What's your post ride pub, and what's good about it?

The Hampshire Bowman in Dundridge. I have to go home first though then get MrsBouy to drive, simply because I drink too much Hampshire Ale when I’m there 😆

binners – Member
You’re definitely doing it wrong tom. You’re getting confused as to why you went out in the first place. Don’t get me wrong. Riding your bikes alright, I suppose, but lets concentrate on whats really important eh?

Absolute spot on.

It’d have to be one of the local Sam Smiths pubs – fortunately there is one at the “end” of most all my local rides as there are three to choose from, all in different directions . The beer is nice enough – the Stingo is lovely, but bottled and pricey – but even if it were rubbish three pints of ale/lager or stout and change from a fiver is a winner every time.

love paulaner wheat beer. the old cross is a proper old pub

I’ll second the saracens head. Good beer, wood burner in the winter, landlords a good friend, trails finish close by and I now live just across the river. Also the option of a tab when cash runs out, which is not always a good idea

the brushmakers arms in upham..

upham brewery beers, home made susage rolls and scotch egss, and if we’re really lucky home made pork scratchings…

colournoise.

I’ve been to your local.

Cider Stop. by multispeedstu[/url], on Flickr

This is my favourite post ride pub even though it’s still a ten mile ride home from it.

cider house bimble. by multispeedstu[/url], on Flickr

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The Cider House.
Full when there’s about 20 people in there.
Populated by red nosed farmers, doors so low you have to duck to get in and cider that’s strong enough to melt your mind.

Oh and they sometimes cook up a few pheasants for everyone in the ovens at the side of the stove. 😀

Fat bikes in Duddington?

You must have been mud surfing in Wakerley Woods.

**** knows where we went. We were shown round by the two lads in the pic.
Started and finished in Stamford via about 30 miles of tracks and a short bit of waymarked stuff.

So where are these decent pubs in the FoD ?

To add one more (more occasional) post ride pub on our Wednesdays to the ones posted by scandal42:

There is nothing like a nice pint of ale after a bike ride. Be it a mid-summer thirst-quencher or a mid-winter fire-huddler. Accompanied by a bag of crisps, some big talk about the ride just passed, ambitious away day plans for the future and then just talking bollocks and piss-taking.

+1 for the Hampshire Bowman, and mine is a Swift One or two! Best pub in the area. If in Winchester then it is the Hyde Tavern.

The Magnet Freehouse[/url] – Never less than 15 cask beers, about £2.50 – £3 a pint. We used to stop here for a quick pint after a ride, now we just go for a ride as an excuse to go to the pub, and pub time nearly always exceeds the ride time.

the ley arms in kenn. nearly 2km fast, fun downhill on the way there, gives a nice flourish to the end of the ride. open fires, landlords who don’t mind bikes indoors, or muddy arses, well kept ale, good food for those who are cheating.

The mighty Nova in Brizzle – beer, food, view of the woods.

The Crown at Churchill / Hunters Lodge at Priddy, when on Mendip*.

(*Depending on which side).

The aforementioned Haggis Nachos. And none of those packets of tortilla chips nonsense, no, these are proper deep fried triangles of tortilla. Ooft.

I’m now feeling peckish…

My other local trails have the Stair Inn, not a bad pub, better fire than the village inn, usually a couple of decent ales too. 10 mile ride home though!.

Fave pubs are:
Colliers Arms – Nr Elland/Brighouse – £2.08 for a pint of 4.5% “Taddy” lager.
Drop Inn – Elland – Really nice local pub
Barge & Barrel – Elland – Usually a nice young lady behind the bar and nice beers

Accompanied by a bag of crisps, some big talk about the ride just passed, ambitious away day plans for the future and then just talking bollocks and piss-taking

Totally agree, this happens even when I’m on my own!