January 2025. Lode. Greater Waterbeach. I’m claiming Lode for Waterbeach before Newmarket CAMRA decides to nick it. And you can actually walk there from the Chung Hwa across the Quy Fen, once home to Cambridge’s nudist bathing lakes (said my Dad). Lode village (pop. 913), really a hamlet, backs on to Anglesey Abbey; you can… Continue reading WRESTLING IN LODE. YOUR CLOSEST PINT TO ANGLESEY ABBEY
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A TASTE OF SOUTHWOLD
June 2023. Cambridge & Isleham. I see that Simon has finally discovered the delights of Southwold. Chris the Crab and Ozan Octopus ? That’s not the Southwold I remember. And to be honest, though I need to venture out in that direction to complete Suffolk at the Racehorse in Westhall, I rarely come across Adnams… Continue reading A TASTE OF SOUTHWOLD
THE WRESTLERS – PAD THAI, PUMPS, BUT NO POOL
Apart from the Cambridge Blue and the historic Eagle, the Wrestlers is Cambridge’s perhaps best known pub. Certainly for visitors to the Abbey Stadium it was the default pre-match pint following the loss of most of the Newmarket Road locals. It seems to have lost that status since the latest “improvements” turned it into a restaurant.… Continue reading THE WRESTLERS – PAD THAI, PUMPS, BUT NO POOL
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