The Woodrow Wilson (JD Wetherspoon), Carlisle

Quite a pleasant Wetherspoons with cosy booths to sit in. Rapid, speed of light service, a lot of the old Wetherspoons issues are now redundant with most customers using the app. The food was pinged in record breaking time. All ales £2 a pint besides the sadly dull and bland Ruddles which is currently on at a ridiculous 99p. No wonder it was so busy.

The most JDW of all JDWs. Converted shop. Sticky tables. Packed but strangely, no one at the bar. Good Beer Guide 2021 and you cannot argue with quality Corby Ale for £1.99. Not my cup of tea or where I would choose to go for entertainment.

Another roughly square ‘spoons, better decor than the one up the road, lots of dark wood mainly in bookcase form with a big fireplace in the middle of the pub. All on one level apart from at one end, even the bogs are on the ground floor. Usual ‘spoons mix of seating from (non-Perspex) booths to higher seats and the street frontage is all window and doors. The counter to one side has two banks of seven pulls, usual suspects, a couple of ciders and a good range of guests in decent nick, it is GBG 2020 listed, careingly their notice board only manages a 2016 poster. The “tone” appears more gentile than the William Rufus too. There is a rear patio area but I don’t do outdoor drinking as a rule.

Large open plan Wetherspoons with outside terrace area at the rear