West End House, Ely

I started my visit to Ely at this out of centre pub, which funnily enough was to the west of the cathedral city. I'd surmised that it closes during the afternoon on weekdays, before re-opening in the evenings. I'll never know for sure, but the landlord seemed slightly surprised to see a customer walk through the door when I arrived. He asked me what kind of beer I was looking for - lager or ale. I pronounced ale and ventured towards the 2 pumpclips in the front bar. There was a third handpull in another room to the right-hand side. Doom Bar is the regular ale that was on this handpull. The guests in the front room were St Austell Proper Job & Exmoor Exile Wicked Wolf. How ironic was that I'd come to East Anglia and found 3 beers from Devon & Cornwall. The Wicked Wolf was not in the best condition. It was probably the first off of the day, considering there were no other customers inside. Two young ladies did later appear from the garden, but they didn't look like typical ale drinkers. The interior comprises multiple rooms and is all fairly cosy. The front bar had pictures of aircraft on the walls, along with beer equipment in cases and at least one set of horse brasses. Music was playing at an acceptable level, but there was no sign of the cat or dogs!