Carolyn yesterday:
Look at the size of your sausage, Richard! It's absolutely enormous!
No, I know what you're thinking, but Carolyn was, in fact, talking about a real sausage which I had ordered as part of a pub lunch in Chester.
Had we not already partaken of our frankly magnificent lunches, I would surely have dragged Carolyn into a pub we spotted a short while later. It was named The Albion and the chalk sign outside read:
THE ENGLISH PUB AT ITS VERY BEST
NOMINATED IN TOP SIX BEST CITY PUBS IN BRITAIN - NATIONAL PUB GUIDE
RECOMMENDED IN ALL MAJOR PUB GUIDES AND PUBLICATIONS OVER MANY YEARS -
A GROWN UPS PUB FOR GROWN UP PEOPLE - NO CHILDREN - FAMILY HOSTILE
Sounded like my kind of pub. I wonder where they stand on the cultural vandalism that is the smoking ban.
See also: More photos from our day out in Chester here, including one of Carolyn in her kinky boots. That one should up the ratings.
and I dare say you missed out the bit about it selling warm pond water, masquerading as beer!
It doesn't need to be warm; just room temperature.
I knew that there was someone out there that would appreciate a sign I saw whilst walking near Lyme Park on Sunday it said:
Trespassers will be shot ...... survivors will be shot again.
but who wants a cold room?