The Clydesdale Inn, Lanark

I visited the Clydesdale Inn during its annual, fortnight long, Autumn real ale festival. Eight ales were on sale, all priced at £1.49 per pint, and the ones I sampled were excellent. Every other pub in Lanark sells beer at almost double this price, so it’s no wonder this place is popular. Reasonably priced meals are also on sale and children are welcome. J. D. Wetherspoon pubs often have something of a negative reputation, but I really can’t fault this one. It has the advantage of being in an older and more interesting building than most of them. It’s cheap without being nasty, family friendly without being noisy and roomy without being barn-like. All in all, it’s probably the best Wetherspoon’s pub I’ve ever been to.