Now the Three Cups is what I long for in a drinking establishment.  Packed on a Sunday afternoon with a bunch of mouthy folks taking the piss out of each other whilst cheering opposite sides in a sporting event.  A big guy at the bar directed some comments toward me as I came in but [...]

The Buckingham Arms is a nice pub on some fairly large grounds in Maids Moreton (just outside Buckingham).  The food smelled great, but I was cooking as soon as I got home so I settled for a beer, a Bill Sutton’s Best by Slater’s Ales…sublime. It was a bit quiet and the chef came out [...]

The run had gone well, and from Chackmore I had planned an hour to cover some ground and hit Akeley Wood and some fields and hills before sliding into Akeley to find a pub after about an hour.  I found the Bull and Butcher in about 55 minutes and was quite pleased with my orienteering [...]

The first new (to me) pub I visited after 2 weeks overseas was the Queen’s Head in Chackmore.  The place was mildly busy which is a bit surprising unless the others got a more friendly reception than I did.  Perhaps the young woman at the taps had something troubling her…I’d hate to think she was [...]

It is so good to be back in the civilised world! Sunday I took a run through a bit of Buckinghamshire I’ve never traveled before, starting in the town of Buckingham then up Stowe Avenue toward the Stowe House and Gardens.  The day was a bit cool, but sunny and the breezes were mild.  I [...]

I usually like Wetherspoons pubs but I usually go to the ones that are housed in salvaged buildings with some architectural and/or historical distinction.  This time I just dropped in to the only open pub I spotted at the end of 25 miles of training run to tank up before catching the bus home.  It, [...]

A half hour trot down the road from Cranfield I was quite peckish and decided to stop in the next dining establishment that presented itself.  This turned out to be the Carrington Arms in Moulsoe, quite too nice for the likes of me but as I was only in for a quick bite before continuing [...]

I caught the X5 out to Bedford with a planned 20 mile path but got sidetracked a couple of times.  The actual route went along this path: Along the way I had wet feet the entire time, a surprisingly good (Carrington Arms) and two surprisingly bad pub experiences (Cross Keys and Wetherspoons), and came within [...]

J was ready for a break from the long walk in the Rushendon and Chinkwell Woods/nature preserves and we were only about a mile away from Brill so we climbed the long hill into the village and plopped our butts down in the garden of the Red Lion.  I had a Sun Dance (Westgate/Greene King) [...]

I still had an hour to kill whilst waiting for the wife to finish work at the museum, so I grabbed a large cod at the chippy and ate it while watching the market vendors do their work.  The fruit and veg guy was offering “everything half price, we’re packing up…the boss is already in [...]