So it has come to this…1000 posts in less than 3 years (975 days, to be precise). In that time we have come quite far together:  712 pub stops, 4025 miles running (1740 unique miles in the UK, at that), almost 96000 views of this blog  (averaging about 200/day the last few months after slow [...]

Here’s an item of interest to the Americans out there…we went to the grocer in Ely–Waitrose, part of the John Lewis family of retail businesses–and enjoyed a sample of the wares in stock.  This happens at American stores, too, and you can usually find a stand with a retiree pushing samples of hot frozen pizza [...]

The run from Littleport ended with me facing a 45 minute wait for my bus from Ely, so I trotted over to the Fountain which completes my dance card for Ely.  I had avoided the place at night because there always seem to be some hoodlum kids hanging out on the green out front but [...]

The Ely section of CAMRA voted the West End House “Pub of the Year 2009″ and it seems a nice enough place to have a pint.  I’ve been trying to hit the place for months but they are only open at lunchtime then reopen at 6pm and it has just never meshed with my schedule [...]

The Hereward looks like a Denny’s or other American “family style” restaurant chain was taken over by someone that wanted a bar but didn’t want to alienate the original customer base.  As such, the menu looks like a Denny’s or IHOP’s menu but the place is definitely an English pub once you sidle up to [...]

We had a lovely evening at the 7th Elysian Beer Festival.  I called Jackie from the bus and she caught the same one as it passed through on its way to Ely.  We had a salty meal of duck with black bean sauce and cashew chicken then doubled back to catch the shuttle out to [...]

A couple of times a year, the Ely market hosts stalls of a bunch of vendors from Normandy and this weekend it was on.  We loaded up on treats and some of them shown here made a nice afternoon feast of pate dotted with pistachios, cured sausage made from wild boar, a rustic bread, some [...]

Ely is pleasant enough on its own, what with the Cathedral, the ample High Street and Market and Cloisters shopping and dining choices, and the medieval layout on top of pleasant somewhat urban to suburban neighbourhoods.  So, finding a large marina with a very nice pub right on the water is just icing on the [...]

That’s right, you heard me.  Been to the pet store:

Took a quick trip Saturday into Ely for provisions for the rest of the Bank Holiday Weekend.  Down an alley on the far side of the Waitrose car park you come out on a busy street named Newnham to your left and Prickwillow to your right. On the corner where this changeover occurs is the [...]