The Guardian are asking people to blog on the topic ‘Three Things I do to Enjoy England‘, and as I think enjoyment is fine in its way and do often experience it it in England, I decided to shape a post around their theme. I doubt if I’ll be able to emulate the breezy style [...]
Posts Tagged ‘real ale’
Lion Bars, Square Hooks and Cross Keys: Cheddington to Great Missenden
Posted in Accounts of the walk, tagged akeman, cheddington, cross keys, great missenden, guardian, real ale, tring brewery on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Electric Eel Pie
Posted in Memory, tagged mad o'rourke, pie factory, real ale, wordsley on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whilst walking through Wordsley earlier this week, I noticed a new Mad O’Rourke pub, specifically Mad O’Rourke’s Pie and Grill Factory. There used to be a chain of Mad O’Rourke establishments, and (in an earlier journey, similar the the Shepherd Neame passport recounted earlier) I once visited most of them collecting a set of coffee [...]
Everything with you – Stafford to Wolverhampton
Posted in Accounts of the walk, tagged newhampton, real ale, stafford, staffordshire and worcester canal, wolverhampton on August 3, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Continuing my journey from Southport (in the North West) to Brighton (on the South coast), I walked from Stafford station to Wolverhampton – the town where I lived between 1986 and 1999. On the way I saw a sinister picture of a dog-like creature, sunk beneath the River Sow; had an Alice-like glimpse of the [...]