Next, a shameless pitch for the pub cat market, estimated at being worth about $7.7 trillion annually for bloggers and tweeters.
A short post from Blakeney, winner of “Best Village” apparently, despite having no central pub and having converted all its pretty shops to chintzy houses.
Decent walks, too, though until my “scratch and sniff” version of this blog is up and running you won’t know the route below takes you past the sewage works. There’s a lot of sewage works in the Forest of Dean.
The Cock is a mile out of “town”. In fact I bet it’s been listed under Nibley before. It’s your standard Forest dining pub.
A bit chintzy (acoustic guitar alert !), but with beermats and no obvious “reserved” signs.
I approached the bar.
Yes, that’s the scene at the tiny bar. Cliquey. Your guess at the beers is as good as mine.
No-one serving at the bar, of course, so the lady shouts out “Darling !, there’s a customer for you”. BRAPA would have exploded.
Catching a glimpse of Box Tunnel, I plumped for that, and bolted outside.
Pub cat and dog were living in perfect harmony, entertaining toddlers. All pubs should have pub cats and dogs as pleasant as this.
Sadly, I couldn’t offload my duff half (NBSS 2), so in the plants it went.
Note the disdain on moggie’s face.
retiredmartin 
Definitely a 4 on NCSS, though 😽
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And only a proper lion or tiger gets a 5 ?
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Over 4 involves licking
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You Scots and your licking.
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Only counts if it’s deep fried
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Spot on.
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Scots and licking, is that another football reference?
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Almost certainly; Jimmy Johnstone and all that.
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“Scots and licking, is that another football reference?”
Good eye. The Scots usually take a licking in football.*
* See World Cup Appearances (England – 15, Scotland – 8) 🙂
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4.5
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The exterior of the walls were painted but the interiors aren’t.
Is that a sign of the toilets being outside ?
I’ve not seen a Stroud Brewery sign like that before. It’s probably from before 1858 when they merged with the Cheltenham and Hereford Breweries to form West Country Breweries, a non uncommon sign for which is seen to the left of the front door below the pub sign.
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1958, shurely…
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Oh, no, two mistakes in as many hours !
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A proper dog would have ripped that cat to bits.
Surely if it’s ‘pour away quality’ then it has to be less than 1 on NBSS? Like 0.5. Scoring a 2 is ‘average’ according to the scoring system, and there are a lot of pubs serving average, and I wouldn’t pour average beer away (Mind you, I wouldn’t be going back any time soon). I use a word association type thing to remind me, for NBSS 2, just think Wolverhampton & Dudley (NB it’s word association and doesn’t represent actually beer quality, just the word).
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It’s understandable not to attempt to get a duff beer changed if you’re only having a half and are unlikely ever to go there again. But a beer you can’t stomach finishing really shouldn’t score more than 1, or 1½ at a pinch.
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You’re right, but these are fine margins. It wasn’t off or sour, just too dull to drink. Homebrew the issue more than duff cellarmanship.
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Yes
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Unlike you, I prefer to drink at the bar, but not when the bar’s that small.
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I like the the look of that pub, shame about the beer.
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Homebrew.
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“View across to great pie pub in Frampton”
Hmm. I may have to order one of your magnifying glasses. It appears there’s a place just above Purton (the one on the east, not the west) that mentions firm breasts?*
* (ah, sorry, it says Tites Point)
“Tranquil but smelly”
It’s from all the fish, innit?
“The Cock is a mile out of “town”.”
Notice how I’m strenuously trying to be decorous.
“Belts on walls – why ?”
Winners of the ’89 and ’90 championship tractor pulls?
Oh and what’s with not saying anything about the beer glass?
“Pub cat and dog were living in perfect harmony”
They even look a bit like ebony and ivory. 🙂
“so in the plants it went.”
(Sigh)
“Note the disdain on moggie’s face.”
Pfft. Cats have a disdained look practically 24/7. 😉
Cheers
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I’m glad you got the “Ebony & Ivory” reference, Russ. VERY disappointed in Beatles Mad Mark.
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