Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17849)

London, England

Joined myLot 8 years ago

Love history, cycling and walking. An intrepid explorer of London's Pubs.

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Ron Rybs's Discussions

Pond Life on the Underground

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 28 Mar

Lots of artistic events take place in London, even on the Underground. Most Underground Stations have permanent artwork, but there is an entire disused platform at Gloucester Road Station given over to temporary art displays. At...

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Easter Post Box Hat

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 25 Mar

On my walk this morning, I saw that the post box hat had been changed to one much more suitable for Easter… if Humpty Dumpty is your ideal for Easter!

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Post Box Hats

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 22 Feb

I think it was @Fleura who first highlighted the little woollen hats that are appearing on top of post boxes. They have made their way to West London and the picture shows a selection that have popped up on my local post box. I...

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What Our High Street Needed!

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 14 Feb

Normally I miss this corner of the High Street, but glad I took a detour this morning. Appropriate for Valentine’s Day, I found a new cake shop had opened. I was not sure what to expect as they don’t use eggs, but I have to say...

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Spring Arriving

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 11 Feb

It has been a couple of days since I last cut through the park, to the High Street, and today I saw the first crocuses popping up. They always appear in this spot, so I hope a harbinger of forerunner of a mild Spring. Not that it...

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Brownies and Cheese

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 7 Feb

Today was a visit to Borough Market, in Southwark, for those vital foodstuffs - Brownies and cheese. There has been a market on this site since the 12th century with the present buildings dating from the mid 19th century. Most...

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New Fast Food in Uxbridge

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 30 Jan

It has been a while since I have been down to this end of Uxbridge and two things caught my eye. I didn’t even know that Wendy’s had opened in the UK. I popped inside to try a burger, but they all had cheese and on the electronic...

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Stormtrooper Beer

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 30 Nov

Wandering around the frozen food shop I saw that Christmas marketing is well advanced. Not heard of Stormtrooper Beer and wonder if I will be hearing of it once we are into the New Year. I guess the recent Star Wars movies were...

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Three Thirsty Thespians Revisited

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 26 Nov

My second visit to the Duke of Hamilton pub with the first being way back in 2019. The pub, established in 1721, in leafy and well heeled Hampstead. Surprised they let scruffy old me out of the Tube Station! The pub is thought...

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Cats, Coffee and Catastrophe

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 21 Nov

The other Friday we were wandering along Brick Lane looking at the graffiti-not quite as good as it was before the pandemic. At the top of the lane is Lady Dinah’s a cafe for lovers of cats. We hadn’t booked, but luckily it was...

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Madonna’s Pub

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 5 Oct

To end the morning in Mayfair I ended up in the Punch Bowl Pub, at one time owned by Madonna and her then husband Guy Ritchie, who bought it in 2008. It was visited by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downy Jnr and the younger members of...

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Sartorial Beatles on the Roof

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 5 Oct

Further along in Mayfair is Savile Row, home of upmarket bespoke tailoring. It was also home to the headquarters of Apple Records and where the Beatles played their last live gig, on the roof of the building. Being five floors, my...

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Chocolates and Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 5 Oct

Today a little expedition to Mayfair. I heard of a Chocolatiers on Old Bond Street. All I can say is they were a joy to savour. I have only eaten 3 of the 18 choc creams I bought. Far too good to rush. Slightly further up the...

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The Jester Sang for the King and Queen

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 29 Sep

Into the ‘Smoke’ and a little wander around Fitzrovia. I have been passing a Pub, on Cleveland Street, but only recently discovered that Bob Dylan played his first UK gig here. Dylan was in the UK for a BBC play and on December...

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First Job

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 25 Sep

Way back when, in the late 60s or maybe the early 70s, I got my first. On a Friday evening I would deliver groceries by bike, after school. A bike very similar to the one in the photo, although without such a snazzy seat and...

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An American Werewolf and Bears

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 20 Aug

If you have seen the film American Werewolf in London, you’ll be familiar with the final scene where David Kessler’s werewolf is shot in an ally in Soho. The top photo shows where this was filmed and it is about a mile, or so,...

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Joy Through Cake

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 10 Aug

Yesterday I discovered an important bit had fallen off my folding bicycle and a rather important bit at that as the front wheel was in danger of going its own way! I went to the shop where I got my bike and they didn’t have the...

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An Old, Posh, car

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 31 Jul

Pedalling back from my shopping trip to Uxbridge, yesterday, I spotted this rather attractive car. I know very little about cars, but could recognise this as a Bentley, I guess from the 30s. Since there was a white ribbon still...

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It Never Rains…

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 12 Jul

After my visiting mum in the nursing home near Peterborough, I was hoping that events were settling down. Her flat was being modified so she could retain her independence and was planned to move back this past...

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Abandoned Boat – The Saga Continues

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (17849) • London, England 25 Jun

Busy couple of weeks. Mother has fractured a vertebra and is in a nursing home, so there was a mad dash to get Gaia cat into a cattery and then find a B&B in Peterborough. The nursing home was a fair way aways, but the weather...

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