IT Issues

There I was, tapping out a blog when the ancient flash disc it was all stored on went bump. There’s around 20 pubs that have gone into the ether so, unless my work colleague can rescue them, I’ll have to revisit them… Mind you, that’s not a bad thing, revisiting pubs and a lot of…

Beeston’s Buzzing

Any long time readers of the blog will recall the halcyon days of pubs in North West Leicestershire with Coalville and Whitwick setting the standard for no nonsense boozers. Forward wind seven years and Beermat juniors seem to be spending more of their sport time in Nottingham which, rather handily, gives me the opportunity to…

Keeping The Punters Happy In Matlock

“A walk/climb up Bank Road to the Farmacy is well worth it on a future visit,” said Bygone Boozer in the comments section after my last post on Matlock. Never let it be said that I don’t like to please my readership…so And of course – I took on board Bygone Boozer’s advice and headed…

Getting Giddy In Matlock

Matlock really is a cracking day out…this series of blogs will cover three visits, including two to the Proctor Cars Stadium to watch the Gladiators. The other visit took in a walk to the infamous Giddy Edge in Matlock.  A narrow edge 300 foot up High Tor is a good test of character. However, even…