We've done all the touristy stuff in Part One, so let's check out the pubs! But first we've got to...
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As part of my mental health campaign to get out more, I arranged to meet Karen, Martin and Christine for...
Tonight we had tickets to a punk show at the theatre. Karen suggested Lytham for pre-theatre bevs, given we had...
I've been struggling with my mental health of late. I'm going back to basics and trying to occupy my mind...
I appear to have been in Hibernation Mode for the best part of a month but it's now time to...
I love a beer festival. Many of my faves are now sadly defunct (Walsall and Birmingham spring to mind) -...
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...
It's been four years since I left Birmingham and a few friendships haven't survived the move - which I'm fine...
If you missed Part One (Gosport Pubs) and Part Two (Southsea), you can find them here and here. Dear reader,...
If you missed Part One: Gosport Pubs, you can find it here. After a pretty full on day yesterday, I...
In the immediate lead up to this trip, I was asking myself what the fuck I was thinking when I...
As I’d had such a fab time on my train awayday watching Chase at Kidsgrove recently, I took the opportunity...
I’d been holding off my trip to Cleveleys for months, pending the opening of an exciting new pub. I’d heard...
I'm loving having the freedom to travel to places I actually want to go to these days. Looking for a...
Tonight was the launch of Matt Curtis’s new book, Manchester’s Best Beer Pubs & Bars, which sounded like a fine...
I was giving the Blackpool game (away at Wycombe) a miss today. I have been struggling with Blackpool for many...
Dear reader, I’ve found a new beer friend, Kerry. Today was to be our first day out together and we...
I woke up in Cleethorpes slightly the worse for wear (see this blog for why). Also, my shoulder was killing...
I’m not doing many away games this season but I wasn’t going to miss out on the trip to my...
Saturday nights are all right for pubbing. Now the new football season is upon us - and I can face...
Last season was very tough mentally so I'm picking and choosing my games this season, withdrawing slightly with a view...
In a previous blog, I toyed with the idea of going to watch the rugby for a giggle. I was...
If you enjoy my writing there are a number of ways you can help me to keep the content flowing....
Today saw the annual visit of the Lancashire Hotpots to Blackpool. I have made a point of keeping my close...
Through following the adventures of fellow beer bloggers Martin and Simon, I have learned that the quest for completion of...
There’s a new drinkery on the block in Blackpool. I’d been eagerly awaiting the reopening of Abingdon Street Market following...
If you missed Part One (touristy stuff and pubs) you can find it here. After a good night’s sleep (guaranteed)...
This was Day Six of our journey - and today we were finally going to get to Norwich. Doubletree by...
My first ever memory is Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. https://youtu.be/RO-mxo-14H4 For years it has been...
If you missed Days One, Two, Three and Four, you can find them here, here, here and here. After another...
