Are You Taking The Mick(leover)? More New Pubs

It might not seem like the ideal time to be opening a boozer but there are still plelnty of good news stories. However, one of the unlikeliest is taking place in Dickens Heath whereby Birmingham City’s former physio is opening a Micropub on the site of a former William Hill bookies in the village. Neil…

Men In Shorts: Borrowash

Having recently completed a pub walk in the Derbyshire Dales then it’s back on more urban ground with a visit to Borrowash. Where’s this I hear you cry?  Surprisingly for a Derby suburb, it only has one boozer but it makes up for that with the terrifically named Borrowash Victoria FC (play in Spondon) and…

Football Drama In Starkholmes

Never let it be said that us Landlubber Midlanders won’t go the extra mile in order to watch some live sport. It’s all well and good Duncan gallivanting off to Estonia on a scouting mission to source some new players for St Mirren but, aside from a recent visit to Gresley FC, (read it here)…

Tip Top Tansley: Derbyshire Wayfarer Part 2

You left me in Matlock heading into the wilds of the Lumsdale Valley as the views improved and the pubs became more gastro. Gorge walking has become de rigeur in recent years and I can confirm it is a top notch activity, albeit I have tried it in Anglesey. (Not gorge walking) The joys of…