Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Oddly enough, I just had lunch with the daughter at the Pied Bull (a much better pub, albeit without the nice riverside garden).

To answer your question, though, many people would tell you it's all about overheads (rent, heat, wages, taxation, etc, etc, etc). But those people are wrong. The real answer is foreigners.

Why are you ordering halves, btw, you shandy-bothering bumboy?
Which is the one by the river by the old mill? I had a pint there the other year while walking the Darent valley - a most pleasant spot. The building was a little tatty though.