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I say, buy the pub and then put every single decision to the forum vote and see how it goes
Sambob = are you old enough to work in a pub? 😉
Not behind the bar, they keep me at the back of the kitchen 😉
Duggan - that is a great idea!
can't please everyone mate.
i.e.
dogs under tables and decent beer. - gets a tick from me
snotty families in whinging that their three year old is being fed inappropriately, despite them taking it to a pub(?) for lunch - big cross from me.
you wont get chaps in drinking if you're making a family restaurant.
their three year old is being fed inappropriately
Does this happen? I don't think I have ever seen it.
maybe inappropriately is the wrong word.
= [i]proper [/i]pub food.de-frosted, deep fried rubbish
The Peak is popular because it is close to large conurbations to the East and West. People tend not to go there to stay overnight, and in my/our case, we never thought about sitting down for meals or drinks after riding because after we'd been there all day, we just wanted to get off home again.
I'd be careful that you don't over-estimate the amount of trade that mountain bikers bring; they tend to spend most of their time away riding, not dining. Unless you cater for the entire tourist market, the coach trips, the day trippers, the families who visit, I suspect you won't make as much as you think.
It's not Peebles, where the distance people travel makes them a captive audience, it's an hour or so away from home for many, and I suspect they will choose to be home in an hour rather than be home in three hours £15 or so worse off with a full tummy.
yurp. the pubs round here are full when the sun comes out on a sunday. RAMMED full, everyone having one or two drinks then moving on.
it's only the big shite-fest pubs like the fox house that churn out meals all day long. and to call that a pub in the land of proper pubs is bloody sacrilegious.
People tend not to go there to stay overnight
I reckon there's a whole load of Peak District hotels, B & Bs, campsites, bunk houses and caravan parks that would contest that statement. I live in the Peak District and I've been known to have a local weekend away in a bunk house with the bike. You've also got the Pennine Bridleway that runs through the Peak District and that's a big old route that needs stay-overs.
Is there a market? Yes. Is it big enough to make a good living? That I don't know. The Royal Oak at Hurdlow serves enormous plates of tasty food, always seems busy and has bunkhouses* and camping. I've often thought they could expand to provide a livery for bikes too...or at least a lock up.
*hottest showers ever
tracknicko - assume you don't have kids? That is a good thing...
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their three year old is being fed inappropriately
___________Does this happen? I don't think I have ever seen it.
Just read "I'd sooner starve" by Mark Sinclair, okay it's not about a pub and maybe it has been exaggerated to accentuate the comedy (although maybe not?) but it made me think that the "Great British Public" are a bunch of self centred idiots. Other nation's flavours of self centred idiocy are probably available but it's a little depressing.
tracknicko - assume you don't have kids? That is a good thing...
the less of me the better no doubt.