16th January 2023. “Sadly, after Retired Martin completed the Beer Guide, he rather lost the plot. Some days he stayed at home, he started mumbling about revisiting Maidenhead, and then he began to tick ALL THE PUBS IN GRANTHAM”. And why not. Grantham is as good, or bad, as anywhere. I can even park our… Continue reading THE CLOSEST PUB TO GRANTHAM’S BRAND NEW SOUTHERN RELIEF ROAD !!!
Tag: White Lion
BASS IS BACK ! (v.4)
The weeks have started to develop a pattern. Pop down to Waterbeach once a week, stopping at the East Markham McDonalds (I’m sponsoring No.107 next season), take Dad to 3 new garden centres with weird pot plants (he ticks the centres in ochre. Possibly), then stop somewhere interesting in the campervan on the way home… Continue reading BASS IS BACK ! (v.4)
THE TARKA TRAIL
I really didn’t want to write about the White Lion in Braunton. Think of it as contractual obligations, like a 1978 Steve Hackett album. It’s certainly an hour between buses back to Barnstaple I’ll not get back. But at least it gave me a tick, and the vital information that the Tarka Trail is a… Continue reading THE TARKA TRAIL
BALDOCK ? ARE YOU SURE ?
The first week of September sees Duncan, Simon and myself comparing the entries in the new Good Beer Guide to the massive spreadsheet/rolls of papyrus containing previous ticks. By and large it’s the same entries year after year, despite retirements, rebranding and the plague (Maidenhead). The entries for North Hertfordshire are pretty much the same… Continue reading BALDOCK ? ARE YOU SURE ?
SUNSET OVER SEAFORD
A lot of pubs in these posts; I must have been in a hurry to finish Sussex. Seaford was the end of the line, so I had 41 minutes to get to the White Lion and back AND find something new and interesting about a town I only visited last June. Excitingly, the White Lion… Continue reading SUNSET OVER SEAFORD
MANSFIELD – ALL MICROPUBS & MACCHIATO
I gave Mrs RM a couple of enticing choices for the day – Camden Town or Mansfield and she looked at me like I was daft. I obviously chose my wife well. She probably had equally fond memories of our memorable weekend there 20-odd years ago. It must have been our anniversary as I distinctly remember paying £15… Continue reading MANSFIELD – ALL MICROPUBS & MACCHIATO
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