Eastwood’s Golden Mile

“Bloody hell!   You went there?!” So said one of my work colleagues, who hails from Kimberley in Nottingham and proceeded to give me a potted history lesson on the various hostelries of Eastwood and beyond. I blame Mrs BB…if she is going to send me shopping to Giltbrook Retail Park (home of Ikea) then she…

National Bass Day #NBD2020

The Wickingman has set the ball rolling  and even beer guru Roger Protz is on board for THE big event of 2020. #NationalBassDay is taking place on Easter Saturday, April 11, which happens to coincide with William Bass buying his Burton brewery in 1777.  If AB InBev are looking for a marketing man to push…

Bass Drama In Derby

The Wickingman is convinced that Bass is about to become the drink of 2020.   Mind you, he’s been saying that since around 1985 so I guess the odds of it happening must be shortening. However, other Bass aficionados such as Mudgie,Mark and both Martins, along with the Vaux Wanderer and the Beertonian will all be…

Meeting Pub Blogging Royalty In Aston On Trent

Whilst I am about as reliable as all three of the main parties’ election manifestos in attending Beer & Pub Forum Proper Days Out, I do occasionally meet up with blogging royalty. I spent an enjoyable afternoon with Martin in Coalville and Whitwick back in 2018 and I finally caught up with another of the…

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…

Football Pubs #4: The Best Old Skool Boozer (so far) In 2019

I need to thank The Wickingman, or rather his better half for this post, as i lie through my back teeth convince all and sundry that the last post was in fact fake news. That’s right, Mrs TWM, pubs such as The Bulls Head in Repton are in fact an elaborate hoax and the only…

Everyone Jolly (Potters) In Hartshill

The Internet has been terrific in general as it introduced me to The Hartshill Mile via FB, for example, and also allows me to waffle incessantly through this blog. Of course, the comments section is always good value and I have to say I’ve been pretty fortunate thus far in the fact that (a) no…