Under The (Shelton Lock) Bridge

I’ve noticed that I’ve been neglecting my Canadian/American readership base recently. To stifle any complaints n the comments box from Dick and Dave I’ve named this post after arguably the Red Hot Chilli Peppers best song. Having built up the merits of the A514 to Russ as THE best pub road in the Midlands (if…

Eye Eye A Pukka Brum Boozer

One of the joys of pub blogging is the rules you set yourself.  Only blog on a pub I have an alcoholic drink in….record all pubs/clubs/hotels even if they are fairly average….only drink in pubs with mobility scooters outside…only drink in pubs that haven’t been in the GBG. Actually the last two aren’t true but…

Jog On – The Kings Corner In Oakwood

  Rumour has it that Frank Lampard has been seen pounding the mean streets of Derby. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/footage-derby-county-boss-frank-1906162. In fact, the sight of a football manager jogging in the Chaddesden area of Derby caused quite a stir with the footage going viral. For older readers of this blog that means it’s newsworthy as opposed to some…

Checkatrade Trophy Tension At The Odd House

  If anyone was in any doubt that football captures the imagination like no other sport then they should visit 281 – The Odd House DE12 7DQ Apart from the recent episode of Repair Shop at The Cross Keys in Tutbury, I can’t recall pub punters taking such an interest in something so, apparently trivial.…

Any Chance Of A Birmingham City Victory? Boozers In Barrow Upon Soar

Work commitments are playing havoc with my blogging at present so a rare night off gave me the chance to watch another Birmingham City hard luck story poor finishing and poor defending. on the box Looking at the positives that stretches our unbeaten/winless home record to four games and overall winless run to eight so…

Bubbling Over In Stenson

Keep Out Of The Black And In The Red, Nothing In This Game For Two In A Bed. However, if you win on an episode of TV reality show Four In A Bed then you can justifiably shout it from the rooftops. I make no excuses for using Jim Bowen’s catchphrase from Bullseye, which is…

Happy Tappy Clappers

Having just spent three days with spectacular views whilst scrambling and weaselling on Higgar Tor and caving in Carl’s Wark I needed something to bring me back down to earth. So what better place to go than a proper no nonsense boozer in Loughborough that arguably out ‘spoons the nearby ‘spoons. Martin has covered the…