Actually, I held back on my final day in Devon, determined to be at peak fitness for the forthcoming train home to York via Paddington,...

Thursday 2nd May, 3:37pm The only 'taxi cheat' of my mini-break in Devon took me from the Royal Oak at Heavitree to Topsham, because it...

Thursday 2nd May, 8:30am In the steamy mirror of my Premier Inn bathroom, the Ghost of Pub Ticking Yet to Come appears and offers a stark...

I have to go all the way back to 17th August 2002 to find my last visit to Exeter, the only time I'd been there using the Good Beer Guide...

Saturday 27th April 2024 You could be forgiven for thinking because I visit so many pubs that I actually know what I'm doing when I get...

44 ticks in the month of April takes me up to 61.7% GBG completion (2777 out of 4500 pubs) as I strive to put as much distance between my...

Thursday 25th April 2024 As incomprehensible to me as this unseasonal dollop of hailstones I'm currently experiencing is Salford itself....

Saturday 20th April 2024 With Hull City's fading playoff dreams now resembling a pair of stonewashed jeans from a mid 80's club in Soho,...

A first visit to the curvaceous voluptuous steamy town of Buxton since 2017 when I did Cheshire Cheese, Ale Stop and the then 53 Degrees...

Hope you've all had nice weekends, In the final part of this war of attrition, we have the two final fixtures before trying to whittle...

Ever since my return from Glamorgan, I've been listening to Kate Bush. I don't know why. If you are aware of any scientific reasoning...

Three more fixtures from arguably the second best pub/football/dice themed competition in the world ....... (the first being @DicePub on...

22 pubs visited down in South Wales in early April to celebrate BRAPA's tenth birthday, and what a lovely young fellow he is becoming,...

Grand finale time, so let's take a look at the seven pubs which most impressed me on what overall was a very impressive showcasing of...

Weekend at last! I always think the week after Easter feels like the longest working week in the entire year, apart from everything in...

One of the surprise bonuses of being a 'Dedicated Pub Blogger™ ' is that it regulates my drinking. If I'm suddenly weeks behind on my...

Over the Easter break, I ticked 25 Leicestershire Good Beer Guide pubs and for the first time in my Leics career, and I'm pleased to be...

23rd March 2024 I can't remember my last the climb up Matlock's big 'ill, only the descent. I'm going back a few years now but I think...

Hello! Past the halfway point in the Good Beer Guide ticking year, and I can't lie, my copy is starting to feel a bit 'crispy', 'juicy'...

Thursday 21st March 2024 It seemed an eminently sensible decision to take the bus direct from the top of my road all the way to Whitby,...