The White Horse, Loughborough

A large white washed Everards pub, a dispiriting view on entering - every table laid with cutlery. The front is as said a wider open space with banquette and seating round the edges, there are other spaces to the left and down the long side of the L shaped interior with more tables and chairs as well. The counter is ahead on entering with its low T-Bar, a Guinness solo and five pulls, three in use with a lack lustre Tiger plus a couple of Everards oddities on the other two. Motown soundtrack on my visit. It is bigger inside than the outside suggests seemingly with rooms all over the place. The decor is fairly bland and a couple of customers moaned about the food while I was there. The staff appear to be uninterested wage slaves. Not on my revisit list.

Everards pub in a prominent position on the village crossroads, directly opposite the Royal Oak. Partly opened out to leave the large (but unsympathetically refurbished but oddly semi devoid of furniture) bar and the more appealing but rather cramped side dining room. Also has quite a large patio beer garden at the back, although this also has rather austere hard landscaping too. Anyway, it has three 'limited edition' / seasonal ales - Hi-Score, Rockabilly and Ignite (£5.50) - as well as Tiger on the four handpumps (and the Euros-related Extra Time IPA on one of the keg taps).