It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say boarded up windows isn’t a good look for a pub.
I passed a sign on my walk to The Swan which stated ‘Britain’s Tallest Windmill - 50yds’.
Walking into The Reindeer Inn was like heading into a timewarp.
“Dog’s welcome. People tolerated.”
Fans of zombie movies and TV series will know all too well those scenes where the story’s hero finds themself in a normal place… but bizarrely alone.
The Still is a real grand-looking old boozer.
With a whiff of summer in the air I thought it would be a good time to start checking out some beer gardens.
When I told a friend I was heading to this pub he sucked the air in through his teeth and wished me ‘good luck’.
There seemed to be a bit of a signal issue at the Drayman’s Arms when I walked in.
In this brave new world of virtue signalling and a desperate need to belong, I must admit I have no idea where I fit in.
“I’m calling it a night,” said the bloke, slapping his empty pint glass on the bar and staggering a little uneasily out the door.
There was a bit of banter flying around the Red Lion as I waited to place my order at the bar.
Our Secret Drinker was delighted to find one of his favourite beers at this pub — but did the place and the price live up to the excitement too?
The Witch and Wardrobe may sound like it’s one beast short of a CS Lewis novel, but this likeable pub doesn’t appear to be lacking much else.
I was sitting in The Tollemache Inn, racking my brain to see if I could think of any other pubs named after a politician.
The King’s Head is a very cool place.
Prince William and Ewan McGregor are among those to have signed the ceiling of this pub, but that’s by no means the most interesting thing here.
I hadn’t even got through the door of this pub when a bloke popped his head out the door and shouted past me towards his mate.
Is there any better way to relax than to sup a pint in a pub haunted by a figure with a sinister role in the Black Death?
It’s been little over a year since the Secret Drinker lined his stomach and began his quest to find the best boozers across Lincolnshire and Rutland.
