The Old Plough, Stoke D'abernon, Cobham

This pub doesn’t seem to have changed since Nick’s visit earlier in the year, although when I was in there at mid-afternoon on Friday there were no children present – indeed it was very quiet in there with perhaps only a handful of other customers. I didn’t see a menu, or anyone eating, but the bright conservatory area at the back looked like the area where diners would usually sit. There was a log fire burning away on the right as you enter; there’s also a small room on the left with only two or three tables/chairs in it, and another fireplace (but unused on the occasion of my visit). There’s a large garden at the back with a number of picnic benches. There were four real ales available – Hobgoblin, Bombardier, Doom Bar and Harvey’s Best, with a fifth hanpump unused. My Harvey’s Best was fine, but my companion’s seemed a little flat and he moved on to the Doom Bar for our “one for the road” before the short walk to the station for our train home. I quite liked this pub. It felt comfortable just sitting there and whiling away an hour so. I don’t think that I would travel to Cobham just to visit this pub, but I would be happy to visit again if I was in the area.