After walks and while I am cooking breakfast, three of the four bounce upstairs to clamber into bed with Chris like children do with their parents on Christmas day. Constance, with his great weight (too much for our Marks and Spencer bed) and rather lax bladder control , always remains in the kitchen, a fact which she is not troubled by.
The effort of climbing the steep cottage staircase remains just that little bit daunting for a 25 kilo bulldog with a flatulence problem........every step a fart, as it were!
The gossip around the village at the moment is the "changing of hands" of the pub. Suddenly Lee, the acting manager has up-sticks and left and in his place a new young family with children have arrived.to fly the "Crown" flag in these troubled economic times
The restaurant was full when we arrived ( a very good sign), the young wife , who does "front of house" duties was charming and professional and there was something quite valiant in the way she she outlined just how much she and her husband wanted to "make a go" out of the business in this climate where breweries are draining the very lifeblood out of their landlords.
We had a nice meal
and wished them well for the future.
Local readers... try the Crown out for yourselves...and be a good citizen
People from outside the UK don't understand just how important a pub is to village life. You're right to encourage people. The old adage of 'use it or lose it' is never more pertinent.
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have the pubs you do in the UK. I loved the pubs while over there a few years back.We have NOTHING like these in Africa, not even in first-world SA. I love the your scottie. We had a male for fourteen years and mourned him and still miss him even though he's over the rainbow bridge these past nine years. PS I love the way your dogs jump into bed with their "parents"! Blessings, Jo
ReplyDeleteI'm having a mental image of Constance labouring up the stairs, farrting as she goes. It will haunt me for days. I want to pick that Scottie up and cuddle him. he is so photogenic!
ReplyDeleteI hope the pub makes a go of it. It's so important for the village and the community.
I have never been to a pub. While they have places here that they call pubs, I have serious doubts that it's what they really are!
ReplyDeleteBut I totally agree about supporting local businesses--They really are the heart of any town!!
I did enjoy reading about the dogs! Our old girl would have stayed in the kitchen too, to be nearer the food and any bits that might fall :-D
ReplyDeleteWishing "all the best" for the new landlords, the pub is a vital social centre, apart from a good place to unwind at the end of the week and somewhere to catch up on the news.
I do often blow wind every step I do while walking to the bus stop...
ReplyDeleteI'm troubled now!
*goes sit in the living room and looks outside through the window in total dismay*
It is wonderful that a replacement came so quickly. Doubly glad the cooking is good.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Pub food...I got to sample a bit of it when I was visiting my sister over there. Not only was the food good but the atmosphere was wonderful. I hope the young couple does well and it looks like the village has rallied round to help make that happen. Love your description of Sunday morning in your house...poor Constance...but then she's closer to the food ;) Have a peaceful day.
ReplyDeleteMaura :)
"The Crown" is a bit too far from Sheffield for a drive out but I hope the community rally round and keep supporting your local pub restaurant. They have a saying in retail - "When it's gone, it's gone" and this, tragically, is a saying that could well be applied to every pub in the British Isles that has bitten the dust. Too many have already gone.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to the new landlord and landlady of The Crown. Running a business is tough at this moment in time. I'm glad that people from the village are supporting them!
ReplyDeleteThere's something very peaceful about a Sunday morning. We don't have pubs here, but we do have small family restaurants. So far, they have held up well against the McDonalds of the world.
ReplyDeleteI promise that the next time I'm passing through Trelawnyd, I will stop at the pub.
ReplyDeleteWe have a pub in our village that's just changed hands and I really feel that I ought to go and support it. Trouble is, the signs have gone up outside to promote various events that they hope will attract new custom: Liam Gallagher tribute act, karaoke, live sport etc.
ReplyDeleteAll I want is good food in a pleasant atmosphere and a decent pint of bitter. Apparently that isn't a good business plan......
We take so many things for granted, a fact that many of us ignore to our peril, then all of a sudden its 'closed doors and no service' and we all look at each other and say "Why?".
ReplyDeleteThat photo of your black scottie? It could be my Socks...
ReplyDelete"Use it or loose it." I like that. I think I'll use it too then.
ReplyDeleteThree cheers for the new managers then - "hip hip...hooway! hip hip...hooway! hip hip...hooway!!"