No one listed Perspex cubes, face masks and social distancing. Though table service is now common

I’d sell it and buy a bike shop…

Just been and sat in the garden of my local. Table service, cashless payments, everything sanitised. Really nice to be back there for a couple of hours.
A few hours time it will probably be a bit different.

Have just announced they won’t be re-opening.

No one listed Perspex cubes, face masks and social distancing. Though table service is now common.

Pick your pub well @Houns And you’ll find very little that.
The Red House (formally Hogs Head ) are very relaxed on things, The a Duke have the distancing but none of the rest.
The Olde Wharf however are like a well oiled machine, very impressively organised.

A few hours time it will probably be a bit different.

You’d be surprised, nowhere round here is even vaguely busy any day of the week. All rather sad.

Wouldn’t it be lovely for continental style table service outdoors to become a permanent fixture?

This. People who lurk at the bar drinking should be told to do one – bars are for buying, not drinking.

never understand why people think like that, pubs are for socialising in and the best place to do that is sat/stood around the bar. the only time i’ll sit elsewhere in my local is if there is quite a few of us or i want a quiet chat with my wife.
worst thing about the pub since reopening is not being able to stay at the bar.

never understand why people think like that, pubs are for socialising in and the best place to do that is sat/stood around the bar. the only time i’ll sit elsewhere in my local is if there is quite a few of us or i want a quiet chat with my wife.
worst thing about the pub since reopening is not being able to stay at the bar.

I think the issue I have is 3 fold:
1. It clogs up the bar so others can’t get served without leaning over the people.
2. In some places it can create quite a clique atmosphere where you have regulars surrounded the bar.
3. It can sometimes mean the bar staff are more interested in talked to the people at the bar than serving drinks. Or to be more charitable, it stops staff seeing who’s waiting so they don’get served.

I could be persuaded if it’s a long bar with a small amount of bar seating that doesn’t completely block it, or if it was removed at busy times.

Have a garden or frontage with a view, coastal preferably. Decent local beers, support local breweries, and Guinness (for rugby purposes only). TV – only international rugby and test matches. The pie and chips from my local – to die for. Range of decent nibbles. Kids OK, but no bloody balls on the premises. Open fire for the colder weather. Absolutely no jars – it’s served in what it’s served in. Dogs, walkers, cyclists, mud and all welcome. Should be a place to chat nonsense to others, locals or not.

I’ve seen other pubs ruined by people who think they can run it like their own little fiefdom, just a place for their mates to hang out

That’s exactly what happened to the pub my g/f’s folks owned when I first met her, the Crown, at Giddeahall on the A420 about five miles from Chippenham. They sold up and moved to Salisbury, and a new bloke took over who was just as described. What was a really busy pub with excellent food was shut within six months! 🤬

Has anyone been to the Pigs nose inn – East Prawle ?

Yes, a few times, when I’ve stayed at Beesands. I’ve walked along to Start Point, then round to East Prawle, had a couple of pints then carried on walking back to Beesands via Hallsands.
The landlord is, shall we say, a ‘character’? 😉

One thing I really miss living in Germany is proper pubs.

There’s one place in town that comes close. Only sells his own beers and he has more than just Helles, Dunkles and Weißbier.

The Ship Inn at Low Newton by Sea is pretty close to perfect in my book, just a little too busy on a sunny day.

whats with all the international cricket and rugby but no world cup Downhill!?

agree with the no football ethos tho. i dont mind it myself but generally hate being in pubs where footy is on.

agree with the no football ethos tho. i dont mind it myself but generally hate being in pubs where footy is on.

The thing with spectator sports generally is, if you’re into it then it’s great. However if you’re not then it’s shit because even with the sound off people cannot watch it quietly. So you’re sat with a couple of friends having a quiet natter and half the pub suddenly erupts into “AAAAAAAYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOO ON OOOH” and things of that nature generally. Football generally seems particularly bad for it, though that might just be confirmation bias on my part.

See also, karaoke. That surely must drive away as much custom as it attracts. I’ve certainly heard more people go “oh bollocks, it’s karaoke night, let’s go somewhere else” than I have go “ooh, karaoke, fantastic!”

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this one https://perfectbeers.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/134-the-bell-aldworth-berkshire-england/

local, great cycling on the doorstep. Decent beer & cider. Decent food. etc

If you like The Bell, which is indeed a gem, you’d also like the Black Horse near Checkendon/Stoke Row in the Chilterns.