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YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FRIENDS. NOW, MORE THAN EVER
REINDEERS AT THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE
MILL ROAD WINTER FAIR
NATIVITY
PUTTING UP THE TREE IN OLD HARLOW
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE IN TANKERTON
OYSTER BEDS
SUNSET OVER THE OLD NEPTUNE
MRS RM SITS OUT SITTINGBOURNE IN SPOONS
THE PARK TAVERN, SITTINGBOURNE. AN OLD MUDGIE SORT OF PUB
PETER
ALL SHIP SHAPE AT THE SHIP CENTURION
TOP 100 PUBS – THE FOUNTAIN, WHITSTABLE
TANKERTON SLOPES
THE WAITING ROOM
MURK, MATES, MANCHESTER
PRAY TELL, IS THE CASK DRINKING WELL IN SALE ?
THE 18:48 FROM RYE IS CANCELLED
A TRIP DOWN LITTLE TRODGERS LANE. MAGICAL MAYFIELD.
MAYFIELD’S ROSE & CROWN. A WEALD PUB
T’OTHER BATEMAN’S. DON’T ASK FORE AN XB
MRS RM IS UNABLE TO WALK PAST RYE’S QUEEN’S HEAD. IT’S A GOOD DECISION
NOVEMBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW
ALL THE PUBS IN RYE. THE GLOBE INN MARSH
SIMPLE PLEASURES. THE TRAFFORD ARMS, NORWICH
NEW IN NORWICH. THE HOP ROCKET
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN NORWICH
PLATFORM 1b, SHEFFIELD STATION
ANNAHSTASIA AT THE BRUDENELL. AND THE PROBLEM WITH Chat GPT
TALKING TIDES. FROM MARSKE-ON-SEA TO LEEDS
ANOTHER LEEDS SATELLITE TOWN, ANOTHER WOBBLY BOB AND SPICE BAG. NO. 2 – PUDSEY
NO WAKE AT THE HEREWARD FOR THE REV
WHEN A CARLSBERG WILL HAVE TO DO
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, NORTH WALSHAM (NCSS 3.5)
TOP 100 PUBS – THE PEASANTS’ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM
NEXT STOP, NORTH WALSHAM
19 MINUTES BETWEEN TRAINS AT NORWICH STATION ? COACH & HORSES THEN…
ALL THE CHINESE TAKEAWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE No. 1 – LAN HONG HOUSE
TOWN OR GOWN ? THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES
THE HANDSOME PRINCE, CAMBRIDGE
SUPPING SUSSEX IN THE SWAN
A HARVEY’S OLD IN NEWHAVEN
A FAREWELL TO GRUBBS
PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN
BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint)
A MODERATE MASTER BREW IN RYE HARBOUR
“Are you joining us for lunch ? Fabulous !”
SISSINGHURST
RYE HARBOUR. LIVING IN THE PLASTIC AGE
MEAT RAFFLE, 10 PINTS OF FOSTERS, BABIES AND OLD BOYS, A STONE ROSES OBSESSION. LYDD’S FIRST GBG ENTRY WANTS TO BE ADORED
THE DELICIOUS CLAM
FATHER TO SON, HEART TO HEART
SHEFFIELD’S CASTLEGATE
THE KINGS ROAD, ST LEONARDS
SUSSEX BY THE SEA. EASTBOURNE PIER IN AUTUMN
THE JOY OF EASTBOURNE SPOONS
LEFFE AND SPICE BAG
MAN OF KENT. OR KENTISH MAN ?
GATECRASHING A 60th BIRTHDAY IN TONBRIDGE
THE UBIQUITOUS HARVEY’S
BACK IN RYE, STRAIGHT TO THE YPRES CASTLE
LURCHERS AND CHESTERFIELDS. THE BLACK HORSE, THURNHAM
WOBBLY DAGGER REVISITED
ROSIE AT THE GRACE
PUB DOGS OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH
LADYBARN SOCIAL CLUB
“BRING YOUR OWN VINYL”. THE STATION HOP, LEVENSHULME
STATION TO STATION. HEATON CHAPEL TO LEVENSHULME
CHOICES, CHOICES. 🔺 TICKING IN TICKNALL
CALKE AND THE MILKING PARLOUR
JIMMY EAT WORLD, RETIRED MARTIN EATS AT THE GLOBE
IN SEARCH OF KINGS (AND CAR PARKS)
LEICESTER CASTLE
LOOK UP !
INEVITABLY, THE ALE WAGON
BACK ON THE DESI TRAIL. THE BLUE PETER, LEICESTER
SOARING – LEICESTER STREET ART
HIGH TABLES, LOW TABLES. THE CLARENDON, LEICESTER
36 HOURS IN LEICESTER.
A JUG OF PRIDE IN BOROUGH’S TRINITY
LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
THE OLD SHADES, SW1
TOURIST PUB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE
WALKING IN LONDON
OCTOBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW
AN ANGEL IN YARWELL
A LOOSE CANNON IN NEWARK
A BASS AND POPPADOMS HALT IN CHADDESDEN
TUTBURY TICKING
WHEN YOU JUST NEED AN ORVAL
THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE
A RARE STOP ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD. YE OLDE BELL IN BARNBY MOOR
A RAINY NIGHT IN ST ALBANS
THE FUSSPOT OF FANCOTT
TODDINGTON PUTS THE BANNERS OUT
SHEFFIELD BEER FESTIVAL (NBSS 3.72).
WATERBEACH OR BRADFORD ? WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF CURRY ?
A SURPRISE GBG WINNER IN COVENT GARDEN
THE GENTLE CHARM OF THE LADY OTTOLINE
“A SYMPHONY IN BROWN”. THE DUKE, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON
HOMEBREW OR BASS ? A MOOT POINT IN MATLOCK
IS THIS THE REAL LIFE ? IS THIS JUST FANTASY ? THE REMARKABLE HARE, MATLOCK
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FRIENDS. AN ALTERNATIVE SHEFFIELD PUB CRAWL
NEW AND SHINY IN SHEFF. THE FARGATE
MEANWHILE, BACK IN WATERBEACH…
FINALLY ! YOUR AUTHENTIC TRANSYLVANIAN CASTLE
A NERVOUS PINT IN GASTHAUS ALTEPOST
Top 5 Transylvanian Bed & Breakfasts – Casa Cositorarului, Sighisoara
A rainy night in Sighișoara
CONTRADICTORY ADVICE ON SURVIVING A BEAR ATTACK
BEANS IN BREAD AT LA CEAUN
TOP 100 PUBS – SZIMPLA, SFANTU GHEORGHE, ROMANIA
Fonts, Ferenc Puskas and flying coffee cups. The mysteries of Sfântu Gheorghe
THE JOY OF GETTING YOUR NAME ON THE UNTAPPD SCREEN IN AFTAR STUBE, BRASOV
BEAUTIFUL BRASOV
CASUAL SEXISM IN SUBURBAN BUCHAREST
ADMISSION : I ACCEPTED A TASTER AT HOP HOOLIGANS
Bucharest Café society
BUCHAREST’S IRONIC TAPROOM
TURNING STRAWBERRIES INTO BEARS. TICKING BUCHAREST
Caru’ cu Bere. Your must visit for pork knuckle in Bucharest.
MEETING YOUNG BOYS (BERN) AT GROUND ZERO
GOLDEN BATHROOMS AND PARLIAMENTARY WHITE ELEPHANTS. A TOURIST DAY IN BUCHAREST
Grand Café Van Gogh, Bucharest
THE SHEFFIELD HALF PINT MARATHON. A BIT OF A SPRINT AT THE END
TO CASTLETON, IN HOPE RATHER THAN EXPECTATION
YOUR CLOSEST GBG PUB TO THE CAMBRIDGE PUNTS
ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (iii) HAUTE CUISINE
ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (ii) MAID OF THE MILL
ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (i) HERITAGE
MUSICAL DIFFERENCES
PIE NIGHT 🥧 AT THE PUNCH BOWL
INTO BATLEY
GATECRASHING BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN THE PETERBOROUGH SUBURBS
HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE “C” WORD YET ?
AN NBSS 4 GREENE KING IPA (HONEST). THE MASONS ARMS, BURY ST EDMUNDS
NETHERGATE GET A FOOTHOLD IN BURY ST EDMUNDS
CHRISTIE GOES TO BRINKLEY
BODDIES v BASS. WHO WEARS THE CROWN IN STOCKPORT ?
GETTING TO THE SOUL OF SALE
LOUNGE-ING AROUND
A DEE-DAR IN ROTHERHAM
PSALTER LANE
SEPTEMBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + OCTOBER PREVIEW
FIRST TICK IN THE NEW GBG. ITCHY PIG (2), SHEFFIELD
THE SUN SETS IN WATERBEACH
ELY GOES “CRAFT AND BURGERS”
TOP 100 PUBS – THE MASONS ARMS, TEDDINGTON