1261b. Wed 27/4/22: The Old Crown Inn, Cavendish Bridge, Derby

Thwaites Wainwright 4.1%

I’ve walked from Derbyshire to Leicestershire and back again twice tonight, bloomin’ knackered.

Actually, I’ve just walked across Cavendish Bridge four times which spans the border between the two counties. Seems it used to be a toll bridge (see list of prices in photo). We left the Landau in Shardlow so we only paid the foot passenger price.

Staying in Shardlow a night before we head up to Llandudno again for holiday. Shardlow is all the way over in Derbyshire whereas the Chinese restaurant (which was very good if pricey) and this pub are in Leicestershire. 

Enjoying my pint of Wainwright which IMHO is a lovely pint, only seem to get it in bottles in the supermarket down South.

The pub is bedecked in pub paraphernalia including a ceiling stock full of drinking vessels. There are signs for Ind Coope’s Burton Ales (wait a minute, that’s Derbyshire? Perhaps they get on). What is the “Ind,” short for? Independent?

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