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Lady Campanula

Lady Campanula

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A) Saltash area
B) Fowey area
C) Falmouth area
D) Newlyn area
E) Isles of Scilly area
F) Others in SW well worth a determined detour

Not that I can't find a good pub on my own, yunnerstan', but Local Knowledge is not to be sneezed at!


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The Front in Falmouth on a Monday night - folk music and dancing, good fun. Also the Boathouse in Falmouth, on the Old High Street - fab views to Flushing and across Carrick Roads.

Victory Inn St Mawes, great food.

Not a pub, but visit Pinky Murphy's in Fowey.
 
Russell Inn at Polruan.............

Cross to Polruan to escape the tourists of Fowey and find a proper pub just up the hill past the shipyard. Nice people, nice beer (and cider). Proper job.
 
Robih said:
Cross to Polruan to escape the tourists of Fowey and find a proper pub just up the hill past the shipyard. Nice people, nice beer (and cider). Proper job.
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That sounds very much like The Lugger Inn. Had a few headaches caused by that pub!:D

In the Scilly's try the Atlantic Inn or the Bishop & Wolf in St Mary's.
 
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Pretty much any pub in Scillies!

Mermaid, St Marys - good atmosphere, full of rowing types.
Atlantic, St Marys
Bishop & Wolf, St Marys
Turks Head, St Agnes - good atmosphere and food - evening boat trip for a meal reccomended - more rowing types.
7 Stones, St Martins - friendly and cheap (for Scilly!), but a bit run down.
Fraggle Rock, Bryher - expensive and most character character destroyed by re-fit - can't beat the location though!

All offer good beer, both local and "mainland". Friendly locals and staff - you'll make new friends, and will want to return! Be aware, island prices tend to be somewhat higher than mainland.
 
Saltash

Second the Union at Saltash.

If you want some adventure, and a really decent pint at the end of it, anchor about a mile North of the Tamar Bridge off Kingsmill Lake. A couple of hours before HW, dinghy into Kingsmill Lake for about a mile to the little stone quay at Moditonham where you can land and leave the dinghy.
Stroll for about ten minute up the lane and you will get to the Rising Sun in Botus Fleming, best pub in SE Cornwall, no contest!
 
Ah, so many to choose from

My recommendations for the West Country are:

Falmouth - The Chain Locker
Helford - The Shipwrights' Arms
St. Mary's - The Mermaid - first pub from the harbour wall
St. Agnes - The Turk's Head - pasties go by 1230 so they must be good

and my all time favourite:

Tresco - The New Inn - really friendly service, they will provide provisions, showers and free Wi-Fi - oh and great food / beer

Enjoy
 
mikefleetwood said:
Pretty much any pub in Scillies!

Mermaid, St Marys - good atmosphere, full of rowing types.
Atlantic, St Marys
Bishop & Wolf, St Marys
Turks Head, St Agnes - good atmosphere and food - evening boat trip for a meal reccomended - more rowing types.
7 Stones, St Martins - friendly and cheap (for Scilly!), but a bit run down.
Fraggle Rock, Bryher - expensive and most character character destroyed by re-fit - can't beat the location though!

All offer good beer, both local and "mainland". Friendly locals and staff - you'll make new friends, and will want to return! Be aware, island prices tend to be somewhat higher than mainland.
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Further to the above recommendations; a few observations: Mermaid has good food and good views across the harbour from its restaurant and also the slip inn (cellar bar). Atlantic inn also has good views across the harbour from its restaurant and also the outdoor terrace at the back, generally colonised by the smoking brigade unfortunately otherwise a good place to enjoy a pint and take in the view, food is reasonable but nothing special.

Bishop and wolf, no views and generally lacking any kind of atmosphere except when there is a footie match on, rapidly becoming generic sports bar, currently coloured in red and white. food is usually good though.

Turks head, st Agnes. a great place to enjoy lunch and a few pints through the afternoon sitting outside on a nice day. In the evenings the sun dips behind the pub fairly early and it starts to get chilly sitting out, but the pub itself has a good atmosphere and good ales and food, a must if you visit the islands.

Sevenstones; I wouldn't even bother these days, the views from the pub are good with good outdoor terraces to sit and enjoy. generally no atmosphere and at the last visit the food and beer was dire imho. St Martins alternative is the bistro at the Hotel on the isle very good food reasonably priced.

fraggle rock on Bryher, well it is the only pub on Bryher, visit on a good day when you can sit outside.

One not mentioned is the New Inn on tresco, the food is expensive but usually very good, service excellent and they have a good choice of beers. They regularly have some kind of entertainment here and there is a good atmosphere. Two beer festivals one in May one in September.

As has been said prices can be a little bit of a surprise . . . . . enjoy . .

Mines a 'Scuppered' BTW
 
T_C said:
Second the Union at Saltash.

If you want some adventure, and a really decent pint at the end of it, anchor about a mile North of the Tamar Bridge off Kingsmill Lake. A couple of hours before HW, dinghy into Kingsmill Lake for about a mile to the little stone quay at Moditonham where you can land and leave the dinghy.
Stroll for about ten minute up the lane and you will get to the Rising Sun in Botus Fleming, best pub in SE Cornwall, no contest!
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Exactly what I was going to say about both those pubs. Also worth considering for a dinghy trip is the Plough at Bere Ferrers, particularly if you want food as well as fine ale.
 
Define "Best Pub"!

Two potential definitions:

1) A pub that serves a variety of interesting and palatable ales. It should not be home to CO2 cylinders, and lager should be hidden in a shady and disregarded location.

2) A pub that has an atmosphere that promotes lively and friendly conversation, with a convivial atmosphere.

Unfortunately, the two are not necessarily the same!
 
I've made a resolution. ( 'Ho-hum' did I hear at the back? )

Having acquired a handful of GPS thingys over the past decade - now more of them than my sextants and navigators' pencils -

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I've been musing on quite what to do with them.

I've decided to carry one of them and every time I visit a pub from the water, I'll mark that as a Waypoint ( or a PintPot.... )

Now what I need is a little icon I can include in the charting software, just like the OS one for a decent pub, and I can happily assign that to the many places I hope to visit from a boat in my remaining years.

I feel a religious quest coming on. 'Pandora Inn', 'Chainlocker', 'The Lugger' and 'Turks Head', here I come.

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Er, is it my ol' eyesight or is my little Indian sextant beginning to fray at the edges?
 
Little Pub on the High Street in Pennryn I think it was the Kings Head? If you're really luck you might get to see The Raggy Trousered Philanthrapists playing. It's very strange walking through the band to go to the bog. They do a nice pint of Cromptons old pig shagger too.
 
Lady Campanula said:
I've made a resolution. ( 'Ho-hum' did I hear at the back? )

Having acquired a handful of GPS thingys over the past decade - now more of them than my sextants and navigators' pencils -

I've been musing on quite what to do with them.

I've decided to carry one of them and every time I visit a pub from the water, I'll mark that as a Waypoint ( or a PintPot.... )

Now what I need is a little icon I can include in the charting software, just like the OS one for a decent pub, and I can happily assign that to the many places I hope to visit from a boat in my remaining years.

I feel a religious quest coming on. 'Pandora Inn', 'Chainlocker', 'The Lugger' and 'Turks Head', here I come.

:D

Er, is it my ol' eyesight or is my little Indian sextant beginning to fray at the edges?
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A problem that I have found with pubs is what is good last year may be no good this year. I do like the idea though of indicating where pubs are on a chart / map / plotter so they can be 'tested'.
 
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