Paul's Beer & Travel Blog
1066 and all that, or a warm, summer's day in Hastings - Pt. One
A farewell to a bygone era, and a welcome to a new one
Strange bedfellows, or you never know who you'll meet over dinner
Wall to wall sunshine at the Greyhound, for the firm's summer party
Good things to come
Rusthall - rocky crags, hidden valleys, plus a couple of decent pubs
A short test piece to re-establish my connection to Blogger
Two steps forward & one step back
Exploring the pubs of Samuel Palmer's "Valley of Vision"
Station House pulls a Crafty pint of Pride - and yes, it was drinking well
Never saying never, to Doom Bar
He's leaving home, bye, bye
Six months into the new year
Cloudy Murk
Checking in on an friend, and renewing my acquaintance with a couple of favourite, old pubs
The Kentish Tap, at the Rose Revived
It's all happening again, in Tonbridge
Chipstead fails me again!
The Holy Goat is coming along nicely
MS Ambassador - a few thoughts and observations
Mid afternoon in Birmingham, but where on earth is that pub?
Making an exhibition of oneself, in Brum
Two rural, Harvey's pubs, by train and bus, plus three seldom seen, Harvey's cask ales
Alta, and two pubs, in the not so frozen north
Alta - a modern shopping centre, husky dogs, and the Northern Lights, experienced from the far northern tip of Norway,
"Crossing the line" and becoming a "Blue Nose"
Tromsø reprised
All hail the "Holy Goat"
Small steps towards getting the blog back on the road
Tromsø - gateway to the not so frozen north
Trondheim - a delightful, and cultured city on Norway's central, west coast
Åndalsnes and the Golden Train
A Norwegian saga
Getting away from it all
In search of Ambience, beyond the Arctic Circle
Random pub conversations at the Punch
The Honest Miller, Brook
English public houses in the mid-1970's - a nostalgic look-back
Return to the Chaser
Technology and me - we don't agree!
Rainy day blues, and trouble in publand
A Sevenoaks selection
Trying to find my mojo
Why not start your own blog? Boak & Bailey claim that you can, and I believe they are right!
Jaipur goes from strength to strength
Lewes - renewing my acquaintance with two classic pubs, and experiencing two unfamiliar ones
The beer gods have been smiling, recently
Lewes on a mission
Pre-loading in Tunbridge Wells, prior to dinner with the directors
As German beer sales tank, some unwelcome changes start appearing
An afernoon in Hastings, with a few good pub memories along the way
Larkin's Best at the Dovecote, Capel
Four more books to be enjoyed at bedtime
Banging the beat for the New Drum
Scores on the doors!
The Year in Beer - a beery look back at 2025
Farewell to 2025 - a gentle look back
Every pub in Tonbridge - No. 13 out of 15 - the George & Dragon
So this is Christmas, or rather this was Christmas
In two day's time, it will be all over bar the shouting!
Computer says "No"
A rare foray into clubland
The firm's Christmas bash, December 2025
Free to travel
More reaons to shop at Morrisons
Contemplating a recently deceased Beer Blogger, in the tranquility of the Wheatsheaf, Bough Beech
Return to Madeira, half a century on
It's that time of year, again
Draught Burton Ale - DBA
Topsham's Bridge Inn, at last
Topsham comes out tops
Breakfast catch-up, at the Chaser
Topsham for the day, by train
Three threads - not a beer, but a three-part post
The Somerhill - an update, of sorts
A return to Crater Lakes, fifty years on
Lucky Larkin's
Cruising - a few observations that centre mainly on dining
Back on dry land
Fancy a day out?
Lots of changes on the Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells pub scene
Celebrating one thousand beers on Untappd!
Some Harvey's Old, at last!
Out of step, out of time, and missing a few heartbeats!
150-year-old, Jersey brewery moves its brewing operations to the UK.
Missing out on the Harvey's Old
A Tunbridge Wells saunter
A Sonder in Broadstairs
The Thirty-Nine Steps, or Broadstairs re-visited
Bayern -Tragerl ~ Bavarian Festbeer Tasting Box
No joyous Noël three months before Christmas
A few alternatives to the Great British Beer Festival
End of an era, as the Great British Beer Festival bows out, for possibly the last time
A literary quest - recommendations for a good read, please!
Český Krumlov - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Is Untappd to blame?
A couple more books at bedtime
The "Dog Days" of summer are over
Fine dining, or something in-between
Halfway House re-visited
40 years, you woudn't get that for murder!
As the iconic beer is set to make a return, I take a look back at my first experiences of Boddington's Bitter
Two contrasting local pubs, both doing a roaring trade
No GBBF for Paul this year. Meanwhile AI marches steadily on
Which Swan should I go for?
Surrey - Hants border. Pt. 2 - Farnham
Pubs of the Suffolk Coast
Two good pub towns, on the Surrey - Hants border. Part 1, Alton
Three Tuns Inn seeks a new licensee
A Sarah Hughes surprise at the Nelson Arms
A Tunbridge Wells stagger