retiredmartin

August 2025. Sherburn-in-Elmet.

So*, should you be cancelling your vacations in Shanghai and Sheerness and booking a holiday in Sherburn ? Well, that will depend on the quality of the Chinese takeaway obviously.

You could so the Elmet “Where’s Wally ?” trail,

try to identify the street art,

and find someone who’ll let you see round All Saints on a Monday.

But really, an afternoon is plenty for the pubs.

The Oddfellows greets you with complimentary snacks at the bar,

and the scalp of the last person who asked for a taster.

Neither Leon or I are having tasters, but we’re not sure about the wisdom of a weak Otter, either.

So the ubiquitous Landlord it is, in a quiet two bar all-rounder showing “Hits of the 70s” on the telly.

There’s far worse ways to spend your retirement than guessing what’s coming up next. Oh, The Animals,

that’s the 60s, surely.

Decent bench seating in Pisshead corner. Plural, surely ?

The Tim Taylor has to be returned as it’s end of barrel; the exchange of a duff beer is enacted in an exemplary manner on both sides, and the replacement is a chewy NBSS 3.5. No, really.

But three (3) weeks on I can’t tell you anything else about the pub. And does it matter ?.

*NEVER start a sentence with “So”.