Bridge Inn, Exeter

It no longer the shocking pink colour from the 2018 photo! I'd been looking forward to this one since reading about it in a couple of camra guides - including the 2022 GBG. Closes during a Sunday Afternoon - but Google suggests it opens at 5:30pm. We arrived via the train and a walk at 5:37pm and it was in total darkness. All doors rattled and locked. About to admit defeat when there was the best sound in the world, a bolt being scraped. This was in the large bottom room - which I think may have been the Malthouse. In covid times, they haven't opened up the remainder of the pubs - which is a shame, as I love a pub mooch. Four real ales detailed on a mobile board - no taps on the bar. The beer is served via gravity in the cellar. My jail ale was perfect. A lovely chat with the two ladies running the show, including the 6th generation descent of the original licencee back in the 1897. Exceptional, unique and well worth the visit.