Zouch

Before my sub editors pipe up and correct me for missing Ashby De La from the headline, the title of this post is correct. I know just how taken Dave is with Ashby De La Zouch so I thought I’d throw him off the scent and stop off at Zouch. That’s right, in the ever…

Closing Time

Hearing the bad news that The Chimneys in Willington is set to shut later this month got me thinking about how many boozers have bitten the dust in two years. Mudgie’s excellent closed pubs blog highlights just how bad the problem is and how much history has been lost… If current ratios are to believed…

Here Comes The Summer…

…Said Fergal Sharkey to good effect in the late seventies with his pop/punk combo The Undertones in one of their many classic two and a half minute ditties. Pub blogging in the summer has many advantages, not least of all from a picture perspective as if you have a day job then nipping in for…