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A New Blog From Newark....

I recently revisited one of my favourite towns in the Midlands where there are 5 pubs listed in the 2026 Good Beer Guide within its attractive and fairly compact town centre, making it an ideal spot for a leisurely Saturday afternoon wander.... The journey started out mid-morning in Halifax, which was a bit of a miscalculation on my part  as I was catching the Grand Central which was going through Brighouse, meaning I could have set off from home later and not have to rush out without any breakfast, never ideal on A BIG DAY OUT. Still I did have time for a Greggs bacon sandwich on my way down to the station once I got into Halifax. The train was a minute or two late and with my ticket being of the rather dismissive Sit-in-any-unreserved-seat type , never ideal on a Grand Central, I hung around at the end of the platform on the basis that there are sometimes unreserved seats in the end carriages. I got on and found a seat, reserved of course, the train was so far pretty quiet, so no...