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…

Bless This Boozer

I’ve got to start with the big sports story of the day.  I don’t mean the news that top pub town Belper crashed out of the FA Cup at the final qualifying round hurdle to top pub city Notts County. Nor do I mean the news that will have Dutch Paul crowing after Michael van…

The Alan Winfield Trail: New Zealand

Don’t be fooled by the title of this post as I haven’t suddenly become a globetrotter to rival Rich and Dunc. They are often gallivanting to far flung places blowing their pensions on overpriced beer in Ukraine, Japan and China but it is the lure of the Midlands that drags me into boozers. The greatest…

The Impossible Dream In Derby

Having been unable to resist the lure of The Honeycomb in my last blog, I know that my Dutch reader Paul will be particularly excited to hear about the rest of my boys’ day out in Derby. I’m sure he won’t mention the 3-1 win last night as we lost in the semi-final of the…

Big Night At Little (Chester) Ale House

A recent boys’ day out in Derby (blog to follow) saw plenty of revisits on a 6 mile walk pub crawl around the city. Derbados… …doesn’t always get a good press regards being the most glamorous of cities but there are little areas of tranquility in amongst the urban grit. After around five miles of…

A Couple Of Classics In Derby & Burton

I know that Martin often feels the weight of expectation when visiting a ‘classic’ boozer as you’re never quite sure you can do it justice. If you visit a pub fairly regularly by blogging standards (i.e. more than twice a year) then you can get a flavour for a boozer so, I’m taking the plunge…

Dickensian Derby

With Birmingham’s nine point deduction still fresh in the memory I decided to take myself away from Sky Sports on a Saturday afternoon and check in to a new boozer with no distractions. 370 – The Creaky Floorboard DE22 1FT is a recent addition to the Derby pub scene as it’s only been open for…