Sunday we still didn't have the energy to go far (and there was the threat of heavy rain) - so we popped to the Barley Mow. Lovely and quiet and relaxing in the post-Sunday lunch lull. Independence on cask is a rare and totally delightful treat. We failed to take a game with us so we just chilled a bit.
This place still delivers time after time.
Monday we needed to pop out to get a packet from a locker so the natural place to go was LHG. This has none of the cosy ambiance of smaller places and the larger staffing team makes for a different experience. But I still really like the place and you can always rely on having a good range of higher strength beers to finish with. For the first time, the pizza guys didn't seem to be in attendance - but we weren't planning to eat out anyway so it wasn't much more than a passing observation.
Yesterday there was a game to be played (the one we picked up from the locker) and Martha's is the perfect place to do it.
We arrived and were greeted with a hearty hello (different staff from Friday) and they immediately leapt into "We've got a cask beer on...it's a new thing for us...".
The chap pouring (ex-Moor) immediately said "2/3rds?"
They know their customers.
All in all, an absolutely perfect session of game and beer - the right number of people in the place, the brilliant staff and delightful beer.
Seriously, if an organisation can do all this from a railway arch, there's really no excuse for bigger places not to do it too.
Wonder if they'd like to come to Eastbourne....?
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