The Pilgrim Oak - Hucknal

Visited 19th March 2011.
 
Course training completed and out in time to see the rugby, but where? The Pilgrim Oak is selected and in a short time we are driving round looking for a car park. We find one just a brisk walk away and as it turns out we are in plenty of time to see England play. The pub is popular and there are quite a few families eating, for a while anyway, as a group of very loud, drunk women gradually start to clear the area around them. The staff seem powerless to do anything, I don't know why as I'm sure an equally loud group of men wouldn't have been allowed to drive nearly as many of the customers away. Fortunately they eventually left, much to the relief of the few remaining patrons. And to cap it all England lost, much to the delight of the very happy Irishman sat at the table next to us. Still the food was nice and the beer was good so no complaints there.
On the downside, we were so disappointed and distracted by England losing that when we left we completely forgot to take any pictures. Sorry about that so here's a picture of the bill instead. Now of course I'll have to stand outside the pub for a photo on our next visit to Nottingham!



Update, 19th May 2014: As part of a roadtrip weekend to Sheffield I revisited The Pilgrim Oak and finally managed to get a "selfie" photograph with the pub in the background.
 
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The Moon in the Square - Bournemouth

Visited 14th February 2010.

It's back to the car and a short drive down the hill to the seafront. We find an expensive car park and start to search on foot for our next target. The first thing we find is a much cheaper car park! Still, we know we're in the right area but we must find it quickly as the girls want pudding! Whoops, they get side tracked by the shops. I put it to them that it really was time we to the pub for some toffee pudding while forgetting to mention that England had been playing Italy for some time now. Eventually we made it and I was able to sit with my pint of of Silent Slasher and see the last few minutes of the game, which we won, Hurrah! The pub itself was warm and busy and the girl who served us was very pleasant. But we can't sit around enjoying ourselves, the shops don't shop themselves and we still have one more pub to visit.

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