
I’m afraid it will most likely be Mad Max territory by then. That was something you hinted at in your Top 10. “There’s 73 Guide counties and I recon Bucks is 75th on the list, just after the index.” (hey, lockdown affects everyone differently) You’re not talking self pleasure here are you. “(who have now been dispatched to Bristol to enforce Covid crimes like handpump counting).”

The sooner I get All Buck’ed up the better, but I fear gastropubs await. I didn’t stop to ask him if the Pride was drinking well, but I doubt he’d have known the difference.

The Ale fan wanted to approach the bar his mate almost screamed “ You can’t do that !” Two Old Boys arrived and asked what beers they had, and the waiter (?) could only remember the Pride so he had that. I’d feigned injury on the way to my high table, just enough time to glance at the pumps and note a Black Sheep house beer that was cool, dry and tasty despite the dreaded jug.
Green ember install#
That would be enough in Milton Keynes, you might think, but at 12:30 the Nut & Squirrel (aaaagh) is virtually empty.įrankly, with a 10 minute delay between arrival, log in to NHS App, provide details to the waiter, install the Ember App ( it’s order by Ember App only) and get a pint I can see why a lot of gentlefolk without smartphones can’t be bothered. No, I just admire their consistency of blandness. Or even because they’ve started selling Bass. Not because their pubs are things of beauty, or because they have sexier handwash than Craft Union, or because the staff are uniformly lovely, It lasted till supper.Ī few streets down the endless grid system we have the annual MK entry from Ember Inns, who’ve I’ve come to quietly respect. Well, apparently you can if you have a taster, so I did, and took 4 pints of 7% Supercoven to my in-laws the next lunchtime. The GBG not officially released, and I already had a philosophical dilemma can you tick a GBG entry that only does take-out ? Possibly not in the industrial estate housing Blackened Sun, but you never know. I’d never heard of Stacey Bushes, but oddly enough my in-laws have as Mrs RM’s aunt lived there. Next year, who knows ?Īnd who cares, you say, there’s a pandemic on.

I always whinge about the geographical inconsistencies in the Guide, and this year the suburbs of MK get their own heading, rather than as subheadings under the city. There’s 73 Guide counties and I recon Bucks is 75th on the list, just after the index.īut Milton Keynes looks quite nice in autumn as the leaves makes you temporarily forget about the relentlessly grim suburbs and chain pubs. It’s always best to get Buckingamshireover and done with early on. Now it’s officially out, I can applaud those new entries to the new GBG without risk of sanction of the CAMRA Curfew Enforcers ( who have now been dispatched to Bristol to enforce Covid crimes like handpump counting).
