The Plume Of Feathers, Rickford

Great country pub set in beautiful Rickford next to a stream, great for supping a few outside on a summers evening. In the winter, great for supping a few inside, a real countryside feel to this pub with flagstone floors, wooden beamed ceilings and a log fire ( usually in).
Beers & ciders include: Doom Bar, Butcombe, Thatchers & Old Rosie, Lager Louts: Fosters & Stella. Great freshly prepared homemade food made by landlady. Also has games room Pool table & darts plus B&B.

5 Dec 2009 16:07

The New Inn, Blagdon

I've been living in Blagdon for some time now and after reading some of the reviews about the New Inn I can only sympathise with those that have had such bad experiences at this pub and I am astonished that there appears to be a couple of positive reviews that have been posted.
This pub has not changed in five years, I took my father in there when I first moved to Blagdon for lunch thinking that we would be getting good quality food I was mistaken. I ordered a Ploughmans ( not exactly a difficult thing to prepare) it came out with a stodgy bap the sort hotdogs come with. I was expecting a chunky piece of wholemeal country bread! The salad consisted of a couple bits of old lettuce and a tomato sliced ( no celery) All very poorly presented with absolutely no effort put in to it and not exactly cheap. Not exactly the wholesome country food you expect from a pub in this area. On that day while in the garden we also witnessed a group of customers coming out of the pub who were extremely angry and were talking loudly for the benefit of the rest of customers sitting in the garden, from what we could hear was that the landlord seemed to ignore them at the bar which then ended with him being rude to them and telling them to leave the pub. These customers were well dressed and in their 40s-50s!
The only thing going for this pub is the view from the garden in the summer with drinks only, unfortunately living in Blagdon you tend to notice when a Brake Brothers lorry turns up to supply the pubs with their ready boil in the bag meals. I personally have given up eating in Blagdon pubs as you know that none of them have got any idea on what good freshly prepared food that is locally sourced is. Luckily ten minutes down the road in Rickford you have 'The Plume of Feathers' where you will not see a Brake Brothers lorry doing its weekly delivery, all food here is freshly made by the landlady. They also don't mind lighting their log fire in the winter!
New Inn 2/10 ( just for the view)

5 Dec 2009 15:41