Your bike and a pub.

[T4tomo]

The first of these was taken an hour or so before the 2nd, by the other half, when we were out riding separately during lockdown 1.

 

[gtmet]

The tables are back out at the Community cafe in Oldbury-on-Severn. Service remains covid secure with paper cups and your cake on a napkin.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Half Moon, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon.
(Was last in this pub as a callow youth when visiting a schoolmate some 40 years ago. Glad to say it doesn't appear to have changed one jot.)

 

[Peugeotrider]

Supposedly Ireland's oldest pub
The thatch, county Londonderry

 

[gtmet]

Mother Hen's cafe, Wrington.

 

[uphillstruggler]

This was taken during Lockdown 1.0. The Bell Inn in Aldworth was awarded CAMRA pub of the year in March - then had to shut. It reopened in the inter-lockdown period for beer gardening but has obviously had to shut again. I hope it survives.

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I can vouch for the fact it has survived

I rode out of goring, up that ludicrous hill to the top, fully loaded. Was chatting to a chap who was riding an electric bike and kept a respectful distance behind whilst I huffed and puffed my way up. He was full of praise for the pub, beer and food served therein so I thought I’d stop.

Arrived at the top of the hill, sat on the bench opposite and made some breakfast porridge and had a brief conversation with the landlord, who asked what I was up to and where I was going. When I asked if there was a church to fill my bottles up, he pointed me down the road. Suffice to say that all thoughts of having breakfast and a pint were forgotten when he didn’t offer to fill the bottles.

I’d still like a pint there one day, it’s a 65 mile ride from me so who knows?

 

[uphillstruggler]

The now abandoned Red House Inn halfway between Northampton and Kettering

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Another fine building being left to ruin, hopefully saved in the time between the picture being taken and now

 

[biggs682]

Another fine building being left to ruin, hopefully saved in the time between the picture being taken and now

It's been flattened now

 

[craigwend]

The Goodmanham Arms, Goodmanham

 

[IaninSheffield]

It doesn't matter how many years your body ages, or how much you profess maturity, schoolboy humour in some of us occasionally barges to the surface. So I give you 'The Cock Inn', Oughtibridge.
Bonus points to non-Sheffielders who can correctly pronounce 'Oughtibridge'.

 

[Blue Hills]

Bike in a pub - Postern Gate, York, spoons - I chose the pub for a pre-ride fuel as it has outside seating but in the end felt wimpish and took the bike just inside the doors - spoons easygoing as usual and no objections.
Kitchen opening delayed until 10 due to Covid staffing issues unfortunately so had to make do with a fine pint of Monkey Wrench from Daleside Brewery to power me on my way.

 

[tyred]

 

[tyred]

Some advertising for performance enhancing drugs.

 

[Blue Hills]

Queens Arms, Winsford,
a spoons

and a long shot of the outside:

I don't think I'd really like it as a local but it is a great pit-stop - order from your table outside under cover using their wifi, no need to leave the bike.
Great beer - that pint is I think a Peerless Full Whack - all 6 per cent of it.
Had an attack of the cramps while sat there but I think the salt in the curry meal poppadom sorted it.
Or maybe it was the second Full Whack.

 

[tyred]

Cosy Joe's in Westport