The Holman Clavel Inn, Culmhead

Finally the Clavel is back in safe hands and bad memories fading fast. Decent beer, nice, warm atmosphere and look forward to sampling the grub. Great news going in to 2016

2 Jan 2016 07:10

The Wheatsheaf, Shedfield

Cracking pub I try to use whenever possible and always if travelling from the darkest South West to Portsmouth for a ferry. A simple divert off the M27 that will not unduly delay you. Excellent array of gravity delivered beers from the barrel, particularly the flowerpots range at very very reasonable prices and the food looked pretty good yesterday as well.

Log fire, friendly lot of locals. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome too.

A shame we had to leave and I was the driver this time!

24 Nov 2014 17:15

The York Inn, Churchinford

Good to see The York back on the map in safe pairs of hands after a number of years of ups and downs. The Otter range including Amber and Bitter on offer together with Cheddar Valley Cider from Thatchers with Tricky cider produced less than 25 metres away also on offer.

A pleasant sitting area that catches the sun at the back of the pub and a bench to watch the world and his wife pass by outside the front door. (Village Community shop and post Office 100 metres away offering local produce too!)

A simple "pub grub" style menu at pretty good prices, this looks to have returned to the village local it always used to be but being the Blackdown Hills and pretty rural "use it or lose it"!!

28 Apr 2014 08:30