The Boat Inn, Telford

A very nice, traditional pub near the footbridge over the Severn. Being below the level of the levee means that it is subject to occasional inundation, which events are recorded on the disused door in the right hand corner (see photo). Once inside there's a quarry tiled floor, a traditional wooden bar and a kitchen range, which was not lit. I was staying at the youth hostel and called in here both evenings. On the first there were a handful of local customers and the beer was in very good condition (Banks's Bitter); on the second night there were eight or nine folk musicians, of whom the two banjo players seemed very good, the fiddlers and penny whistlers less so; perhaps it's my ears. The Bitter was clearly towards the end of the barrel, so I switched to the Banks's Mild, but this was disappointing, though more the fault of the brewer than the cellarman, I would guess. The other beers were Marstons Pedigree and EPA; with better beers I would have given this pub an 8, as I liked it very much, but as it is it will have to be content with a 7. Date of visit: 8th November 2017