The French have their cafés, Americans their fast food diners and the British their pubs.
In his 17th-century diary, Samuel Pepys described the pub as “the heart of England”. A meeting place, somewhere to relax, where people can eat, drink, talk and play games like cards or darts or billiards.
A village local like the Woodmancote Pub where one is confronted unapologetically by an array home baked cakes amongst bottles of wine and pork scratchings.
As well as a menu offering traditional pub food such as a Farmers Country Platter sitting comfortably alongside the ubiquitous burger. An unfortunate feature found on most menus in the day and age.
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