Blue Bell, Midhurst

My accommodation for the night after walking the South Down Way. Its more of a restaurant than a pub. What's its got going for it... Superb Rooms - nicer than most hotels Good Food - although I gauge a place by the price of the cheese and biscuits. £8.95 would get you a lot of cheese at the Co-Op. Exceptional breakfast. Now the bad news - there are no real ales on the pumps. But they do have a barel of Ballards Best Bitter on a shelf behind the bar. It seemed a decent enough pint, but had little life it is - presumably missing the whole pump action effect you get from a hand pull. I moved onto San Miguel. Its a crime to charge so much and not get the ceremonial glass. Some photos at my walking blog - http://mappiman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/020915-cocking.html