Category Archives: pubs

Wanderings on the Southern Fringe

Posted on January 9, 2011 by John

“The Light Horse­man” had some good cask beers, seem­ingly a much bet­ter choice than when I was last there (about 5 years ago !) and at least one music track exhor­ted us to twist again like we did last sum­mer” … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Slippin’ and Slidin’ and Wet Glasses

Posted on December 7, 2010 by John

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 →

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The Baltic

Posted on June 19, 2010 by John

No, not that stretch of cold water between Sweden and the vari­ous half-starved states on the East­ern side but a splen­did res­taur­ant just by South­wark Tube on Black­fri­ars Road.  An extremely com­pre­hens­ive vodka bar, excel­lent and well-cooked food, nicely presen­ted … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Kew

Posted on June 19, 2010 by John

Long time no see — almost not since it was 2d to get in through the turn­stiles.  Blue­bells, mostly, but rhodo­den­drons too, and aza­leas. Then along the river path to Rich­mond — at least a dozen her­ons on the bank … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Steak House No More

Posted on April 30, 2010 by John

To mourn the demise of the Agar Arms at War­t­hill — not as a pub, it’s still there and open, but as one of the best steak houses in the area — and it was for nearly 30 years to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ryedale Revisited — and a good food find

Posted on March 16, 2010 by John

By fold­ing bike to Helms­ley.  Few spring flowers yet apart from snow­drops and cro­cuses, one patch of celandine, and few lambs too, though lots of fat ewes.  Catkins, but not yet the light green sheen on the trees which is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Doncaster

Posted on March 15, 2010 by John

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 →

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Kirby Ravensworth

Posted on January 8, 2010 by John

The Shoulder of Mut­ton at Kirby Hill does a nice pint, has two coal fires, and a good menu.  Situ­ated on the edge of a small escarp­ment look­ing North over the Holme Val­ley, the vil­lage of Ravens­worth, and towards Tees­dale. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bay Horse, Blossom Street

Posted on September 23, 2009 by John

Under new man­age­ment and try­ing hard.  Inter­est­ing selec­tion of guest beers, mini beer and cider fest­ival, nicely spruced up rear yard.  Worth a visit.

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Youth Hostels — the pros and the cons

Posted on September 16, 2009 by John

It seemed we could have a com­fort­able, hotel style room with two single beds, triple glaz­ing and air con­di­tion­ing, but with no ensuite and a little way out of the city centre (Stock­holm), or ensuite facil­it­ies, and extremely cent­ral loc­a­tion, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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