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LEFFE AND SPICE BAG
November 2025. Tonbridge. Having spent the extravagant sum of Ā£3.20 to park next to Tonbridge Castle (it was 6.43pm, they charge 8am till 8pm but kindly gave me a credit of those 43 minutes in the ā¦
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MAN OF KENT. OR KENTISH MAN ?
November 2025. Tonbridge. Thereās five (5) entries in the Good Beer Guide this year. Southwold has none, Stafford only has three. One is the very beery Nelson Arms, oneās a Spoons, one ā¦
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GATECRASHING A 60th BIRTHDAY IN TONBRIDGE
November 2025. Tonbridge. A day attending to the in-laws of Royal Tunbridge Wells, where it transpires all Michael wants is a front row seat at the Assembly Hall, listening to a sombre piece about ā¦
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Life is Complete ā Greggs have a Pub
Itās true. Greggs have opened a pub, the Golden Flake, in Newcastle. Why not call it the Golden (Steak) Bake I hear you cry, but they save that for the menu. Located on the first floor of Fenwickāsā¦
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An Hour in Ardgour
Surely the best way to get to a Good Beer Guide pub is by ferry and, on a sharply crisp Autumn day, this little chap did the job. Ardgour clings to the western edge of Loch Linnhe. Legend has it thā¦
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THE UBIQUITOUS HARVEYāS
November 2025. Rye. Iād almost overdone it on that first visit to the Ypres on my return to Rye (not the only one, apparently), and it was unfortunate that I had exactly 32 minutes till the bā¦
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BACK IN RYE, STRAIGHT TO THE YPRES CASTLE
November 2025. Rye. First time at our caravan down in Rye Harbour for a year; itās been on let almost continuously in an attempt to recoup the site fees. It all feels worth it as you take theā¦
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LURCHERS AND CHESTERFIELDS. THE BLACK HORSE, THURNHAM
November 2025. Thurnham. Maidstone. Into posh Kent and the North Downs we go, for a night in Rye before opera with the in-laws. There may be something in that last sentence to make you a tad jealouā¦
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WOBBLY DAGGER REVISITED
November 2025. Antifascist Walkley. Sheffield. Back from London to Cambridge (eventually, someone pulled the emergency cord at Stevenage), then a slight return to Sheffield for a couple of nights bā¦
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ROSIE AT THE GRACE
November 2025. Highbury. London. Grace is the white āPā just above the tube station ! A big (for RM) gig in London, a new venue for me just outside Highbury Station and just below the Aā¦
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A rare pub trip to Hampstead Heath. Life is different there.
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PUB DOGS OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH
November 2025. Hampstead. London. Iām timing my trips down to see Dad to coincide with the nostalgia music afternoons at his care home (Dave from Chatteris, itās always a Dave, sings Beā¦
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LADYBARN SOCIAL CLUB
October 2025. Ladybarn. Manchester. Thatās my view from a Ā£17 a match season ticket at Manchester City a week ago, for one of the most exciting games Iāve seen at the Etihad. Staying ovā¦
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An "electro prog" selection at the wonderful Station Hop in Levenshulme.
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āBRING YOUR OWN VINYLā. THE STATION HOP, LEVENSHULME
November 2025. Levenshulme. Itās been a slow start to ticking the new cohort of Greater Manchester Guide pubs. If youāre approaching middle age like itās wise not to drink too mucā¦
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STATION TO STATION. HEATON CHAPEL TO LEVENSHULME
October 2025. Heaton Chapel to Levenshulme. Iām no fan of night driving these days, itās almost like approaching middle-age or something. And with my usual cheap option for train to Manā¦
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Fantastic evening with friends in Halifax š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ yesterday visiting three of the best pubs in the North!ššŗ ā¢ Victorian Craft Beer CafĆ© for their amazing dark beer festival ⢠The Big Six ⢠Three Pigeons Ale House
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CHOICES, CHOICES. šŗ TICKING IN TICKNALL
October 2025. Ticknall. 2 miles from Calke, in the heart of the National Forest, is yet another of those āHOW had I not been here before ?ā pubs that the Beer Guide continues to throw uā¦
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CALKE AND THE MILKING PARLOUR
November 2025. Calke. Derbyshire. A late dash to tick a few National Trust properties before the subs are due (we wonāt renew). Blimey, talk about a well-pubbed location. Calke sits between Cā¦
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10 Things to Do in Prizren, Kosovo - Why It Deserves a Spot on Your Balkan Itinerary
Prizrenās cobbled streets, riverside cafĆ©s, and mountain backdrop give it an easy charm thatās hard to resist. Compact and full of character, itās one of those cities that wins you over straight away....
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JIMMY EAT WORLD, RETIRED MARTIN EATS AT THE GLOBE
October 2025. Leicester. Our 36 hours in Leicester concluded with a late lunch in another historic pub, the venue for local CAMRAās branch meeting that very evening. Even my remarkable powersā¦
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IN SEARCH OF KINGS (AND CAR PARKS)
October 2025. Leicester. Regular readers will know Iām no fan of history, which is I why I follow a team founded in 2008 and canāt tell my Art Deco from my Art Nouveau (or Garfunkel). Bā¦
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LEICESTER CASTLE
October 2025. Leicester. 36 hours in Leicester, and with lunchtime approaching (though weād barely finished breakfast) itās time to explore the castle. Leicester looked quite lively witā¦
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LOOK UP !
October 2025. Leicester. 36 hours in Leicester, and a busy morning for Mrs RM if sheās going to tick her deers, the tourist highlights sheās got from ChatGPT blogs. Starting with Curvesā¦
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INEVITABLY, THE ALE WAGON
October 2025. Leicester. Having paid for a nightās accommodation in the centre of Leicester that Wednesday (Ā£60 at the well-equipped* Ramada Encore) I wasnāt going to bed at 6, even if ā¦
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BACK ON THE DESI TRAIL. THE BLUE PETER, LEICESTER
October 2025. Leicester. 36 hours in Leicester; time to complete the GBG entries for the county and provide Mrs RM with enough material for her own blogpost to boost tourist trade, provisionally tiā¦
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SOARING ā LEICESTER STREET ART
October 2025. Leicester. A large gap (well, 3 hours) between pubs now as Mrs RM does a deep dive into her map of Leicester tourist deers (above), which I ignore and instead take photos of painted Cā¦
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HIGH TABLES, LOW TABLES. THE CLARENDON, LEICESTER
October 2025. Leicester. 36 hours in Leicester, loads to tick on Mrs RMās ādeer mapā, letās get my last Leicestershire tick (there WAS only one newbie, incredibly) and an eaā¦
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Pub life, Stockport. From our
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36 HOURS IN LEICESTER.
October 2025. Leicester. The last trip of the month, as we become Leicesterās tourists. Just under the hour from Sheffield, just under Ā£25 off-peak return, and budget hotels right next to theā¦
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Best Things to Do in San Marino (and Why Youāll Want to Stay for Sunset)
San Marino is the third smallest country in Europe and proudly calls itself the worldās oldest surviving republic. Perched high on Mount Titano, it's a maze of steep medieval lanes, arched gateways an...
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A JUG OF PRIDE IN BOROUGHāS TRINITY
October 2025. Borough. Trinity Four Guide London pubs on Monday raised hopes of a rare āten pub weekā, the sort of thing BRAPA knocks out in his sleep on his way to GBG immortality. I aā¦
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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 thā¦
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THE OLD SHADES, SW1
October 2025. Whitehall. London. While I sat in the Admiralty I scribbled down a few notes, mainly about queuing tourists and naff modern pop, but also āanother week another two (2) London puā¦
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THE OLD SHADES, SW1
October 2025. Whitehall. London. While I sat in the Admiralty I scribbled down a few notes, mainly about queuing tourists and naff modern pop, but also āanother week another two (2) London puā¦
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New Post - The Admiralty, about as central as a central London pub can get.
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TOURIST PUB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE
October 2025. Trafalgar Square. London. Another year, another paltry handful of GBG newbies in what youād imagine was a vast chapter of central London pubs. On the other hand, a lack of churnā¦
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WALKING IN LONDON
October 2025. London. I should have said in that last post that I almost caught up with the blog in October; just a couple of Big Days Out in the capital and Leicester to bring you. Irritatingly, tā¦
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OCTOBER ā25 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW
Another typical month of dashing between home and care home, with odd diversions from the route to tick a few Midlands and London pubs. Thirty-seven different pubs in October sounds pathetic, but tā¦
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AN ANGEL IN YARWELL
October 2025. Yarwell. Northamptonshire. Another day, another hitherto unexplored bit of ājust off the A1ā. Iād driven within yards of Yarwell, I guess, a thousand times or more tā¦
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A LOOSE CANNON IN NEWARK
October 2025. Newark. A final new tick in GBG for āNaughtyā Nottinghamshire (there were only two), that naughtiness exemplified by the 2019 BRAPA Newark Northgate public urination scandā¦
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A BASS AND POPPADOMS HALT IN CHADDESDEN
October 2025. Chaddesden. Derby. Back at Derby station from Tutbury, I reckoned it was worth chancing a dash to the Hoppy Place, Derbyās lone new GBG tick a couple of miles east. Out the statā¦
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TUTBURY TICKING
October 2025. Tutbury. As BRAPA will tell you, half the fun of GBG ticking is sitting down with the new Guide and working out legal routes to get to an isolated village by public transport. Then giā¦
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WHEN YOU JUST NEED AN ORVAL
October 2025. Sheffield. Up in Sheffield for a couple of nights before heading back down to see Dad, who barely recognises me now, but āstole Colinās chickenā in the care home todā¦
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Why The Rose And Crown?
Here I delve into the world of pub names which throws up a fascinating insight into our history, culture, folklore, local features, industri...
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In August I made the administrative error of visiting far too many good bars in Germany š©šŖ to quickly write up. I am delighted to finally announce that š°š® new bar profiles from Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Wismar, Schwerin, Oldenburg & Stade have gone live!
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The Best Bars In Germany š©šŖ
Great beer halls, backstreet pubs, jazz bars, we have scoured Germany for the very best. Browse our reviews, lists and map to find a great venue near you.
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THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE
October 2025. Sheffield. Itās approaching five years since we escaped Cambridgeshire for The North, only to spend every week since driving back. That first six months in Lockdown Sheffield waā¦
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