Category Archives: Portland Street Pedestrians

The slip­pin’ and slidin’ was between ven­ues, as we braved the sub-zero tem­per­at­ures, snow and ice to carry out essen­tial research.  The Punch-Bowl on Stone­g­ate has a pan­elled sort of char­ac­ter, and a war­ren of rooms and spaces the fur­ther … Con­tinue read­ing →

Con­sid­er­ing that the last place vis­ited by this log was Paris, Don­caster is up against strong com­pet­i­tion — and comes nowhere.  The Frenchg­ate centre in the even­ing is like vis­it­ing a world where all human life has evap­or­ated — and … Con­tinue read­ing →

A meander round the inner sub­urb, start­ing for me at the Bay Horse on Blos­som Street. Always a very local pub, except on race days, and quite cosy. The Deuchars was off but the Black Sheep was superbly kept, one … Con­tinue read­ing →

In all the Port­land Street Ped­es­tri­ans merry wan­der­ings, I doubt there is one which has ever covered so little ground as this — all within the mil­it­ary HQ of the Roman Army of the North — about as far as … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Port­land Street ped­es­tri­ans have com­pleted their winter pro­gramme, apart from the final stroll, where we play away. Northaller­ton, this year.  Missed a few out­ings, but there were some high­lights and low­lights to record on the ones I man­aged. Low­lights … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Port­land Street Ped­es­tri­ans like to end the winter sea­son, before they meta­morph­ose into the PS Ped­al­lers, with an out­ing bey­ond York and its vast range of cosy hostel­ries. In the past we have vis­ited Malton, and the Sta­lybridge, Hud­der­sfield, … Con­tinue read­ing →