Musings & Rants

The all-new Beehive pub in Peterborough opened it’s doors on Monday (my invite must have got lost in the post…) so I popped along for a spot of lunch and a nose around to see what new owners James and Sharon Trevor have done with the place.  For those of you that don’t know, they [...]

The Great Northern hotel in Peterborough – often the first sight visitors disembarking from the train see when they come through the station.  Now it seems the owners are struggling to get punters through the doors, suggesting that Peterborough residents should be using the hotel and it’s facilities more. I’ve commented on an article in [...]

Rumour has it that the Chiquitos chain of Mexican restaurants is looking to open a restaurant in Peterborough – in Hampton! According to the report, Chiquitos along with another “The Restaurant Group” brand Frankie and Benny’s (there’s already one at Boongate and a Little Frankie’s in Westgate) will be moving into buildings on the Pavillion [...]

I’ll admit that the title of this post is intentionally vague.  “Worst road” could mean many things, accidents, nuisance neighbours and crime to traffic or even potholes.  But tonight Matthew, I’ll be talking about flytipping. I’m sure other towns and cities across the UK have problem areas (or grot-spots as some like to call them) [...]