We were staying near Hexham at Easter and had a few pubs on a list, but heavy snow meant we hardly left the hotel.
All were from the Good Pub Guide - which really does do what it says on the front cover. I'll post details of them when I get chance to have a look at it.
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My 2004 copy of the Good Pub Guide mentions The Milecastle Inn at Haltwhistle, real ale and barfood, OS map Ref 715660.
The Rat at Anick, signposted North East from the A69/A695 Hexham junction. Real ale, bar food and Laurel and Hardy Memoabilia! Is there no end to the joy?
Those are only two others reasonably close to your route; villages mentioned, with good pubs are, Diptonmill and Hedley on the Hill.
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Great pies at the Milecastle Inn. Check its opening times before you go, though!
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You could leave the A69 at Greenhead, just before Haltwhistle, and take the B6318 Military Road which follows the course of Hadrian's Wall.
Fairly straight, as you might imagine, and you can rejoin the A69 at Heddon-on-the-Wall.
Good sightseeing, slower than the dual carriageway, but not much further.
They might just be piles of old stones, but one or two of the Roman forts really are worth a look.
The George at Chollerford is on this route.
Good reputation, but it will be a pound or three more per head than some of the competition.
Edited by ifithelps on 22/09/2008 at 17:27
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On a slightly different note, but quite apposite to the original question, I heard on the news a couple of days ago that a pub (cannot recall where) was ordered to remove a sign pointing out to motorists where the pub was. The local council said that it "encouraged drink driving"
Piffle and poppycock. No wonder pubs are going out of business with this sort of attitude.
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From Good Pub Guide 2006:
Anick - Rat
Allenheads - Allenheads Inn
Blanchland - Lord Crewe
Carterway Heads - Manor House
Corbridge - Errington Arms
Diptonmill - DiptonMill Inn
Newburn - Keelman
Newfield - Fox and Hounds
Some are away from A69, but still in the direction of Hartlepool
A Google search should find web pages for most of them and I have yet to be disappointed with any of their recommendations.
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It was somewhere in the South-West I think - Dorset? I was going to write to them and suggest that they changed the sign from "Bar and Restaurant" to "Food and Drink". It is batty - drinking is totally banned on London Underground and the stations are covered with adverts for alcoholic beverages - where's the logic in that? Hang on - there is no logic!
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It was the Black Dog just off the A303 in Wilts.
tinyurl.com/5xsrps
"Jacqui Ashman, local Highways Agency planning manager, said that the Black Dog?s sign was
?potentially providing the temptation to drink and drive?.
She said: ?No alcohol is allowed to be served or consumed in service stations on motorways as a matter of principle and we would wish to continue this principle by not encouraging drivers to break their journey in a public house.? "
The Highways Agency are now back-pedalling saying that their letter was 'misconstrued'.
Kevin...
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Thanks for the link Kevin. What a load of TOSH! One might have thought that a Highways Agency planning Manager might be better employed oranising the filling of potholes, the pruning of greenery that obscures road signage,and the spending of some of our tax money on generally improving the roads in Wiltshire!
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>>.....and take the B6318 Military Road which follows the course of Hadrian's Wall.
>>Fairly straight, as you might imagine, and you can rejoin the A69 at Heddon-on-the-Wall.
Unless the military road has changed in recent history, beware the "hidden dips"!
Quite "roller coaster", and grooves in the tarmac which look like they cost folding money to make.
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Quite "roller coaster" and grooves in the tarmac which look like they cost folding money to make.>>
Must be made by those naughty drivers who take advantage of the fact there are no speed cameras on the B road.
And if you want dips and crests, try the A-whatever it is that leads up to the Scottish border.
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