The Old Nags Head, Edale

Visited shortly before Christmas, having enjoyed a days walking in the snow with my teenage children.
Called in at this atmospheric looking pub expecting a bit of warmth, some nice food and an ale or two.
Very disappointed to find no real fire, not even any heating !! perishingly cold inside, made worse by the door being constantly open due to the number of disappointed people leaving. the very low lighting made the place seem even cold and damper.
The young bar man was very personable and doing his best to keep up with the demand for time consuming hot drinks from the customers, but was entirely on his own. the volume of drinkers possibly due to the fact that the Ramblers was closed. A woman I presumed was the landlady made a brief visit to get herself a cup of coffee, before disappearing again ( maybe to somewhere warmer).
the overstretched bar man made a number of short-lived attempts to light a fire in the impressive fireplace but was unable to pay it the attention it needed and had to return to serving drinks, taking food orders, delivering food to tables etc.

We were too chilled to spend more than minutes in the place, which sadly did reflect the lack of concern for its customers mentioned throughout these posts.
One saving grace was a very nice pint of Beartown Santa's Claws. I would have had another if they'd even turned a radiator on or something !
A dreadful shame.

18 Jan 2010 16:03