On to the Freewheel, conveniently built just 20 minutes walk away and on the return journey to Faversham.
Graveney, probably listed as Goodnestone next year, is home to some tremendous oast houses, a pub and not much else.
I’ve seen more attractive exteriors.
But inside it’s all happening. Bicycle repair shop, chintzy café, and practice room for the Faversham Formby Folk (FFF). That’s my guess, they’re all strumming ukuleles and delivering a creditable version of “When you walk in the room“.
Someone will tell me they’re from Sittingbourne and those are sitars, I bet you.
Oh joy, a cycling themed beer.
In a cycling themed pub, there’s only one beer to pick.
And one place to park yourself.
It’s a decent beer (NBSS 3) without being stunning. I sense the Ukes are on orange juice.
Of course, no pub is complete without a great playlist. Here you get an all-time classic, just for Scott of Scotland.
retiredmartin 
Bring back Lord Rockingham’s XI.
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Not only did the Scots invent HiFi (Linn) and haggis, they also invented “proper music”. Did they invent the Autovac or was that Leeds ?
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Invented by a Scotsman, but in Leeds. We can’t waste any of that expensive ale!
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Don’t forget limbo dancing (apparently in order to get into a pay toilet for free).
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Very good.
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Obviously a man who has heard the haunting ballad of the distraught Scotsman:
Here I sit, broken hearted.
Paid to sh*t, only f*rted.
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He’s doing it again!
(Scott’s reading my mind)*
* See my post here:
https://retiredmartin.com/2018/02/16/bye-bye-malta-hello-malt/#comment-17136
You may have to scroll down a tic, just below Scott’s wet Wednesday post.
Cheers
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Psychic abilities triggered by some most enjoyable Cromarty Pibroch this afternoon.
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“Psychic abilities triggered by some most enjoyable Cromarty Pibroch this afternoon.”
Ah, that explains it. *
* but only if it was in a Thistle glass. (LOL)
Cheers!
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Is there a different type?
And of course it was through a straw.
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Andy Stewart at 9.30 in the morning is rather a shock to the system, so I don’t think many of us will thank you for sharing that.
Those of us who are a certain age will look back with horror at the shows he hosted for the BBC every New Year’s Eve.
Nice looking pub though.
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Hope Andy got you up, Paul.
I think the Freewheel is a pub that will divide opinions ! Good to have two relatively close on a walk, though.
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To be removed from GBG for pub sign not meeting quality standard. Pub signage quality as easy to define as anything else.
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Bring back the autovac! Bring back Tetley’s!
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Exactly !
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“and those are sitars, I bet you.”
I tried to make a “sitting” joke but it’s too early in the morning for me (just one sip of beer so far). 😉
“And one place to park yourself.”
What else does one do in a cycling themed pub but ‘park’ yourself. 🙂
As for the answer to “Donald where’s your troosers”…
Probably nicked by the “Scoosers”?
(those darn Liverpudlians)
Cheers
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That Andy Stewart video looks like something that Mike Myers or Jack Black would spend a lot of money trying to recreate, and it wouldn’t end up as funny. 😉
The one night I was in The Castle in Macclesfield there was a small group of musicians practicing in the back room, sounded like some sort of Eastern European folk music. I do love the idea of a pub being used for this sort of thing; judging from your post, it’s more common than I realized.
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Folk or jazz groups have been found to be the most effective methods of clearing a pub a closing time (although not the most humane).
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Must be Dave. Only noticed in multi-room pubs, of course ! Yes, lunchtime jazz in Derby last month. I guess the daytime aspect is really noticeable.
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