I nearly forgot the Peacock at Tanfield Village, which is surprising given the cars I had to dodge on the half hour walk from the WMC to the posh bit of Tanfield and the care I spent setting up the photo above.
A great green walk past industrial estates, sewage works and Shaft (dis), which I presume is nothing to do with Isaac Hayes. Oh, and apparently the world’s oldest railway. Really lovely, reminiscent of the Amber Valley.
Quite how I resisted a diversion to explore the mysterious Tantobie, I shall never know.
I took this picture of flowers in Tanfield War Memorial for my Dad, who likes identifying exotic foliage.
But by the time I’d also snapped St.Margarets, my phone memory was nearly full.
So some rather dull pictures from a fairly typical pleasant Durham village pub.
You can always bank on one thing with an ex-Vaux pub.
Yes, there’ll be beers you’ve heard of. The Guvnor was probably pulling through a guest, possibly not a Brass Castle sour.
So Black Sheep it was. And as so often up here beyond Masham, an excellent cool and creamy drop (NBSS 3.5) enjoyed in the company of the one other well-dressed local watching cooking on the telly.
In the comments on the last post Electric Pics, who knows his beer, argued that Durham CAMRA pick for the Beer Guide on quality (rather than quantity and variety), and the Peacock is testament to that.
One beer on the pumps wouldn’t get you in the GBG in many counties, more the pity, but one well-kept, fast selling beer is all you need.
“Cheers Champion”
When were YOU last called champion in a pub ?
retiredmartin 
Are you often compared to a horse?
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I thought that was a reference to my last Chinese. Didn’t Bob ride them ?
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At least it was a wonderhorse.
Bob rode the Chinese? Again?
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“I thought that was a reference to my last Chinese. ”
I am sooooo not going to reply to that!
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“and the care I spent setting up the photo above.”
I like how you got the clouds to hold still just long enough to take the photo. 🙂
“and Shaft (dis), which I presume is nothing to do with Isaac Hayes. ”
I was going to say that it is written in black but… 😉
Actually I think it denotes the now defunct runway (hence the dis), as Air Shaft now operates from a bit further north. 🙂
“Quite how I resisted a diversion to explore the mysterious Tantobie, I shall never know.”
Well, for one thing, you’d have to go at night to confirm most of the inhabitants sleep with their parents.
(and I thought you were joking about that Wiki entry in the previous post!)
“who likes identifying exotic foliage.”
Exotic? If you say so. 😉
“a fairly typical pleasant Durham village pub.”
Looks nice from the outside.
“When were YOU last called champion in a pub ?”
In a pub? Never.
In the bedroom however… 😉
Cheers
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You thought I was joking ? I’m hurt 😱
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LOL
No offense but… you are pretty good at taking the mickey. 🙂
Cheers!
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One beer is fine if, as you say it’s in good nick, it also helps if it’s a beer you like.
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If you don’t like it, you can always go next door !
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“One beer is all you need” and from my day out in Burton last week and Derbyshire yesterday I’m realising that that’s Draught Bass.
Did they claim it to be the world’s oldest railway after painting 1189 AD on a dilapidated signal box ?
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Champion…the Terry Collier of pub bloggers.
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The angle, just the right lighting, the blurry bloke in the background sipping his beer, I’m sure you needed that pint after all that effort.
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I’m glad you appreciate the effort on pressing that button surreptitiously.
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Beware the beers from Masham. A lot of Dales and Country pubs are serving it on what appear to be real hand pumps that are actually keg dispensers – can be set to between 2 and 5 pulls per pint. Fooling the punters but making sure they don’t get vinegar. Not that anywhere like that would get in GBG, obviously. Just saying like.
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Keg is the new Cask.
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It is in a lot of country pubs/restaurants, and a lot of people don’t realise, thinking they are getting real ale, which they are not. Think what you want on the cask/keg beer thing, beers of this sort are not meant to be in keg and it’s this sort of chicanery that CAMRA should be getting angry about. That and the behaviour of some of the large companies like Marstons PLC. Not petty, prejudiced differences around the dispense of quality products.
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