Had a rare night out on Saturday, babysitter in, pregnant wife able to drive us anywhere so we went a bit further afield to some pubs we'd not tried before. First stop The Black Horse Monks Horton. And it's great! I knew this pub would be, it's just a little out of the way, but worth a visit. Huge, big garden, TV outside (though not on when we were there). Real ale was good, and they have a bar billiards table, which we played.
Food sounds good, we will be back to visit another time. They had a giant puffball on display that had been foraged locally, and was due to be cooked up the following day (so Sunday, yesterday). Let me know if you ate it!
Check them out at thebestpubintheparish.com1
This is part of my site The Folkestone Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when we first came to Folkestone in approximately 2004. I had been a frequent visitor for a while before that so I am technically one of those Down From Londons you get nowadays. The site was updated more frequently with a gig calendar + voting for favourite places + things, + I know it was a handy resource for those who were moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though just a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we knew it was about to become. I am not Gerald BTW, the name comes from a pretend paper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to contribute, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on the twitter.