Great Glen Bar, Spean Bridge

According to WhatPub there are now two hand pumps here, but I was unable to try them out because the pub was not open at the time of my recent visit - a notice on the door said it was due to open at 5pm, but I wasn't going to hang around for an hour and a half to find out.

A log cabin-cum-chalet in the woods near Loch Oich, well signposted from the A82. There's a restaurant downstairs and an easy to miss staircase immediately beforehand, leading steeply to the upstairs bar. A handful of tables and a view from the balcony comprises the front part, with a pool table and gaming machines to the rear. The bar has the usual Scottish fonts, with no real ales and not even any interesting bottles. I'd cycled a long way and could have done with a beer or two, especially as the Eagle Barge Inn just along the road had chosen to close for the day. Unfortunately the freezing cold McEwan's 80/- that I talked myself into thinking couldn't be that bad was indeed that bad. There was certainly nothing to tempt me to have another. Sgt Pepper was on the CD player, but it'll take more than that to get me back here.