I seem to recall a pub landlord being a Claret in Ilfracombe
I will be there for a weeks holiday starting tomorrow if you see this please reply .

I am dropping my mrs and the grandkids in Ilfracombe on Monday. If you find out let me know and I'll go for a pint before driving back to the West Midlands.

Evening that's me!! I've got the ship and pilot pub down the harbour I'll be around all the bank holiday weekend working! I'll be the fat tattooed lad behind the bar, if for some reason am not on bar ask for Nic and someone will find me. UTC

I will call round and have a chat
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Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Evening that's me!! I've got the ship and pilot pub down the harbour I'll be around all the bank holiday weekend working! I'll be the fat tattooed lad behind the bar, if for some reason am not on bar ask for Nic and someone will find me. UTC

We had a couple of nights in Ilfracombe last Christmas, mainly drank in your pub, really enjoyed it, thanks.

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Evening that's me!! I've got the ship and pilot pub down the harbour I'll be around all the bank holiday weekend working! I'll be the fat tattooed lad behind the bar, if for some reason am not on bar ask for Nic and someone will find me. UTC

Did you eat all the pies?

Look forward to it davethevicar, and yes tim_noone but only hollands or white sides butter pies, none of the pasty crap they sell down here!!! Family keep me stocked up when visiting.

Glad you enjoyed it boatshead bill, if your ever down this way again we're moving soon just round the corner so pop in and say hello. UTC

Cafe at Putsborough beach run by a Claret as well. Ask for Tony and you should get a discount.

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Glad you enjoyed it boatshead bill, if your ever down this way again we're moving soon just round the corner so pop in and say hello. UTC

When you say that your moving just around the corner does that mean your taking over a new pub and leaving the other one, or expanding into a pub chain?

My lease is ending but we've managed to save, beg, borrow and steal enough to buy 8 st James place just around from us. It's currently a large tea garden but we're getting it licenced and going to do homemade pizza and burgers and keep Sky and bt sports. Hopefully we'll do well, it's a better location than the one we're currently in, plus the garden should seat about 100 and it's south facing!

Sounds good and good luck, south facing garden could be an attraction in the summer season but my only reservation is it might/will attract smokers which is difficult to segregate.

It is an issue we are going to have and not really sure what to do yet?!? Probably going to open and see what happens, as in where the trade comes from most food/drink family's/not etc etc. But if that's the hardest thing we have to deal with I'll be a happy bunny.

Will you have the Spurs game on Nick?

Not on sky shappie, next one is palace on the 10th I think I'll be on the **** then if your around.

Yeah could well do mate. I'll get the bus over

Great to see Nic from the Ship and Pilot today and his pal Dave

DAVETHEVICAR wrote:Great to see Nic from the Ship and Pilot today and his pal Dave

Cant have been today. You are back far to early

Fantastic meeting you over the weekend Dave, wish I could of spent more time chatting but as you saw it was absolutely mental busy, thanks for the bfc shirts and hopefully see you before you leave, cheers Nic UTC