Pub Watch: The Turf Tavern (Oxford, England)

A day trip was had last Sunday up to Oxford to catch up with Andy, who was down from Edinburgh for a few days. We caught up at The Turf Tavern (http://www.robofdoom.co.uk/turf/), which has the following reference in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide: "Tucked away between the old city wall and surrounding cottages, this famous pub is sought out by students, tourists and real ale lovers. Two bars with low ceilings supply up to 11 varying ales".

And well worth a visit it was. Plenty of ales on offer here, and plenty of ales were tasted. Half pints of Elgoods Cambridge Bitter, Cains Triple Hop, Wadworth JCB, White Horse Flibbertigibbet, and Skinners Hunny Bunny were had, with the Flibbertigibbet being especially good. Also had the Sunday roast - the pork was good, but the lamb looked mighty fine.

We enjoyed the great outdoor patios first, under the warming spring sun. But then we were sent inside by a freak hailstorm. Settled into a big table inside and met a young Cantabrian who was on a two-year exchange with the British Army. Anyway, before the hail, I managed to get some choice shots of this fine pub.

This shot is of the back entrance to the pub, you walk some a cobbled lane and turn into this corridor, which opens up into the pub's back patio.

The patio was great until the hail hit, and the front of the pub had plenty of character. The outside corridor you can see to the right was to another patio, but also access to the detached toilets.

So a superb place to spend an afternoon - not that it finished there of course!