Pubs

As my loyal followers on Twitter will know, I am spending this week touring Cornwall with my management team and young Rural.

This review describes a lunch eaten at the Rising Sun, Altarnun.

Today we met up with two black dogs and their well behaved owners for lunch. One of the owners is a vegan. Everything being considered, I don’t have a problem with vegans. We could share meals. I’d have the meat and the vegan could have the vegetables. The other owner is not a  vegan. He enjoys eating meat. We have a lot in common. I like meat. I really do. I like him too. Continue Reading…

The Bear’s Paw is in Warmingham, Cheshire. Warmingham is a pretty village with a church and a traditional red telephone box. Continue Reading…

Ginger, Rural and I have now successfully completed both stages of the “Pub Off”.

For those of you who do not yet follow us on Twitter, a “Pub Off” is an invention of mine, based unashamedly on Mary Berry’s Bake Off. However, we are not comparing cakes. We are comparing pubs. I like pubs. I really do. It is worth mentioning at this point that Mary Berry lives fairly close to one of the pubs in the “Pub Off” so I would very much welcome her comments if she should read this. Continue Reading…

I like pubs. They are great institutions and important parts of local communities. However, I don’t like every pub. I am going to tell you what I look for in a pub and, for me, what makes some pubs better than others.

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