The Wild Swan, York

Quite a rarity these days a basic village pub that hasn't been gastrofied, don't run away with the idea that this is some “roses round the door” bucolic gem, it's not. It is a small untidy two room pub providing a basic service to the citizens of Minskip and any travellers straying off junction 48 of the A1M. The right hand room is very much a public bar with a couple of leather sofas squeezed in, along with a counter in one corner, the doors to the loos along one wall and a TV , and I mean a TV not a screen, somehow finding a place. Some soap opera or other was delighting or otherwise, a couple of regulars. The other side is slightly bigger and is designated “Dinning Room” on a hand written sign. Both counters have a single handpump but the Black Sheep clip was reversed so I had a Fosters that wasn't very good. There are warnings of dire consequences for unauthorised parking in the carpark.