Quite a contrast between Box Hill and Whitehall, where I was meeting Mrs RM for tea beer. What a wonderful sight London is these days. At Victoria I admired the eponymous theatre, currently showing “Hamilton”, a musical about the disallowed Everton goal in the 1977 FA Cup Semi Final. I met Mrs RM at… Continue reading RUSSIAN BEER TASTERS IN THE MALL
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DUDLEY & DUNCAN
Another “real ale-free” issue to confuse our American readers, but you’ll live. And I needed to do Dudley justice with a clear head. Actually, I had a bit of a sleepless night in the Station. I was sure I heard wild animals at the window, and I seemed to be alone in the hotel.… Continue reading DUDLEY & DUNCAN
ARBROATH – SMOKIES, SPOONS AND A SPOKE IN THE PROMOTION WHEEL
WARNING : SLIDESHOW FRENZY ! Yippee ! A new town, a Protected Food type, a GBG tick and pre-emptive (possibly), and an old-fashioned Tayside derby at the coldest football ground in Britain. Yes, I’d been looking forward to Arbroath all year. 15 minutes on the train from Dundee to a Proper Town. Yes, a scruffy… Continue reading ARBROATH – SMOKIES, SPOONS AND A SPOKE IN THE PROMOTION WHEEL
THE CAMRAs INVADE BROUGHTY FERRY
I’d arranged to meet Stafford Paul and a couple of his mates in Broughty Ferry at 18:45, precisely, so it was time to get a move on. Last time in Dundee, I walked the 5 miles along the seafront to my hotel (The Fisherman’s) in Broughty, a modest seaside town famous for pubs. Well,… Continue reading THE CAMRAs INVADE BROUGHTY FERRY
CAMRA MEMBERS WEEKEND DUNDEE 2019 – IT BEGINS
Yes, post No.1 of x, where x = an unspecified amount. But there were 33 pubs visits over the five days of the CAMRA Big Weekender (a bit like Cream but with legal drugs or Glasto without pashminas), so be worried. A lesisurely train trip to Edinburgh to start, aided by a purchase at Ely… Continue reading CAMRA MEMBERS WEEKEND DUNDEE 2019 – IT BEGINS
ASKED FOR TASTING NOTES IN REDHILL SPOONS
As you’ve asked (you really haven’t) here’s the pics from my inadvisable 20 minutes trip to the Spoons in Redhill. 20 minutes isn’t much, but it was long enough to get from the station, barging past 417 schoolchildren to the Sun, order a pint and chicken dippers, and still get back for the train to… Continue reading ASKED FOR TASTING NOTES IN REDHILL SPOONS
A CENTURY FOR THE CHEF, OYSTER STOUT FOR ME
One of the cheap treats available in Cambridge is the arrival of a county cricket team at Fenners to bash the local students in the warm-up for the new season. These days, all those students seemed to come from what was Cambridge Poly when I studies for my Accountancy exams there. A couple of years… Continue reading A CENTURY FOR THE CHEF, OYSTER STOUT FOR ME
