Old Speckled Hen....enjoyed that one....but I get a bit leary when Brits offer me anything to do with Thumping...becoming acquainted with Thumpers.....is it something I have said?
You have a deal...have been contemplating a week long holiday in the UK on my way back to the Middle East.....have some friends I wish to look up.
I really do miss the pubs and fine local brews.....hand pumps.....warm fires....walks in the countryside. While weathered out at the Sunderland Parachute Club....a group of us went for a walkabout on Hadrian's Wall and got thoroughly soaked in temperatures just above freezing.....to discover a lovely pub that served wildgame and had the most pleasing fire going.
Unfortunatley,that part of English culture left with you guys in the late 1700's.