This revamped village pub is a community hub, with a village shop and fair pay, but it makes a cosy, well-priced, well-run stay for outsiders, too
According to Camra, 21 pubs are still shutting down each week. Not all of those are great pubs, it’s true, but, ultimately, the demise of any pub represents the loss of a community hub that, once turned into offices or flats, is gone forever. That is a particular problem in villages where, rather than bad management, it is often high rents and greedy pub companies that force otherwise viable pubs out of existence. All of which makes the renaissance of the Fleece Inn very good news.
Continue reading...