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August 2026. Frome.

Pub 6, or 7 (seven) for those on our Frome Roam who had popped off to Palmers Bottle Shop after Just Ales. I can tell you nothing about Palmers, which means it is guaranteed to make the next GBG.

The pace was relentless, and some of our group went MIA, or possibly AWOL.

Most of us made the Lamb and Fountain, my highlight of the day, the archetypal West Country cider pub.

Once again, I refer you to Kentish Paul’s blog for the detail on this heritage pub with formica counter,

which with its view out the back (we could see Stafford Paul’s head as we approached) was a place to while away the day.

Jon said he always had to have the cider (Rich’s, £2.80 a pint) here, though I note the star of this painting is on the flat Bass (Pride these days). Will the Sheffield Hatter allegedly had Worthington Smooth here but I’m not allowed to comment while the CAMRA disciplinary committee is sitting.

We chatted to a local about Frome for so long it endangered the strictly observed (it wasn’t) timetable, and I wondered how a cider deviation would affect our highly tuned decision making on the rest of the trip.

As you’ll see when we hit the bean bags in the Ship, the answer is “not well”.