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?
I like the Pied Bull but it was Saturday morning and all about sitting awhile by the river in lazy contemplation. Actually I was impressed by the Lion. It used to have a sort of Harvester feel, when I went there many moons ago, but now it looks all smart and trendy. I might try a lunch there sometime.

The half was for her, wasn't it? Wtf would I be doing with a half?