Sad to see this pub is shut - does anyone know what the plans are for it?
Probably twee little cottages that only people with more money than sense would buy.
Too many people think it would be lovely to run a nice little "country" pub but don't do their homework first. Then they discover that it's VERY hard work all hours God sends and they have to keep smiling even when their feet hurt, the customer from hell is making a fuss about the food or someone is whingeing because you don't sell that trendy but obscure beer that's delivered on a lama's back all the way from the heights of the Andes.
I used to know a country pub which even had horse tethering points to encourage casual riders and the drag hunt to call in for lunch. It hadn't occurred to the landlord that horses (much as I love them) are not very well trained when it came to depositing their poo on the car park and none of the staff would help clear it up when the customers complained. That idea didn't last long!!
