These Welsh posts write themselves, don’t they ? Back to Saturday afternoon. The bus timetables not being co-ordinated to meet the needs or pub tickers, I had 40 minutes to explore Newport indoor market before setting off for Caerleon. It’s quaint, but a bit lacking in the cheese department. A bit like Caerleon. Actually, plenty… Continue reading JUST MISSED FREE BEER IN CAERLEON
Tag: White Hart
COME TO ASHTON KEYNES
“Happy” with a touch of murk, that’s Ashton Keynes, my annual tick in the wilderness that is North Swindon In close-up the village looks submerged within Cotswold Water Park. I prefer the ancient map written on parchment in the village centre. It makes it seem rather more exciting than is justified. If you like… Continue reading COME TO ASHTON KEYNES
“HE WAS ALRIGHT WHEN I LEFT HIM”
On to my final taxi duties with the BRAPA Bladder Bender from 3 November (yes, I’m that far behind) and only right I start with the Gents at the White Hart in Great Staughton. I’ve had the front seat of my Aygo forensically examined and can confirm the great man did make it, just, to… Continue reading “HE WAS ALRIGHT WHEN I LEFT HIM”
AMBER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT MAGIC
We finished Derbyshires’s GBG entries at the White Hart, the Amber Valley Pub of the Year for the last 2 years, which says something about how long it takes to get in the Beer Guide. Nominally in Belper, but as you’ll see it’s in Bargate, or possibly Higher Holbrook. Anyway, a stiff uphill walk… Continue reading AMBER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT MAGIC
IN FAIRNESS TO BRUNNING & PRICE…
This blog is guilty of inverse snobbery and proud of it. However, Mrs RM is a fine lady with great appreciation of the real ale, but will always prefer the shiny craft bar to the scruffy “old men’s pub”, which is why I’ve never taken her in the Olde Vic (her loss). But then she is… Continue reading IN FAIRNESS TO BRUNNING & PRICE…
PIE & DEMI ROUSSOS NIGHT IN FERNHILL HEATH
You may have noticed the absence of a curry on Stourport Curry night, caused by a catch-up with a colleague in a neighbouring village without an Indian restaurant. That’s how backward parts of Worcestershire are, folks. Even worse, Fernhill Heath is in a bit of a Good Beer Guide desert (not quite the same as… Continue reading PIE & DEMI ROUSSOS NIGHT IN FERNHILL HEATH
ELLESMERE RETURNS
There used to be a number of places you could rely on being Beer Guide entry free; Letchworth, Port Talbot, Coatbridge. Then along came Wetherspoons and ruined it for everyone. Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA doesn’t have a large allocation in the Guide anyway, and the largely rural area up to Whitchurch remains resolutely un-touristy.… Continue reading ELLESMERE RETURNS
CHARLES DICKENS IN RETFORD
Apart from the walking, one of the main attractions of retirement was reading books in pubs, with a pint in front of the fire. Perhaps I didn’t expect the seating to look quite like this, but then this is Retford 2016. My Charles Dickens** still felt like 1866 though. Retford had it’s brief moment at… Continue reading CHARLES DICKENS IN RETFORD
RUTLAND COMES OF AGE
It doesn’t take long to complete Rutland‘s Beer Guide contingent – seven pubs is par for the course. This year, as the County turns 18, it does at least get its own page, but I’m not sure the Leicestershire section is losing any classics. I guess I’ve been to most of Rutland’s 50-odd pubs (virtually all… Continue reading RUTLAND COMES OF AGE
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