On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:13:16AM +0100, Anthony Anson wrote:
The message 20040608075600.GA22860@amnesiac.heapspace.net from Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk contains these words:
Coo - where's that?
Barford.....
On the Watton Road, about five miles out of Norwich.
/snipcat/
The Kings Arms is nice, yes, but I'm still more partial to keeping it at the city gate for now, easy parking, wide selection of *cheap* beer, comfy seats, and a reasonable atmosphere (unless a bunch of clueless morons take over the pub, but that only happened once, and that was a thursday where friday was a bank holiday, so, almost understandable).
Parking is not too easy by the Kings Arms, true, but should be reasonable on a Sunday. Never been in the City Gate, (no idea where it is, either) and cheap beer is fine, as long as it's any good. Speaking personally, I can't drink (yes, can't, not won't) fizzy pop beer.
Erm - I'm talking usually 4 decent bitters on, with the occasional mild, the usual shitty John Smiths, and then the usual evil lagers. I do not drink lager, I'm a bitter/stout/mild drinker, with alcoholic spirit tendencies after a few pints (normally pernod or rum, but known to go for the occassional very nice single malt scotch :). The beer quality is not at all bad in the City Gate, or hasn't been thus far.
It's on the Dereham Road as you head out of norwich city centre from the inner ring, basically on the corner at the bottom of Grapes Hill. Directions are on the alug site, where Noodles posted yesterday. It *used to be* part of the wetherspoons chain, but is now owned by London and Edinburgh Inns (IIRC).
Cheers,