The new blen

We have now paid two visits to the newly reopened TB, a newly hatched member of the Greene King Meet & Eat family, once to Drink and once to Meet & Eat. So far so good - and not a profanity in sight this Friday lunchtime.

Menu very much along the Wetherspoon's road, we thought a bit shorter and a bit cheaper.

Never heard of Kendermann's wine before, and Professor Google suggests that it is a brand rather than a manufacturer, let alone a domaine, but we thought it was good value, a sweet white wine from Germany. And, as it happened, handily low strength at 10%. Being presently off the beer, I did not sample the bitter, but Greene King IPA used to be a favorite, even if it does not taste as good near London as it tastes near Bury St. Edmunds, and there is no reason to suppose that there will be anything wrong with it here.

We will see how short plastic grass does for the smoking den. Will a regular vacuum cleaner extract sufficient butts and ash for the thing to remain decent?