I’ve been straining up the hill past The Donkey & Buskins on my cycle for several years, and finally popped in there this lunchtime (in the car, not on the bike!). The pub is on the road out of Colchester towards Layer, and has a large car park to the side and a large garden [...]
A short note on a quick visit to the 4th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. The Festival Beer List is testament to the huge growth in real ale in the past decade. By my reckoning there were no less than 14 Essex breweries represented, 10 from Suffolk, 5 from Norfolk, 3 from Hertfordshire, 1 from Camrbridgeshire [...]
Bit pressed for time today, what with the Chappel Beer Festival scheduled for this afternoon, so we popped around the corner to take the chance to get on board the Colne Light Ship. The red ship has been a feature on the Colne as you cross the river at The Hythe for many years. Launched [...]
I’ve posted a couple of my regular cycle routes already, one to the N and NE, covering Dedham and Manningtree (click here), and one to the S, covering Tiptree, Tolleshunt, Gt. Wigborough, and Peldon (click here).
It looks like a thaw is on its way, so we popped out for a walk around Castle Park this Sunday lunchtime, and back via a couple of pubs. Colchester Castle was looking nice in the snow, and the hill at the back of the castle, originally intended to make it difficult for attackers to [...]
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