A Port of Call

As you read this Blog you may feel our three lunatics consider a part of the challenge is to go into every pub on their route - this really is not the case. However, to go past the Anchor when it's open would be a cardinal sin, for it is an amazing place and stands as one of the few unspoilt pubs on the waterway system

The Anchor

High Offley - Staffordshire

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A model of the Anchor in the beer garden

Wadworths 6X Beer is the only beer on draught and it's a fine pint. We couldn't believe how good the first was, so we had another ......................and another. Sound familiar?

Seriously this pub, with it's wonderful landlady Olive, ever willing to have a chat with her customers be they locals or holidaymakers, is a landmark to behold

Very isolated pub, and yet people travel for miles just to visit. It's that good

Nice couple we got chatting to in the Anchor. They were on a hire boat holiday same as us and just couldn't resist the lure of the pub

Boat moored outside the Anchor with Dave and Trev about to board

see what the well respected 'Beer in the Evening Guide' made of the Anchor