Just called the landlord of my village pub and all booked in. The 12th of April is now officially my day off 
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Nope, done this long without another few days won’t be any different
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Sorry but I have a local Pub that needs saving, I am working from home. So it is my duty to help them out in their time of need by putting some money over the bar.
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We don’t use our local, a few years since we’ve been in. It’s usually full of loud obnoxious folk, that’s before they’ve had a skinful. The next one is 1 mile away, more like a country pub affair and very expensive.
I know we need to support them when they reopen but we hardly go to any, if out it’ll be a pub lunch and a shandy because we are usually in the MX-5 on a road trip.
I look forward more to driving that TBH
Decades ago when I used to frequent ale houses on a frequent basis they was full of noisy, drunken twentysomething year old’s - me and my mates! 
Now I don’t frequent ale houses at all because they’re full of noisy, drunken twentysomething year old’s that are not me and my mates! 
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Good comments. Local village pubs are really important and need supporting. I have to admit we are lucky to have such a good pub in the village. If anyone is in the West Sussex area you should try ours. The White Lion, Thakeham, you won’t be disappointed, great beer and food.
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Very nice we will add that to our next shandy road trip.
If it’s not raining, the sun’s out and half-warm, I expect there will be a fair number wanting to enjoy the beer gardens (sans gazebos) from the 12th. A fair few more will probably wait until May (17th?) when they are allowed inside for that traditional pub atmosphere, or at least something resembling it.
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The wife likes the look of your local, but turned her nose up at the shandy. Do they have bed and breakfast?
Shandy😱 Sorry no B&B. If you Google surrounding villages, Nutbourne, Wiggonholt, Pulborough to name a few there are a number of beautiful B&Bs.