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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

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• TIM TAYLOR TAKEOVER AT THE SUN 2026-01-14 01:00pm
• PORT STREET, TONY’S PIES AND A POINT 2026-01-14 08:29am
• NEW IN MANCHESTER. THE HEAD OF STEAM 2026-01-13 12:53pm
• YOUR FRIEND IN DIFFICULT TIMES 2026-01-13 02:00am
• TENTATIVELY INTO TENTERDEN 2026-01-12 02:12pm
• TAKING DOWN THE TREE 2026-01-12 11:28am
• THE JENNY LIND SAYS “DO ONE, DRYANUARY” 2026-01-12 04:21am
• PROPER PUBS SIGN ALERT. THE STAG, HASTINGS. 2026-01-11 12:55pm
• TOP 100 PUBS – CINQUE PORTS ARMS, HASTINGS 2026-01-11 05:08am
• MRS RM SETTLES IN FOR THE BIG HASTINGS N/A BEER CRAWL 2026-01-10 02:03pm
• PELHAM PLACE 2026-01-09 11:52am
• DRY JANUARY 1st IN CORBY GLEN 2026-01-09 03:46am
• A NORTHERN HEAD ON THE ORVAL 2026-01-08 06:00am
• NEW (AND GREAT) CASK IN SHEFFIELD. THE WOBBLY DAGGER 2026-01-08 03:21am
• PINT, COB & CRISPS IN THE WELLINGTON. UNBEATABLE. 2026-01-07 07:13am
• MY “GOLDEN PINT”. ACORN WINTER PALE AT THE ABBEY 2026-01-07 03:39am
• “KLF, aha aha aha aha”. FIRST TRAIN TO KIRKSTALL FORGE 2026-01-06 01:13pm
• PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL 2026-01-06 09:30am
• CHECKING WILL’S SHEFFIELD BEER SCORES 2026-01-06 04:12am
• RETIRED MARTIN’S MARVELLOUS MUSICAL MELODIES FOR 2025 2026-01-05 03:10pm
• THE FEAST OF BOLSOVER 2026-01-05 12:45pm
• FISH BISCUITS IN BOLSOVER 2026-01-05 08:54am
• THE RED SHED 2026-01-05 03:18am
• RETIRED MARTIN’S CULINARY 2025 2026-01-04 12:37pm
• DECEMBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + JANUARY PREVIEW 2026-01-04 10:13am
• TOP 100 PUBS – NAN MOOR’S, TODMORDEN 2026-01-04 05:48am
• DISCUSSING “FAKE NEWS” IN THE FOX, TODMORDEN 2026-01-04 03:09am
• WELCOME TO MIRFIELD 2026-01-03 05:58am
• RETIRED MARTIN’S 2025 IN TRAVEL 2026-01-03 04:15am
• BOXING DAY MEANS A SPOONS BREAKFAST 2026-01-02 01:50pm
• CHRISTMAS DAY DES 2026-01-02 09:27am
• MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION. CHRISTMAS EVE, 2025. 2026-01-01 01:11pm
• THE 2025 RETIRED MARTIN PUB AWARDS 2026-01-01 03:14am
• BASS CLICKBAIT AT THE DOLPHIN 2025-12-31 02:27pm
• THE STADE 2025-12-31 07:40am
• TURKISH DELIGHT 2025-12-31 02:05am
• HARVEY’S CHRISTMAS ALE 2025-12-30 12:47pm
• ON THE BEACH 2025-12-30 08:18am
• NO PLACE ELSE I’D RATHER BE (ON MY BIRTHDAY) THAN ST LEONARDS ON SEA 2025-12-30 12:46am
• A DASH FROM ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL 2025-12-29 01:10pm
• TOP PUBS FOR WHEN YOU’RE STUCK AT KING’S CROSS FOR HALF AN HOUR. No. 2 – THE KING CHARLES I 2025-12-29 04:57am
• STEELFISH BREWERY – COME FOR THE HAZY PALE, COME FOR THE COB 2025-12-28 04:29pm
• FLAT TRACK BULLIES 2025-12-28 09:40am
• “BY ‘ECK IT’S GORGEOUS”. THE STEELWORKS, BREDBURY. 2025-12-28 02:01am
• THE CHRISTMAS TURKEY 2025-12-27 12:05pm
• RESISTING THE 10% JAIPUR X IN THE HALLAMSHIRE HOUSE 2025-12-27 02:33am
• CHRISTMAS JUMPERS 2025-12-26 01:33pm
• IS THE BATH HOTEL GOING GASTRO? 2025-12-26 03:50am
• A QUIET START TO BLACK EYE FRIDAY AT THE FARGATE 2025-12-25 11:48pm
• BEER TASTES BETTER IN A PROPER GLASS Pt. 244 2025-12-25 01:16pm
• MRS RM’S BRITHDAY SOUP AND A PINT. THE SHIPWRIGHT’S ARMS, HOLLOWSHORE 2025-12-25 08:58am
• UP THE CREEK 2025-12-24 02:39pm
• MRS RM CAN’T WALK PAST THE ELEPHANT 2025-12-24 02:39am
• PERSEVERING WITH MASTER BREW IN THE SUN, FAVERSHAM 2025-12-23 05:00am
• THE PUB, HERNE BAY. GOOD NAME, GOOD PUB 2025-12-23 02:12am
• A HERNE BAY DELAY 2025-12-22 01:01pm
• OYSTERS IN WHITSTABLE 2025-12-22 09:48am
• FABULOUS FAVERSHAM FRONTAGES 2025-12-21 01:09pm
• FABULOUS FAVERSHAM PART 1 2025-12-21 09:27am
• ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!! THE WATERWORKS, RYE 2025-12-21 05:49am
• ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 2 – THE SEADOG 2025-12-21 04:01am
• ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 1 – THE JOHN LOGIE BAIRD 2025-12-20 11:53pm
• BOTTLES IT IS THEN 2025-12-20 06:44am
• PASTY AND PASTORE 2025-12-20 03:38am
• THE TRUE START OF CHRISTMAS 2025-12-20 01:11am
• A DIVERSION TO GRAVESEND 2025-12-19 05:48am
• IS SPOONS CASK QUALITY GETTING BETTER ? BEXHILL THINKS SO 2025-12-19 01:20am
• TOP 100 PUBS. THE RUDDY DUCK, BEXHILL-on-SEA 2025-12-18 11:38am
• THE ALBATROSS 2025-12-18 03:47am
• FUTURE FOLKESTONE FROLICS 2025-12-17 01:22pm
• FINALLY ! AN UNSCUFFED HARVEY’S GLASS. THE MARINER, FOLKESTONE 2025-12-17 08:11am
• WHY DID NO-ONE TELL MRS RM ABOUT FOLKESTONE HARBOUR ARM 2025-12-16 02:06pm
• “FOLKESTONE IS AN ART SCHOOL” 2025-12-15 12:44pm
• THE TOILET AT THE BURGESS HILL SIGNALBOX 2025-12-15 07:26am
• “Lower your expectations”. ChatGPT prepares me for bucolic Burgess Hill. 2025-12-14 12:18pm
• TOAD IN THE HOLE AT BN6 CRAFT BAR 2025-12-14 07:03am
• IS KEYMER PART OF HASSOCKS, OR VICE VERSA ? 2025-12-14 01:34am
• THE JOY OF BURGESS HILL SPOONS 2025-12-13 11:32am
• WHY, WIVELSFIELD ? 2025-12-13 01:47am
• A PINT FOR MUDGIE 2025-12-12 11:48am
• YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FRIENDS. NOW, MORE THAN EVER 2025-12-12 05:33am
• REINDEERS AT THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE 2025-12-11 02:21pm
• MILL ROAD WINTER FAIR 2025-12-11 10:42am
• NATIVITY 2025-12-11 01:55am
• PUTTING UP THE TREE IN OLD HARLOW 2025-12-10 12:30pm
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE IN TANKERTON 2025-12-10 02:47am
• OYSTER BEDS 2025-12-09 12:46pm
• SUNSET OVER THE OLD NEPTUNE 2025-12-09 12:49am
• MRS RM SITS OUT SITTINGBOURNE IN SPOONS 2025-12-08 09:33am
• THE PARK TAVERN, SITTINGBOURNE. AN OLD MUDGIE SORT OF PUB 2025-12-08 02:53am
• PETER 2025-12-07 08:49am
• ALL SHIP SHAPE AT THE SHIP CENTURION 2025-12-07 12:29am
• TOP 100 PUBS – THE FOUNTAIN, WHITSTABLE 2025-12-06 09:35am
• TANKERTON SLOPES 2025-12-05 12:06pm
• THE WAITING ROOM 2025-12-05 02:20am
• MURK, MATES, MANCHESTER 2025-12-04 01:41pm
• PRAY TELL, IS THE CASK DRINKING WELL IN SALE ? 2025-12-04 05:54am
• THE 18:48 FROM RYE IS CANCELLED 2025-12-04 02:17am
• A TRIP DOWN LITTLE TRODGERS LANE. MAGICAL MAYFIELD. 2025-12-03 11:18am
• MAYFIELD’S ROSE & CROWN. A WEALD PUB 2025-12-01 09:46am
• T’OTHER BATEMAN’S. DON’T ASK FORE AN XB 2025-12-01 09:40am
• MRS RM IS UNABLE TO WALK PAST RYE’S QUEEN’S HEAD. IT’S A GOOD DECISION 2025-12-01 06:09am
• NOVEMBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + DECEMBER PREVIEW 2025-12-01 01:56am
• ALL THE PUBS IN RYE. THE GLOBE INN MARSH 2025-11-30 09:27am
• SIMPLE PLEASURES. THE TRAFFORD ARMS, NORWICH 2025-11-30 01:21am
• NEW IN NORWICH. THE HOP ROCKET 2025-11-29 03:54am
• CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN NORWICH 2025-11-28 01:29pm
• PLATFORM 1b, SHEFFIELD STATION 2025-11-28 08:52am
• ANNAHSTASIA AT THE BRUDENELL. AND THE PROBLEM WITH Chat GPT 2025-11-27 12:17pm
• TALKING TIDES. FROM MARSKE-ON-SEA TO LEEDS 2025-11-27 09:10am
• ANOTHER LEEDS SATELLITE TOWN, ANOTHER WOBBLY BOB AND SPICE BAG. NO. 2 – PUDSEY 2025-11-27 02:16am
• NO WAKE AT THE HEREWARD FOR THE REV 2025-11-26 10:35am
• WHEN A CARLSBERG WILL HAVE TO DO 2025-11-26 04:43am
• CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, NORTH WALSHAM (NCSS 3.5) 2025-11-25 02:01pm
• TOP 100 PUBS – THE PEASANTS’ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM 2025-11-25 06:57am
• NEXT STOP, NORTH WALSHAM 2025-11-24 09:39am
• 19 MINUTES BETWEEN TRAINS AT NORWICH STATION ? COACH & HORSES THEN… 2025-11-24 01:44am
• ALL THE CHINESE TAKEAWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE No. 1 – LAN HONG HOUSE 2025-11-23 10:51am
• TOWN OR GOWN ? THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES 2025-11-23 05:49am
• THE HANDSOME PRINCE, CAMBRIDGE 2025-11-22 01:16pm
• SUPPING SUSSEX IN THE SWAN 2025-11-21 02:19pm
• A HARVEY’S OLD IN NEWHAVEN 2025-11-21 05:59am
• A FAREWELL TO GRUBBS 2025-11-20 06:28am
• PUBLIC BAR, THE GREAT EASTERN 2025-11-20 01:14am
• BRIGHTON, WITHOUT THE SPOONS VOUCHERS (but Jaipur still only £2.25 a pint) 2025-11-19 06:39am
• A MODERATE MASTER BREW IN RYE HARBOUR 2025-11-18 12:19pm
• “Are you joining us for lunch ? Fabulous !” 2025-11-18 03:29am
• SISSINGHURST 2025-11-17 01:56pm
• RYE HARBOUR. LIVING IN THE PLASTIC AGE 2025-11-17 02:35am
• MEAT RAFFLE, 10 PINTS OF FOSTERS, BABIES AND OLD BOYS, A STONE ROSES OBSESSION. LYDD’S FIRST GBG ENTRY WANTS TO BE ADORED 2025-11-16 02:09pm
• THE DELICIOUS CLAM 2025-11-16 07:28am
• FATHER TO SON, HEART TO HEART 2025-11-15 09:49am
• SHEFFIELD’S CASTLEGATE 2025-11-15 02:06am
• THE KINGS ROAD, ST LEONARDS 2025-11-14 01:00am
• SUSSEX BY THE SEA. EASTBOURNE PIER IN AUTUMN 2025-11-13 08:32am
• THE JOY OF EASTBOURNE SPOONS 2025-11-13 01:13am
• LEFFE AND SPICE BAG 2025-11-12 10:10am
• MAN OF KENT. OR KENTISH MAN ? 2025-11-12 04:41am
• GATECRASHING A 60th BIRTHDAY IN TONBRIDGE 2025-11-12 02:02am
• THE UBIQUITOUS HARVEY’S 2025-11-11 11:18am
• BACK IN RYE, STRAIGHT TO THE YPRES CASTLE 2025-11-11 07:21am
• LURCHERS AND CHESTERFIELDS. THE BLACK HORSE, THURNHAM 2025-11-10 02:16pm
• WOBBLY DAGGER REVISITED 2025-11-10 11:26am
• ROSIE AT THE GRACE 2025-11-10 08:15am
• PUB DOGS OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH 2025-11-10 03:49am
• LADYBARN SOCIAL CLUB 2025-11-09 01:00pm
• “BRING YOUR OWN VINYL”. THE STATION HOP, LEVENSHULME 2025-11-09 05:48am
• STATION TO STATION. HEATON CHAPEL TO LEVENSHULME 2025-11-09 01:09am
• CHOICES, CHOICES. 🔺 TICKING IN TICKNALL 2025-11-07 04:36am
• CALKE AND THE MILKING PARLOUR 2025-11-07 02:40am
• JIMMY EAT WORLD, RETIRED MARTIN EATS AT THE GLOBE 2025-11-06 02:44pm
• IN SEARCH OF KINGS (AND CAR PARKS) 2025-11-06 09:54am
• LEICESTER CASTLE 2025-11-06 03:15am
• LOOK UP ! 2025-11-05 04:02pm
• INEVITABLY, THE ALE WAGON 2025-11-05 11:31am
• BACK ON THE DESI TRAIL. THE BLUE PETER, LEICESTER 2025-11-05 08:08am
• SOARING – LEICESTER STREET ART 2025-11-04 07:03am
• HIGH TABLES, LOW TABLES. THE CLARENDON, LEICESTER 2025-11-04 03:27am
• 36 HOURS IN LEICESTER. 2025-11-03 04:03am
• A JUG OF PRIDE IN BOROUGH’S TRINITY 2025-11-02 01:46pm
• LINING THEM UP IN ELEPHANT AND CASTLE 2025-11-02 01:49am
• THE OLD SHADES, SW1 2025-11-01 03:34pm
• TOURIST PUB, TRAFALGAR SQUARE 2025-11-01 10:49am
• WALKING IN LONDON 2025-11-01 01:34am
• OCTOBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + NOVEMBER PREVIEW 2025-10-31 02:27pm
• AN ANGEL IN YARWELL 2025-10-31 09:31am
• A LOOSE CANNON IN NEWARK 2025-10-31 01:13am
• A BASS AND POPPADOMS HALT IN CHADDESDEN 2025-10-30 08:49am
• TUTBURY TICKING 2025-10-30 03:10am
• WHEN YOU JUST NEED AN ORVAL 2025-10-29 03:30pm
• THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE 2025-10-29 11:31am
• A RARE STOP ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD. YE OLDE BELL IN BARNBY MOOR 2025-10-28 01:01pm
• A RAINY NIGHT IN ST ALBANS 2025-10-28 07:17am
• THE FUSSPOT OF FANCOTT 2025-10-26 01:25pm
• TODDINGTON PUTS THE BANNERS OUT 2025-10-26 01:49am
• SHEFFIELD BEER FESTIVAL (NBSS 3.72). 2025-10-25 11:39am
• WATERBEACH OR BRADFORD ? WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF CURRY ? 2025-10-25 05:23am
• A SURPRISE GBG WINNER IN COVENT GARDEN 2025-10-25 03:12am
• THE GENTLE CHARM OF THE LADY OTTOLINE 2025-10-24 11:41am
• “A SYMPHONY IN BROWN”. THE DUKE, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON 2025-10-24 02:39am
• HOMEBREW OR BASS ? A MOOT POINT IN MATLOCK 2025-10-23 01:27pm
• IS THIS THE REAL LIFE ? IS THIS JUST FANTASY ? THE REMARKABLE HARE, MATLOCK 2025-10-23 08:06am
• YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FRIENDS. AN ALTERNATIVE SHEFFIELD PUB CRAWL 2025-10-23 01:50am
• NEW AND SHINY IN SHEFF. THE FARGATE 2025-10-22 08:10am
• MEANWHILE, BACK IN WATERBEACH… 2025-10-22 01:06am
• FINALLY ! YOUR AUTHENTIC TRANSYLVANIAN CASTLE 2025-10-21 12:57pm
• A NERVOUS PINT IN GASTHAUS ALTEPOST 2025-10-21 08:47am
• Top 5 Transylvanian Bed & Breakfasts – Casa Cositorarului, Sighisoara 2025-10-20 07:12am
• A rainy night in Sighișoara 2025-10-19 12:28am
• CONTRADICTORY ADVICE ON SURVIVING A BEAR ATTACK 2025-10-18 03:44am
• BEANS IN BREAD AT LA CEAUN 2025-10-17 07:36am
• TOP 100 PUBS – SZIMPLA, SFANTU GHEORGHE, ROMANIA 2025-10-17 06:54am
• Fonts, Ferenc Puskas and flying coffee cups. The mysteries of Sfântu Gheorghe 2025-10-16 09:18am
• THE JOY OF GETTING YOUR NAME ON THE UNTAPPD SCREEN IN AFTAR STUBE, BRASOV 2025-10-16 03:54am
• BEAUTIFUL BRASOV 2025-10-15 12:01pm
• CASUAL SEXISM IN SUBURBAN BUCHAREST 2025-10-14 11:12pm
• ADMISSION : I ACCEPTED A TASTER AT HOP HOOLIGANS 2025-10-14 06:00am
• Bucharest Café society 2025-10-14 02:03am
• BUCHAREST’S IRONIC TAPROOM 2025-10-13 10:21am
• TURNING STRAWBERRIES INTO BEARS. TICKING BUCHAREST 2025-10-13 01:10am
• Caru’ cu Bere. Your must visit for pork knuckle in Bucharest. 2025-10-12 01:38pm
• MEETING YOUNG BOYS (BERN) AT GROUND ZERO 2025-10-12 06:54am
• GOLDEN BATHROOMS AND PARLIAMENTARY WHITE ELEPHANTS. A TOURIST DAY IN BUCHAREST 2025-10-12 01:33am
• Grand Café Van Gogh, Bucharest 2025-10-11 02:59am
• THE SHEFFIELD HALF PINT MARATHON. A BIT OF A SPRINT AT THE END 2025-10-10 01:10pm
• TO CASTLETON, IN HOPE RATHER THAN EXPECTATION 2025-10-10 06:50am
• YOUR CLOSEST GBG PUB TO THE CAMBRIDGE PUNTS 2025-10-09 07:53am
• ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (iii) HAUTE CUISINE 2025-10-09 05:03am
• ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (ii) MAID OF THE MILL 2025-10-08 10:06pm
• ATHERSTONE – A SLIGHT RETURN. (i) HERITAGE 2025-10-08 10:56am
• MUSICAL DIFFERENCES 2025-10-08 12:25am
• PIE NIGHT 🥧 AT THE PUNCH BOWL 2025-10-07 11:39am
• INTO BATLEY 2025-10-07 06:38am
• GATECRASHING BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN THE PETERBOROUGH SUBURBS 2025-10-06 11:16am
• HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE “C” WORD YET ? 2025-10-06 05:56am
• AN NBSS 4 GREENE KING IPA (HONEST). THE MASONS ARMS, BURY ST EDMUNDS 2025-10-05 10:14pm
• NETHERGATE GET A FOOTHOLD IN BURY ST EDMUNDS 2025-10-05 05:38am
• CHRISTIE GOES TO BRINKLEY 2025-10-05 02:46am
• BODDIES v BASS. WHO WEARS THE CROWN IN STOCKPORT ? 2025-10-04 12:25am
• GETTING TO THE SOUL OF SALE 2025-10-03 12:32pm
• LOUNGE-ING AROUND 2025-10-02 09:58am
• A DEE-DAR IN ROTHERHAM 2025-10-01 08:00am
• PSALTER LANE 2025-09-30 11:06am
• SEPTEMBER ’25 STOCKTAKE + OCTOBER PREVIEW 2025-09-30 02:49am
• FIRST TICK IN THE NEW GBG. ITCHY PIG (2), SHEFFIELD 2025-09-29 01:25pm
• THE SUN SETS IN WATERBEACH 2025-09-29 08:36am
• ELY GOES “CRAFT AND BURGERS” 2025-09-29 01:52am
• TOP 100 PUBS – THE MASONS ARMS, TEDDINGTON 2025-09-28 03:36pm
• TOPING IN TEDDINGTON 2025-09-28 11:37am
• OOH, NICE GLASS ! THE MILL, CAMBRIDGE 2025-09-28 03:08am
• BASS AT THE FREE PRESS 2025-09-27 01:27pm