Top 20 Pubs: King William, Milford

As I inch ever closer to 500 pubs on this blog I thought I’d keep the suspense going a little longer by blatantly ripping off Martin starting an occasional series featuring my Top 20 boozers so far. Having had some corking suggestions recently on wet led local boozers then it is time to trawl through…

Wyatt Riot, I Wanna Riot, Wyatt Riot, A Riot On My Own

Readers of the blog usually come up with better blog titles than me and having sacked Mudgie as my sub editor after his Bass bill was bankrupting me, I just had to throw this one out there. I’ve got to be honest though, as Quosh, who is a proper wordsmith, suggested, it was always going…

All Hail The Wet Led Local Boozer

  As Martin will testify, locals are bad for business in terms of pub blogging.  As exciting as a night in your local boozer might be, I’m not sure you could stretch a blog out of it over a length of time. However, it is time to herald the wet-led local of which there can’t…

Ooh Aah Everards I said Ooh Aah Everards

…to the tune of Eric Cantona or Paul McGrath, take your pick, but either way it’s a catchy little ditty. If Richard Coldwell was here now then I have no doubt, and this is why I miss him, he’d be giving me absolute pelters over waxing lyrical regards Everards. “They don’t brew their own beer…

Back On Track In Kenilworth

With my house move still causing reverberations amongst the Twitterati then I thought it was a good time to tie up some loose ends. I know how you like hearing about all of my travels with destinations to rival Duncan and his trips to the Faroe Islands and Ukraine. This is much more of a…

Dealing With Thorny Issues In Thornton

Having a self-imposed hiatus from blogging due to a house move I have been under the cosh from all angles. Firstly, The Wickingman set the tone with a tweet claiming that I would spend the rest of my days in the Slug & Lettuce in Solihull Town Centre drinking G&T and ‘premium’ brand Estrella Lager…

Classic Canal Pubs #2: The Dragon At Willington

This one’s for the Southworths on their next trip to Blighty.  The transatlantic version of Ant and Dec spent last week visiting some classic pubs. Bridgnorth, Leek, Preston, Manchester and Huddersfield were on their hit list in cahoots with a legion of nefarious characters such as Martin, who covers it far better than I would, Quosh,…