There was an amber warning for extreme heat in place when I walked into the lovely beer garden at The Farrington. The cloudless sky was azure blue, the cider was ice cold and there couldn’t have been a more perfect setting on a roasting August afternoon - so where were all the lunchtime customers?
In the dining room, that’s where, although I suspect it wasn’t simply the relative coolness of the pub’s restaurant area that was keeping the older customers inside. The ridiculously good value Lunch Club menu must have had something to do with it.
This large roadside pub in the pretty village of Farrington Gurney - less than 30 minutes’ drive from central Bristol on a good day - serves food all day. Arrive in time for breakfast and you can take advantage of ‘Great British deals’ such as two large full English breakfasts for £12 rather than the individual £8.49 price tag.
