Obie I agree you can vote with your wallet and I dare say that will happen

BUT...

We love where we go and we don't want to be somewhere else. 'Punishing' the brewery economically (who are very strong) is still like smacking yourself over the head with a bit of 4by2 (yeah - I know it's popular in places).

When we were aware that we might be coming to an end several things happened -

1 We looked round for somewhere else - I haven't seen a better option given the constraints of what we want to do, where we are, what is available. So there is considerable self interest. Even some inertia. But it isn't that. There truly isn't a better place within 12 miles of where we live. (10 miles north of York - if anyone knows better or has a pub with good beer, a welcome, a suitable room etc then PM me)

2 We started looking at what we have. What came out of that is how much we get from what we do. Suddenly we communicate more regularly. I have four wonderful emails from our immediate group which will go to Sams to try and explain why it DOES matter - for bigger places it must be even more the case

3 If the worst comes to the worst then we will go to one of the pubs that has said we can play. But it's the lesser option.

I probably haven't put this across very well. The difficult bit is conveying to those that DO matter WHY it matters.

Cos it does to us!

Nick
Blacksmiths Arms Minority Interest Good Natured Terrorists (nibble yer ankles on a bad day grrrr section) Inc