Over to Aust today to visit The Boars Head, unfortunately it was a little bit wet today, so we had a quick walk down to the old ferry “port” which is in a right old state now – although it has been a while now since it was used. Hung about in the rain for a bit, then headed across the road to the Boars Head – very nice. We were greeted as we entered and pointed at the bar when we said we only wanted a beer. they had a covered (smallish) beer garden, and a larger uncovered beer garden. Inside was quite cosy in a couple of rooms, another couple of rooms didn’t look quite so hot, they had 1664 which was okay and a couple of bitters. Obviously do okay food as it got quite busy by the time we left, looks like a place which would be good for a sunny Saturday.
7/10
The Wellington Inn, Nash – Hidden away behind the hall, a quite large, old fashioned pub. We were told to be very careful of the paint on the door, which to be honest looked rubbish. San Miguel on tap, and what appeared to be a small selection of bitters. The “beer garden” was just a few tables at the front of the pub – so not great unfortuntly. But it was a nice day and the drinks went down well. The barmaid even brought a drink for the dog..
6/10
We had a look at a couple of places in Newport, they were scary. One looked shut, one lost its roof and one had some bald nasties sitting outside. In the end we went around the corner and near the Celtic Manor to a little place called, . The Greyhound Inn, was quite a nice place, quiet and had Amstel on tap. The toilets were okay, but the beer garden was not brilliant. IN fact it was a bit of a death trap trying to get out the back, here we found the washing line being used. We sat at the front on the village square with a nice view of the church. It was still warm, and this made things okay with the world.
6 /10