Here in England – and probably other parts of Europe as well – there seems to be quite the battle of who is the oldest this or that…

We decided to go for a drive and find what is reported to be the oldest freehouse (pub that is not connected to a brewery) in the world – and what a gem it is!  (and both Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh were once regulars – and just wait to hear what happened to Sir Walter in the inn!)

According to Google Maps, we should drive straight ahead from here…  hmmmm……

As soon as we walked into this particular room, the feeling of it being ‘alive’ with history (ghosts, spirits, call it what you will) was palpable!

When Alec went to the bar, I noticed a woman arrive and sit by herself, so I asked her to join us – turned out we had sooooo much in common.  Alec couldn’t get a word in.

~ Bella