stonedaddy
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I thought I would just put our little trip in convoy from the Brandon meet to the Caerphilly Cheese Festival up for a read. There was four vans left Brandon on the Tuesday morning. Jenny and John p led off into the unknown followed by Sue and her mum Pam (daisyminnie). Next was Lee in his 4x4 Mitsubishi, followed by tail end charlie Jose and Tom (stonedaddy). We had a nice uneventful journey when John swung into this pub car park while going through the Cotswolds. We was in a little village called Andoversford near Cheltenham. The pub was called The Royal Oak and it was closed. Jenny went to see if we could stay the night and we would use the pub. I was not very confident of them letting 4 motorhomes park on their premises but I could not have been more wrong, the landlady Candy just asked for us to park up tight in a corner so other customers could get in easy and she then opened the pub for us. There was no bar staff on at the time except the chef getting ready for the evening meals to be started. We all had to have our own slate ( O dear ) as no tills open. Soon the beer was flowing followed by the meals which the Chef had to start early to do them. We ate outside in glorious sunshine then later moved into the pub drinking until closing time. At the end we squared our slate up 
which was a bit more than we wanted to spend but the food was good the drinks was also good and a great night was had by all. Before we retired for the night Candy asked did we want breakfast the next morning. This was very unexpected as they don't usually do breakfast but we all said yes. She said it would be £7:50 for the food. We thought that seemed a bit steep but we all decided to order it. The next morning when we arrived in the pub to dine we was pretty much overwhelmed. This food came with no warning signs and it sure is not for the faint hearted. Anyone who was looking after their figure had to put it on hold for the day.
The breakfast started with the normal choice of cereals and fruit juices. There was tea and coffee as much as you could drink. Next plates of toast arrived followed by this huge breakfast. It was not served by waiters but by the local builders hod carriers. It consisted of two eggs, three rashers of bacon, two huge black puddings, a hundred weight of baked beans, a pan of tomatoes, two large sausages, a large scoop of mushrooms, two ash browns, and probably other things which I have missed out in the mix. Now when you think they had to get staff in to make and serve all this gear specially and pay them it makes the £7:50 look really cheap. I don't think we could have purchased what we ate for that.
There are no facilities for motor homes but they welcomed us to use their toilets and sinks. There was also a hose pipe which can be used for filling the water tanks which we did.
After all the problems we read about overnight parking and no parking for camper vans this made a really nice change. Like people have pointed out if they don't let us park they don't make any money. This pub made so much money we had to sell our vans to pay for it and get the bus to Caerphilly but what a great stop it turned out to be. Also there was dog walks across the road out into the fine countryside which we also made use of. I am going to add a few photo's.
.... Tom ....
which was a bit more than we wanted to spend but the food was good the drinks was also good and a great night was had by all. Before we retired for the night Candy asked did we want breakfast the next morning. This was very unexpected as they don't usually do breakfast but we all said yes. She said it would be £7:50 for the food. We thought that seemed a bit steep but we all decided to order it. The next morning when we arrived in the pub to dine we was pretty much overwhelmed. This food came with no warning signs and it sure is not for the faint hearted. Anyone who was looking after their figure had to put it on hold for the day. The breakfast started with the normal choice of cereals and fruit juices. There was tea and coffee as much as you could drink. Next plates of toast arrived followed by this huge breakfast. It was not served by waiters but by the local builders hod carriers. It consisted of two eggs, three rashers of bacon, two huge black puddings, a hundred weight of baked beans, a pan of tomatoes, two large sausages, a large scoop of mushrooms, two ash browns, and probably other things which I have missed out in the mix. Now when you think they had to get staff in to make and serve all this gear specially and pay them it makes the £7:50 look really cheap. I don't think we could have purchased what we ate for that.
There are no facilities for motor homes but they welcomed us to use their toilets and sinks. There was also a hose pipe which can be used for filling the water tanks which we did.
After all the problems we read about overnight parking and no parking for camper vans this made a really nice change. Like people have pointed out if they don't let us park they don't make any money. This pub made so much money we had to sell our vans to pay for it and get the bus to Caerphilly but what a great stop it turned out to be. Also there was dog walks across the road out into the fine countryside which we also made use of. I am going to add a few photo's.
.... Tom ....
