The Moorcock Inn, Sedbergh

While this isolated pub is a very welcome sight, especially if you've arrived an hour early for your train at Garsdale station half a mile up the road, it is not by any stretch of imagination "superb in every way", as a previous reviewer had it. There are two rooms immediately upon entry, a stone floored cafe on the left, with a counter where you can get cakes, coffee and ice cream, if anyone is staffing it. Those wanting beer and the like need to go into the carpeted area to the right, which will necessitate removing muddy boots, if worn. My slightly wet cycling shoes seemed to pass muster (lucky I'd not been off-road). The cafe area has low sofas and a solid fuel stove, but the area in front of the bar has dining tables and chairs, and another sofa or two. On the bar are four hand pumps (see photos). I was here on two separate occasions, nearly two months apart. The beers were exactly the same on both occasions; I think it's safe to assume that these are regulars. Probably the only noticeable difference between my two visits was that the weather was better in August. Would I come here again? Yes, why not - it's handy for the station. Dates of visits: 22nd June & 16th August 2017