The Swan Inn, Hungerford

Pretty 17th century village inn situated in a picturesque part of rural Berkshire. The pub is owned by a pair of local organic beef farmers and their produce is on the menu, as well as being available in the adjoining shop. Very quiet on our weekday evening visit with a sparsely-attended pub quiz on the go, though it is quite large inside so perhaps it felt emptier than it actually was. Three ales on (two Butts and Cheddar Valley Mild), a good selection but the quality of all three was rather so-so. Barman was a bit of a character. Pub is split over two levels by a couple of steps, with a darts room – disappointingly though, the board was pretty knackered and the wire kept falling off. There’s some outside seating, which I imagine would be nice on a sunny summer’s evening (which it wasn’t). Overall I wanted to like the place but I struggled to get excited about it. Perhaps I caught it on a bad day.