The Regal - Gloucester

Visited 8th June 2010.

As it turned out Gloucester had a surprise for us in the shape of The Regal. The barmaid at The Water Poet was absolutely correct - The Regal was only a brisk two minutes walk away and we were glad that we had made the time to go see it. As could be guessed from the name it was in an old picture house and was huge inside. We liked the mixture of the different seating types and areas and especially liked King Kong waving his fist. Mrs S. was so impressed by the mirrors in the ladies toilet that she felt compelled to take a photo. More coffee and J.D. was drunk but as you may, by now, have realised we were not eating today. Our hosts have planned to cook for us, hence the reason for our tight timescales. With a little regret it was time to be moving on (and it had stopped raining) but The Regal is on our list of places to revisit.

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The Water Poet - Gloucester

Visited 8th June 2010.

While driving to Gloucester it started to rain - it is June after all! The rain stayed with us while we parked and during the walk to the pub. Photos will have to wait, we need to dry out. In we go, drinks are purchased and I have a quick chat with the barmaid and find out that there is another 'spoons only a couple of minutes brisk walking away. This is going to be a very quick drink if we want to fit in a third pub today and still make it back to base before our deadline. Mrs S. opted for a coffee while I stuck with the J.D. and Coke (it's Pepsi - is that OK?) The pub itself was fine but we stayed just long to finish our drinks and dry out a little. Time was against us.

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The Lord John - Stroud

Visited 8th June 2010.

We've been invited to stay with friends for a few days in a small village somewhere near Stroud. Perfect, a little peace and quiet and a chance to maybe visit a pub or two. What can I say, the house was great, the company was great and our friends were very much in the mood to visit a few pubs. The first was pub of the day is The Lord John. A long, narrow pub which appears to be in the old post sorting office. It was pretty warm out but felt pleasantly cool inside. Once again there was no Buffalo Trace so I had to settle for J.D. instead. Come on... why promote Buffalo and then not keep enough available! However, it didn't detract from our visit but we couldn't stay long as we were on a time limit today and thought that if we were quick we could visit a pub in Gloucester as well.

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