Old Fighting Cocks, Telford

I finally completed the Golden Triangle seven months later with the new owners doing renovations last October. Another fine rambling pub with a bar area at the front sporting nine handpumps and extra pumps at the rear leading to small cosy rooms. This was my 2nd Mild pub after joining "Shropshire Camra Mild in May" at Albrighton station Platform Alehouse earlier. The pub's own Hop and Stagger Dark Horse Mild was in fine form. Only 64 milds to go. To complete it today I would have to exceed 30 Milds an hour. The mild set me back £2.70 as it is in the Station next door, and was the same at Platform Ale house (after 10p discount). Enough cash left for a cone of chips!

This is possibly the most plush of the three pubs making up the "Oakengates Golden Triangle" probably as it is part of the Everard's Project William along with the Wrekin Brewery. It's none the worse or better for that as it's another great pub with a good range of beers. It has a similar layout to the other two pubs with a bar in front as you enter and another area behind the bar. Going past that there is a tiny snug on the left and another room further on with a dart board. The bar has six hand pumps at the front with a further two on the left and two at the back. The rear two had a cider and one unused while the side two had Everard's Tiger and Wood's Parish. At the front there was Wrekin Gold & Pale, Mallinson's Ella, Hophurst Flaxen, Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody Stout and Weetwood Eastgate. I went for the Wrekin Pale (£2.50) which was excellent both in taste and value for money. Another great pub!