October 2026. Heeley. Now I’ve ticked the pubs (and the football grounds) there’s a need (possibly a male need, anyone ever met a female GBG ticker or groundhopper) to find a new pursui…

October 2026.Morley. West Yorkshire. There’s currently a lot of discussion on CAMRA’s Discourse about choosing Beer Guide entries. As usual Will Larter and Paul Mudge have a lot of sens…

October 2026. Morley. West Yorkshire. I miss Richard Coldwell. He was interesting, enthusuastic and insightful. His comments on Morley after I popped in Oscars back in 2018 were prescient. “T…

October 2026. Morley. West Yorkshire. Dave “US” Southworth often asks which places surprised me. A good question, which today gets “Morley, West Yorkshire” added to the answ…

Right, now I’ve reached the end of September I can bring you the highlights; none of this posting a summary two (2) days early nonsense. Nothing particularly startling about the travel map; b…

September 2026. Headingley. Leeds. Five minute train to Burley Park (I walked the two miles back through the endless Uni quarter to Leeds Station), home to the Brudenell and countless enticing Asia…

September 2026. Leeds. An intesting collection of new Beer Guide entries in West Yorkshire; not much in the cities themselves, but you’ll need to change at Leeds station to get to Todmorden, …

September 2026. Saxilby. Lincolnshire Unsurprisingly, you might think, my only recollection of Saxilby was of the Mandarin Chinese takeaway I’d popped in after ticking the Anglers years ago. …

September 2026. Saxilby. Lincolnshire. Only back three (3) days from an overnight stay one rail stop out of Lincoln, and I’m off on t’train, one stop shy of Lincoln for a lone GBG newbi…

September 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells. Arriving late in Tunbridge Wells we’d booked a Travelodge rather than stay at the in-laws (do any children like sleeping in their parents’ house ?…

September 2026. Corby Glen. Lincolnshire. I reallu have nothing to complain about in life, but last weekend was an example of the stresses and tensions of a typical week. Getting “home”…

September 2026. Unstone. Derbyshire. A gorgeous Saturday afternoon in Dronfield, though my plans to bring you pictures of St John the Baptist’s stained glass were halted by the arrival of the…

September 2026. Dronfield. There’s a large number of new Beer Guide entries that only open at weekends, including one 10 minutes away on the train to Dronfield. Actually, 10 minutes on a trai…

September 2026. North Hykeham. Lincolnshire. You left me in Poachers Brewery Tap at North Hykeham in the suburbs of Lincoln, showing no ill effects from the handful of Devil’s nuts foisted on…

September 2026. Grantham. A few new Beer Guide entries to break up the interminable slog up and down the A1, and a characteristically eclectic bag of Lincolnshire debutants. The one I didn’t …

September 2026. Sheffield. There’s some great Proper Pubs™ just above West Street in Sheffield studentland (also home to its best Asian restaurants). Some, like the Grapes and Perch and Fagan…

September 2026. Sheffield. The first few weeks after the publication of the annual Good Beer Guide are invariably a whirl of travel to the nearest towns to mop up the easy wins (ugh), the low hangi…

September 2026. South Anston. South Yorkshire. Obviously I’m not actually aiming to complete the Beer Guide again; not sure I could afford all those helicopter flights and ferries anymore, ne…

September 2026. Manchester. Apart from an essential haircut, I was also in Manchester to see Ninush, whose single “Neighbours” (not THAT one) is a modern classic. A gig at a rare pre-em…

September 2026. Salford. Two quick ticks by two in Flixton and Urmston, and I’m safely back from Trafford at Oxford Road station, where I decide this odd staircase is the highlight. I’d…

September 2026. Urmston. Greater Manchester. Mrs RM will confirm that my brain is wired a bit differently from most of the population, and only works when fed new experiences on a daily basis. Last…

September 2026. Flixton. Greater Manchester. By Tuesday I was itching at the bit to get out of Sheffield, determined to walk off that leg injury I don’t like to talk about. Ideal, then, that …

September 2026. Chesterfield. Having spent at least a tenner getting to the outer edge of Chesterfield for that Beer Guide newbie, and with the next nearest GBG tick a) an hour away or b) not open …

September 2026. Chesterfield. When a new Beer Guide comes out each September the temptation is always to look for trips to towns with lots of new ticks, even if that means a train to Newton Abbot o…

September 2026. Shireoaks. Nottinghamshire. 10 minutes through the old colliery site to the GBG brewery tap, ten minutes back to the station, still feeling that ache at the back of my leg but keepi…

September 2026. Shireoaks. Notts. The new Good Beer Guide has dropped (ugh); it would have been poetic to blame my injury on the descent of this massive brick of a book (forgot to mention that last…

September 2026. Manchester. Oh, Manchester, but it’s Goldthorpe with so much to answer for, as my post-pint dash through another South Yorkshire mining town ends with a pulled muscle (or some…

Yes, officially out today (order HERE !), the 2027 Good Beer Guide is a triumph of campaigning for real ale. And non-real ale, as we see more crafty keg outlets with the rider “Please ask whi…

September 2026. Goldthorpe. South Yorkshire. A real ale gain in the unlikeliest of places, as Goldthorpe becomes the latest South Yorkshire mining village to get a micro, and a CAMRA Pub of the Sea…

September 2026. Goldthorpe. South Yorkshire. Mrs RM and I were having one of our romantic* chats about blogging yesterday. Approaching middle-age, the most important things are to eat healthily and…

September 2026. Barnsley. My visit to Greater Barnsley, which will shortly end in disaster, had both cultural and cask objectives. Nailmakers Brewery had opened a second tap in Barnsley’s shi…

September 2026. Barnsley. If put on the spot and asked to pick ONE (1) Barnsley pub, it would have been the Old No.7, Acorn’s flagship and the best place to drink the revived Barnsley Bitter.…

September 2026. Southborough. Kent. Southborough lies betwixt Royal Tonbridge Wells and the more earthy Tonbridge, home to one of the UK’s top beer bloggers. The views into the Weald of Kent …

September 2026. Headcorn. Kent. Only an hour in Headcorn, strategically tucked between Ashford, Maidstone, and Mrs RM (and Shane Magowan’s) birthplace in Pembury. An hour is enough to visit t…

PLENTY has been written about Draught Bass in the last couple of years and here is some more, because a remarkable story continues to evolve.What has happened with Bass is one of the more unlikely tal...

September 2026. Headcorn. Kent. We settled my father-in-law at the Queen Vic Hospital, the most notable thing about East Grinstead, in a room decorated with this painting of a cricket ground with t…

September 2026. Royal Tunbridge Wells. You can’t stay at the in-laws in (virtual) pub desert Southborough and not pop in to Tunbridge Wells, and I spent an hour on Sunday evening avoiding fol…

September 2026. Godstone. Surrey. Three nights in Royal Tunbridge Wells looking after the in-laws, with only a tiny bit of exploration. A rare visit to mysterious Tandridge district; north of Gatwi…

September 2026. Lakeside Thurrock. One of the few selling points for the Ibis in Thurrock, apart from being handing for Dartford Bridge, was proximity to Lakeside shopping centre and its attendant …

September 2026. Limehouse. East London. A gorgeous hour* in east London, even if the new pub in Stepney deserted me. “Walking round London is one of the greatest things on earth.  And it’s fr…

September 2026. Stepney. East London. A long trip down south for a dear friend’s funeral and some hospital trips at the in-laws, broken up with a night just shy of the Dartford Tunnel. Can yo…

September 2026. Dewsbury. It’s worth coming to Dewsbury just for the Refreshment Rooms, of course, but just as instructive to wander round a former mill town of 61,035 souls on a weekday, won…

September 2026. Dewsbury. A Top 100 pub, but also a Top 5 “hour spent in the pub”, except it was probably only 37 minutes. Yes, it’s Dewbury, the land that time forgot, tucked awa…

September 2026. Mirfield. Your thoughts and prayers requested as I face three (3) nights of post-surgical support at the in-laws in Kent, with zero new GBG entries to entertain me in Tonbridge. Eve…

September 2026. Sheffield. With the new Good Beer Guide about to drop (ugh), and a big trip this weekend I didn’t want to go chasing lone GBG 26 entries these last few days. But as you’…

September 2026. Manchester. Catching up with Mrs RM in Manchester after our respective trips I really wanted a proper meal, on a plate, with a pint, in a glass, in a pub. Sometimes pub food in Manc…