If you want to flee the twee and get a real taste for the open country, this is the place: a traditional cosy pub with stone floors and open fires between Kendal and Bowness. We didn't try the food, which is meant to be good, as we got stuck into the beers, particularly the local Coniston Bluebird, and Theakston's Best Bitter. Very friendly and full of locals when we went.
Crook, Kendal LA8 8LA
Tel: 01539 821351
www.lakes-online.co.uk/info/food_drink/03.htm
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