660 Pints Of Bass

I’ve just had a mate from Hereford posting me a picture of him sitting with a pint and a ‘substantial meal!’ Of course, he also sent me the caveat that he won’t need a meal soon as life reverts back to a bit of normal in at least one county in the UK in the…

The Horninglow Mile

Well, as the nation moves into another month of pub bashing lockdown from Thursday… …I thought I would carry on with my ‘unretirement’ and discover a new ale trail. The Horninglow Mile is, as far as I know, not on Burton & South Derbyshire’s CAMRA’s must visit destination boozers.  I reckon there are five pubs…

Getting Jiggy With The Wyggy

The GBG is out!!! And, as Martin quite rightly notes in his recent post, it is a terrific effort from the local CAMRA branches to make sure pubs have been visited. Of course, Burton upon Trent, the home of brewing, has a few nominees although I suspect 603 – The Wyggeston DE13 0UN isn’t one…

They Call The Rising Sun

“There is a house in New Orleans…”as the song goes, is slightly catchier than “there is a house in Church Gresley…” only a bit, mind. The 1964 classic from The Animals is arguably their greatest moment and therefore was reasonably excited when a boys night out in the nineties to Granville’s in Stone involved a…