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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
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Monday 29 August 2016

The Navigation, Sowerby Bridge


The Navigation, 
47 Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge HX6 3LF


An eighteenth century building in local stone, at the end of a narrow street overlooking the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Pleasant location, can be hard to find by satnav.

ambience - 4
decor - 5
very tasteful combination of pale greys and creams, flowers on the table

ales - 3

service - 0
I didn't get any. Stood at the bar for 12 minutes, the pub wasn't busy with only four customers, no staff appeared. Tapping on the bar didn't produce a response. There was a bell on the end of the bar, but that end was being propped up by two elderly drinkers who refused to shuffle aside for a moment so that I could reach the bell.

features - 2
serves food
pool table

toilets - 0
Didn't need to use them!

Score 14 out of 30
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