I Don’t Like Crickett…Oh No…I Love It

I’m going to miss my early mornings watching England beat Sri Lanka but the thought of 10CC’s “Dreadlock Holiday” means it is only two months till I can sit back in my armchair and watch England take on the West Indies. If there is one thing guaranteed to put you in a good mood for…

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…