The Queens Arms, Didcot

Would agree with plymouthpirate on local people. My friends tried to get past and were simply ignored. Idiots. Glad I was only in there for half an hour

5 Jul 2013 14:39

The Crown, Nuffield

Nice Brakspear pub perfect for a stopover on the Ridgeway Walk. The new landlords are lovely and welcoming. The beer garden is nice and the food pretty good too. I would encourage walkers/local residents to go and visit this cute little place regularly to stop it becoming another casualty to the housing development phenomenon. Use it or lose it!

2 Jul 2013 10:33

The Rising Sun, Smithfield

Gloomy, woody yet atmospheric pub tucked away in Smithfield that was featured on 'Great British Ghosts' with Yvette Fielding and another programme on Victorian grave robbers (it was their favourite haunt apparently and literally). Pictures of nearby St Barts with the grim reality of life in the late 19th Century including a stern nurse who seemed to be staring me out. Stop it and attend to your choleric patients sister! It's a Sam Smith's pub so beer is fairly palatable but other drinks are cheap and cheerful. Had a lovely pint of Sam Smith's Extra Stout which was far better than Guinness. Also had a darts board which gives it near top marks. No music, no telly but books, dominoes and imitation Jenga for larks.

22 Mar 2013 17:07