The Shepherds Arms, Wakefield

White washed pub in the outskirts of the town centre, on entering there is an overwhelming smell of cooked vegetables. The counter is straight ahead with two disappointing beers on handpumps, even worse on inspection they were found to be Wainwright Gold and Hobgoblin Original in handpump hijack guise (brewery conditioned), hazy and flat and fairly nasty. One horseshoe and a group of four solos with the usual suspects but including Murphys stout. Tartan carpet and rough cast walls with odd bits of tongue & groove, some exposed stone. Little sign of the historic features except the ceiling of the carvery section, I didn’t venture into the back rooms. Fellow punters were engaged in eating, the carvery is up a step or two on the right with a grey plague paint job. Not one for me.

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