the campervan, to some tourist sites. But first, Garforth. An unsung Leeds suburb, the Haverhill of the North. We resisted the breakfast sausage in favour of brunch in Spoons. Had the Briggate ever graced the Guide ? Presumably not, as this… Continue reading BREAKFAST IN GARFORTH
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