Summer Tour Of The Midlands 2023 – Part 2

My summer tour of the Midlands continues with a jaunt to Nottingham and its suburbs.  I’ve not quite notched up the half century of Nottinghamshire boozers as yet (this post will take me to 49) so it is clearly a county that has many undiscovered gems. The beauty of Nottinghamshire is that it has some…

Loving Lenton Life

You left me contemplating the future of pubs in a big cavernous new build on a retail park in Wednesbury.  Even Paul WME couldn’t get too excited about a non-descript chain pub but there is still trad pub life alive and kicking in Lenton. This suburb of Nottingham, next door to Beeston and the University,…

Barge –ing In To Long Eaton

You left me in my last post drinking Espresso Martinis, Keg Greene King and watching delighted Nottingham Forest fans throw shapes to the likes of Dee Lite and The Spice Girls. The reason for this frivolity was the fact the tricky trees had beaten the Midlands biggest club – Birmingham City – 2-0 and climbed…

Football Awaydays: Nottingham

You’ve got to love a football awayday…Every Saturday thousands of punters across various leagues at different levels will spend a day out on the lash watching their team play. There is no sport quite like it in Britain in terms of spectator numbers and the fact is that most bloggers are intertwined with a football…