Rob Gilpin News Today

I’M not sure I can count the number of pubs we’ve visited over the years we’ve contributed to this column. It must be in the hundreds.

WHAT I have valued most in recent months about the gradual return to something akin to normality in this crazy, crazy world is being waited on. That must sound a bit, well, pompous – arrogant even – but what I mean is this. Most places can produce edible food these days so what makes the difference is the service, the welcome, the smile, the right degree of attentiveness and that feeling of wellbeing which comes from being looked after by somebody who actually cares that youre having a ...