Lloyds No. 1 Bar - Nottingham

Visited 20th March 2011.
 
A bit of an uphill walk to our final pub of the day. Now this one turned out to be a bit of a surprise. An interesting looking building from the front, but a bit small for a 'spoons. At least it is until you go inside, then through some 'Time Lord' magic, it opens out into a huge building complete with more space upstairs.
Once again we opted for a couple of large lattes. Neither of us could manage anything to eat - still full from the very large breakfast that we had earlier at the B&B. For once we were able to go upstairs, so we did! 
We enjoyed our visit to Nottingham, it was an interesting town, an interesting mix of the old and the new and look forward to our next visit. I should just mention 'The Pit and the Pendulum', a very well themed goth pub that we popped into whilst walking to  'Lloyds'. It was quiet when we had a look round but that was good as it gave us the chance to appreciate the place, I would like to check it out on a busy evening sometime.
Just in case you're wondering, the whole purpose of the trip originally was to obtain some tuition in the practice of Swedish/holistic massage!
 
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The Roebuck Inn - Nottingham

Visited 20th March 2011.
 
Pub three. Again, very busy with several toddlers running around. Not so many people eating this time but definitely more drinking. As was I, I tried the Rock Mild from 'The Nottingham Brewery' which turned out to be a decent brew. Mrs S. once again opted for a coffee - we are certainly filling up the loyalty card this weekend. This was also an interesting building but once again the stairs had been closed off so we were unable to go fully exploring.
The problem with trying to visit a lot of pubs in a short space of time is that you just don't get time to have a decent sit down because it seems like it's only a few minutes later and were are heading off again!
 
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The Joseph Else - Nottingham

Visited 20th March 2011.
 
Our second pub of the day turned out to be very busy with almost everybody eating very large breakfasts. I think the weekend was starting to take its toll and we were both feeling a little lightweight, it was a choice of Pepsi or coffee for the pair of us - we opted for a couple of large lattes. It's a narrow but long pub with an upstairs that we didn't get to see as it was roped off. While we sat drinking our coffees I was quite amused to see a group of ladies on the table next to us playing 'pass the sausage'. They had all ordered the large breakfasts which were proving to be too large... Each time one looked away or was engrossed in conversation another one would take the opportunity to offload some item of food from her plate to her neighbours!
 
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The Company Inn - Nottingham

It's right at the far end!

Visited 20th March 2011.
 
Sadly it's our last day here so we have decided to make the most of it and try and fit in as many pubs as we can. The first on the list today is 'The Company Inn' which turned out to be a bit tricky to find. It's a little off the beaten track and although SatNav lady directed us straight to the postcode and did in fact get us to within about 50 yards, we just kept wandering in circles looking for it! It's at the far end of a difficult to miss building, which we still managed to keep missing. We were pretty early but there were still a few people in there to keep us company. A coffee for Mrs S, a Buffalo Trace for me and a long chat with a friendly barman. We both liked the pub, it was pleasantly different from many of the 'spoons we have visited recently and it was a shame we didn't have time to stay longer.
 
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