More from Builth Wells which, aided by the sunshine I bring to all Welsh towns, looked in decent nick despite the lack of custom.
Duncan had done the hard yards the night before and sadly confirmed a lack of Draught Bass.
Here’s the statue of someone disappointed at the lack of Bass in 1847.
You can buy anything in Builth (except Bass); even a church.
I’d booked a table for tea over the bridge, but not till 20:15 when the Thai chef turned up (apparently). So just time for a pre-emptive at the Greyhound Hotel.
This was an immaculate provincial hotel with lovely service (“You’re VERY welcome“) with chaps in suits and Pringle cardigans and discussions about unreadable spreadsheets. You could have been in the Conservative Club in Llandrindod Wells. I was in my element.
My notes say “Someone brought Butty back“, which I thought was the return of a duff pint but apparently it’s just autocorrection of Butty Bach. Anyway, I had the Rev James in a Worthington glass and it was as immaculate as the pub.
The lacings never lie.
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The White Horse looks attractive from outside, but internally has been drastically modernised in a Miami Vice chrome-and-mirrors style.
Many years ago I had some Draught Bass in the Lion opposite the bridge.
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Miami Vice style ? Sounds great. Fairly sure I saw a group of bikers in the White Horse garden on my last (dry) visit.
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No, think 1980s tacky “fun pub”, probably done in Mid Wales in 2005.
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But did you buy the church? Are we going to see weekly services dedicated to the healing properties of Draught Bass?
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Being dismantled and delivered brick-by-brick to Minneapolis so the Yanks can have an authentic UK church-to-pub conversion.
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We’ll make it a micro.
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Being Yanks, they’ll probably build it in a dry county.
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