Visiting a former neighbour of ours, we had a quiet ale at his local, Ye Olde Rose & Crown in Greenwich.
Lots of heavy timber, dark bricks and leadlight, this is a traditional London pub with a great range of beers on tap.
Ye Olde Rose & Crown
Posted: January 24, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotelTags: Local, Local Hotel, Local pub
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Dry Dock Hotel
Posted: January 23, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotelTags: Hotel, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub
The Dry Dock Hotel is the oldest licensed hotel in Balmain in Sydney’s inner west. It’s built on land originally granted to the surgeon Dr William Balmain made in 1800 by Governor John Hunter.
This heritage-listed hotel opened in 1857 and was built to serve the shipbuilding and associated industries of the local area
Mort’s Dock, from which the pub takes its name, is a former dry dock, slipway, and shipyard. It was the first dry dock in Australia and opened in 1855. A plaque near the dock commemorates the corvettes that were built for WWII there before it closed in 1959.
A local hotel? We think so… it’s tucked away, surrounded by housing, accessible only via very narrow, winding streets, and it has a lending library tucked away in the corner for the regulars.
Formentoren (Copenhagen)
Posted: January 2, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotelTags: Beer, Beers, Local pub
A cracker of a start to 2017’s theme, sharing a beer with Keith Gumery at his local, Fermentoren in Vesterbro, Copenhagen.
A locally brewed IPA, a great beer and beautiful company… have made the classic mistake of setting a high bar to start.
The Bay Run
Posted: December 11, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney HarbourTags: bicycle, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
So, our last weekend in Sydney for the year and, perfect timing (luck, not design) we finished walking all the water west of the Harbour Bridge.
The iconic Bay Run at Drummoyne was the perfect place to finish up, too. A 7 km loop, it’s one of Sydney’s most well known and well used walkin/running/riding/training/fitness loops.
And so ends the year. Now, on to 2017 and a year of drinking in local hotels! Woohoo!
Tempe to Alexandria
Posted: November 27, 2016 in bicycle, Cafe, Inner WestTags: breakfast, cafe, Coffee, cycle, cycleway, lunch, Sydney, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekend, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
An early morning ride along the Alexandria Canal from Tempe to Alexandria.
Enjoyed breakfast at The Grounds cafe.
Not really what could be described as a scenic ride… it is along a canal and beside an airport after all, but still, a bit of blue on the map to fill in, and breaking at an institution such as The Grounds… well, any excuse will do!
South Strathfield to Homebush
Posted: November 20, 2016 in bicycle, WalkingTags: olympics, Sydney, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, weekends, What to do in Sydney this weekend
This weekend we finished the link from the Cooks River to the Parramatta River (Sydney Harbour) by riding from the Cave Road shops at South Strathfield (where we finished one day in August) near the end of the Cooks River through Strathfield to Homebush.
The excellent bike path peters out unfortunately and isn’t great all the way through to the Olympic site where we rode in March but still, a lot of paths and quiet streets.
Only a few weeks left to complete the “West of the Bridge” year 🙂
Need to do The Bay Run at Drummoyne/Leichhardt and maybe a bit of Duck Creek near Auburn, or follow the beautiful (!!??) Alexandria Canal to breakfast at The Grounds and we’re done. #timing
Cave Rd shops
Hurlstone Park to the Airport
Posted: November 14, 2016 in bicycle, WalkingTags: bicycle, cycle, cycleway, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
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The local councils have done a terrific job building a great bike path along the Cooks River from near Strathfield down to the airport.
We’ve walked and ridden bits of this before, but not some of today’s route, and not this year.
And THIS we saw on the way home. What a fabulous idea!
A great day… until we broke down driving home 😦
Lane Cove River
Posted: November 6, 2016 in Sydney Harbour, WalkingTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney History, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney
What a beautiful spring morning for a walk from the bottom of Mowbray Road along the northern shore of the lane Cove River towards Fullers Bridge Road.
This part of the Great North Walk takes you through the historic Fairyland Pleasure Grounds, made famous by the Swan family in the 1920s. It’s an easy walk in.
The Council has done a good job of identifying what used to be there, quite extraordinary to imagine women with parasols and man in boater hat’s and blazers picnicking and going on Ferris wheel and merry-go-round.
Plenty of historic pics here
Rydalmere to Parramatta
Posted: October 23, 2016 in WalkingTags: Coffee, Sydney, Things to do in Sydney, weekend, weekends, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Credit where it’s due. The local councils have done a terrific job of building a river front walk along the northern bank of the Parramatta River. Today we walked from the Rydalmere ferry stop west to Parramatta, past hundreds of new apartments (thousands of beds?), through industrial blocks, through University of Western Sydney and on to Parramatta ferry stop.
A quick coffee at the Port Bar Restaurant before continuing west into Parramatta Park before turning around and catching the ferry back to Rydalmere.
Great walk.
Meadowbank to Silverwater
Posted: October 3, 2016 in bicycle, WalkingTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, weekend, weekends, What to do in Sydney this weekend
LOVE daylight saving And long weekend public holidays!
Beautiful day for a lovely walk along the Parramatta River from Meadowbank to Silverwater
A fabulous wide, level bike path past ovals, water play playgrounds and more.
George Kendell Riverside Park
Melrose Park
