Nectar In (Kings) Newton

Two days have passed since  my last blog and it has been a ‘bumper weekend’ of sport, as Dickie Davis would have said on World of Sport. I can’t believe that finished as long ago as 1985, but they’d have been delighted with the offerings on show. West Bromwich Dartmouth edged out England by four…

Brummies Here, Brummies There…

Brummies every *******where la la la la la la la la la la went the terrace chant back in the eighties (that is the correct amount of la’s!)… Of course, anyone reading this who has stuck with me since the start of this blog will know this is the same intro as the post on…

Successful Country Pubs #2&3: Berkeley Inns, Cows And Horses

Just when Chilled Pubs thought they had the market cornered for gastropubs in Derbyshire along came Berkeley Inns. The Bulls Head in Repton and the Joiners Arms in Quarndon along with another couple in Walton and Wingerworth meant they had the whole Derbyshire market tied up with pizzas what’s wrong with Frankie & Benny’s alongside…

Baby Boom In Whitwick

After a rare foray into literary waters in my last post normal service is resumed as I venture back into safe earthy pub territory and a visit to Whitwick. The good old LE67 postcode usually comes up trumps and after a call from the Trades Description Act mafia, I needed to move back to safer…