The Quay - Poole

Visited 26th June 2011.
 
Having managed to cook ourselves on the beach (caught out by a thick, cooling mist that, at the time took the sting out of the sunshine) we jumped in the car and almost immediately got caught up in a traffic jam. We poodled along at about ten miles an hour for several miles, before clearing a T-junction that was the root of the problem (peak-time lights or a mini-roundabout would have calmed the anguish). We decided to make a detour and take some time out to let any traffic on the M27 and M3 clear. Instead we headed to Poole intending to visit 'The Lord Wimborne' but couldn't find it, so we switched to plan 'B' and drove to 'The Quay' instead. This was a popular pub with many people sitting outside still enjoying the sunshine. We, on the other hand, had had our fill of sunshine for the day and went indoors to cool off. Inside the ceiling was a long way up, giving a very spacious and airy feeling to the place. We bought our drinks, a half of 1664 for Mrs S. and a pint of forty niner from the Ringwood Brewery for myself. We also took the opportunity to ask the barman directions to 'The Lord Wimborne' which we knew couldn't be very far away. As it turned out it wasn't and we hadn't missed it by much when driving around earlier. We finished our drinks and then set off walking to find the missing pub.

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