Carshalton # 3

After a reasonable start to the trip, pubs 3 and 4 were somewhat disappointing, I pushed on to pub 5. The Greyhound Hotel . The hotel bit didn’t exactly fill me with hope but it looked well attended as I approached. Inside it was an open and roomy space with a mix of armchairs, sofas…

Carshalton #2

Having left the Sun, and making an unfruitful walk to the next pub on my list, The Palmerston, only to find it clad in scaffolding and full of builders in full on refurb mode, I did a sharp about turn toward the now pub 3, The Coach & Horses. It was sat on a busy…

Sunday In Carshalton Part 1

  I had long wanted to visit The Hope in Carshalton  based on its good beer reputation, so I jumped on a train, then a tram, then another train and handily ended up at Carshalton train station at mid-day, just in time for opening. Of course I didn’t spend an hour and a half traveling…

South Downs Spring Magic

I recently had reason to visit the small village of Heyshott, nestling in the South Downs, around three miles south of Midhurst, its not really a place you would likely pass through, other than visiting other nearby villages in what appears to be the middle of nowhere. Just a few cottages, a church, a farm…

On The Up In Upper Hale

The Alfred Freehouse is a similar story to my last post on the Wonston Arms, a previously struggling pub made good and now a thriving hub of the community.  Once in the grips of of a pub Co, Its now privately owned and all the better for that. Hidden away down a residential backstreet in…