Category Archives: pubs

Bolton Percy Steam and Ale

Posted on August 6, 2011 by John

Approach­ing Bolton Percy from Tad­caster on a recent Fri­day morn­ing, we found the rail­way bridge lined with men and cam­eras, so we nat­ur­ally enough leant our bikes on the fence and joined them, cor­rectly anti­cip­at­ing a steam-hauled delight.  It did … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Thursdays is off — Sundays is off.

Posted on May 16, 2011 by John

Just for inform­a­tion, the Sun at Long Mar­ston doesn’t do food on Thursdays, but will obli­gingly dir­ect the would-be diner to the Spot­ted at Tock­with, which turns out to be the Spot­ted Ox, which does an excel­lent lunch and has … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Farlington — not the Royal Wedding

Posted on April 29, 2011 by John

What bet­ter way to spend the  morn­ing of the Royal Wed­ding but on a cir­cuit­ous bicycle ride, tak­ing in New­ton on Ouse, Toller­ton, Huby and Stil­ling­ton  before a lengthy pause at the Black­smiths Arms at Far­ling­ton.   A few spots … Con­tinue read­ing →

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On t’Moors

Posted on April 16, 2011 by John

A really pleas­ant day out — bus to Pick­er­ing, then to inspect the won­der­ful medi­eval wall paint­ings in the church.  There’s St George, St Chris­topher, St Edmund (not Sebastian in spite of being por­cu­pined with arrows) the mouth of Hell … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Sunshine and Primroses

Posted on March 26, 2011 by John

At the end of a sunny and quite warm week the oppor­tun­ity to get out on the Orbit — must be nearly a year since that bike hit the road.  The slightly undu­lat­ing coun­try around York doesn’t really merit 21 … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Slip Inn

Posted on March 16, 2011 by John

Well worth slip­ping into the Slip on Clem­enthorpe these days.  Con­ver­sa­tion no longer stops when you open the door, there’s a good selec­tion of real ale, and on a Sunday night you can be enter­tained by an informal gath­er­ing of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Quizzes and Karaōke

Posted on March 11, 2011 by John

Thursday night at The Beeswing — very crowded with all sorts includ­ing lots of stu­dents, being so handy for the Uni­ver­sity.  Reason — Quiz night.  For­tu­nately we were able to huddle in a quiet corner and sup our loc­ally brewed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Abandoned in London

Posted on March 6, 2011 by John

Not us, actu­ally, but 16,000 chil­dren left at the Found­ling Hos­pital in the late 18th cen­tury.  A fas­cin­at­ing small exhib­i­tion at the Found­ling Museum by Coram’s Fields in Blooms­bury, dis­play­ing a small selec­tion of the tex­tile tokens which moth­ers left … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Wheldrake/Thorganby Circular

Posted on January 28, 2011 by John

Joined a group of Fri­day cyc­lists at the Milen­nium Bridge.  Pre­dict­ably mostly retired folk.  Maybe 2/3rds sport­ing some Lycra.  Mine was the only Bromp­ton.  One bloke wondered how I’d cope. In fact all very leis­urely. Some of the lanes which … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Trembling Madness Again

Posted on January 9, 2011 by John

Tried “The House of Trem­bling Mad­ness” on Stone­g­ate, York for lunch.  The Bel­gian beers on tap were deli­cious as was the lamb and pea pie which I had with mash and mushy peas.  Pie loc­ally made and had lots of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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