Shrovetide

I reckon Derby and it’s surrounding towns/villages are some of the most ‘football’ areas in the country.  Yes, there is the cricket and a decent basketball team too but it’s one of the most ‘football’ counties in the country… However, Ashbourne is an anomaly as doesn’t appear to have a traditional football ground as such,…

The 4.10 From Cheltenham

You sometimes find a pub that hits the spot on so many levels that it is nigh on perfect…. It’s one of the joys of pub ticking as there are quite a few nondescript with not a lot happening but 797 – The Waterloo DE15 0LQ is the early runner for pub of the year…

Absolutely FabulouBass

This second post of the year means I am now blogging as regularly as Birmingham City are winning matches. All the greats such as Townshend, Weller, Squire and Peter Andre all suffered from writer’s block at some stage in their career and sometimes there just doesn’t seem much to wax lyrical about. Rumours abound that…

Clubbing

Whilst Martin, Mudgie x1, Mudgie x2 and the Sheffield Hatter continue their impressive ten-pub jaunt round the hinterlands bright lights of Stafford, the rest of us are setting the club scene alight. Of course, the Beer & Pub Forum stalwarts often visit Stafford’s nightclubs with Martin particularly partial to throwing some shapes to Meghan Trainor’s…