The William Rufus (Lloyds No. 1), Carlisle

One of two ‘spoons in the city centre, square inside rather than long and thin, the front wall is typically all windows and doors. Three floor levels to choose from on the ground floor and there’s an upstairs too. Limited on the ale front with a 5x2 set up, heavily duplicated on my visit with the usual suspects plus two guests, one local and one from Arundel. Short measure by a long way on my pint, actually short even for a half litre. Pretty busy on my Friday lunchtime call with a standard line up of ‘spoons type punters, maybe a few more interesting characters than some outlets. Service fine even in the time of plague, beer quality average to good (NBSS 2.5).