The Bell Hotel - Aylesbury

Visited 27th December 2010.

Follow the path, past the cinema, under the arch and 'The Bell' is on the left. The instructions given to us were quite correct and it was less than a five minute walk. Now this one was very much along the lines of what we were expecting. It was also busy with lots of people eating. We had a plan. Mrs S found an empty table, I headed for the bar and our driver acted as the runner. It was executed with almost military precision. Unfortunately everything went to pot when we found they had no burgers, or breaded chicken, or buns! Apparently deliveries are usually on a Saturday and nobody appeared to have considered the fact that, this year, Christmas day was also on a Saturday. I can't help but feel that with just a small amount of thought this could have been foreseen and planned for... So, I had the mixed grill with a pint of 'Red Nose Reindeer', Mrs S had the lasagne with a 'Sailor Jerry' and 'coke', with our driver opting for the 'Chicken Tikka Masala' and yet another pint of Pepsi. Nothing wrong with the food when it arrived but it wasn't a table full of burgers! Perhaps we should have waited for the next pub...

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The White Hart - Aylesbury

Visited 27th December 2010.

It's in my head. Only four more pubs to go to reach one hundred... And I received some Wetherspoon gift tokens as a Christmas gift. I hear them singing, "spend me, spend me". I resist the urge and then the phone goes and a friend of mine is asking if I fancy going down the pub. As he offers to drive I check Google Earth and in almost no time have a list of four 'spoons to visit. An hour later and we are in Aylesbury, parked and walking across the road to the first pub of the day. As usual when we set off we have no idea what to expect but we were all pleasantly surprised by 'The White Hart'. Not very inspiring to look at from the outside but very nice inside. I opt for a pint of Rudolph's Revenge, Mrs S goes for her usual Sailor Jerry and Pepsi with our driver settling for a pint of Pepsi. We were feeling a little peckish but, unusually for a Wetherspoons, we could not see anybody eating so we decided to wait for the next pub. As we left we did spot two people tucking in but by then the decision had been made and we had been told that the next pub was less than five minutes walk away...

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