I love a beer festival. Many of my faves are now sadly defunct (Walsall and Birmingham spring to mind) -...
Year: 2024
This trip was pencilled in months ago, when the cup draw was made. I knew Harrogate to be a good...
When my pals from Friends of Highgate Brewery got in touch, inviting me to join them for drinks round Preston...
I fell in love with Grimsby and Cleethorpes back in 2018 when I visited for Chasetown's match at Clee Town...
First game of the season! My options were thus: a 1730 kick off at Crawley for the Blackpool match; or...
I’m often asked for pub recommendations by visitors to Blackpool (and Fleetwood) so I thought it was high time I...
It has now been established (I think) that Martin is ticking the pubs in Matt’s book (Manchester’s Best Beer Pubs...
I was inspired to visit Stirchley on my recent visit to Newcastle. As I was down in the West Midlands...
Well I wasn’t going to miss out on watching Chase in a cup final, was I? Despite another fucking train...
Ah Burton. The home of beer. It had been a while since I'd visited - everywhere seems so far away...
This wasn't the Newcastle I've had on my list to visit for yonks with Sarah, but the one in Stoke,...
Midweek Manchester Missions are a new thing I’ve started doing with fellow bloggers Martin and Christine. I had thought Martin...
Saturday matchday! I still get that buzz on a Saturday morning when I’m off to watch Chase - something I...
Ah Easter weekend. Where else would I be going but a beer festival? And not just ANY beer festival but...
Why Rochdale? Well, on my virtual travels during lockdown (remember when we weren’t allowed to go to pubs or football?),...
Wigan is my favourite town in the world and I need little excuse to visit. Wigan Beer Festival is now...
I was very excited to be heading to East Lancashire today to meet up with the Clitheroe massive. I appear...
You may have noticed, dear reader, that, when Blackpool play away from home, I’ve started going to watch my old...
A beer festival? In Wigan? With rave reviews and recommendations? Well I wasn't going to miss that! The late kick...
After a VERY messy day out in Preston the previous day, I was still pissed surprisingly chipper this morning and...
Preston?! What the fuck am I doing going to PRESTON?! Well, if I’m honest, I’ve wanted to go for a...
On football-free Saturdays, I tend to find myself finding some football to go to; it's simply what I do on...
