Gotham City: Part 2 – Searching For A Star

Having established that Gotham is pronounced Go-tum and that it is a real bona fide village in Nottinghamshire as opposed to a fictional city in the USA, it was time to explore a little further. I had to go past East Midlands Parkway Station on my way to the home of goats (really…more will be…

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…

On The Edge In Whitwick

Say what you like about Champions League football but it does draw people into pubs.  At the risk of sounding like an old man, the modern younger football fan is likely to support one of the ‘big teams’ who play countless European fixtures on the TV during the course of a campaign. Last night it…

Draycott In The Clay Punches Above Weight With Second Classic Boozer

No punches pulled in the title of this post.  Draycott In The Clay is an absolute mecca for local pubs bucking the trend.  Having visited The Roebuck (pub 172) which is a pub thriving as a Freehouse with an onsite brewery there is a different model equally as successful further up the A515. 174- The…