The Garibaldi

The Garibaldi is in Hedsor which is a short walk from our house, either along the road out of Bourne End or across some muddy fields.  Apart from the pub, Hedsor has a community hall and a huge garden/food/gift centre called Flowerland; there are a few houses.

Since it's not on the main road and pubs close down all the time here, we thought we should give it our custom.  We had been here once before, but they had run out of Guinness and also had a power outage, so it wasn't a great visit and we thought we would give it a second chance, this time for lunch; and what better time than a wet and miserable Friday afternoon.

The building is about 200 years old.  It's pretty small inside but cosy with the typical low ceiling and some comfy sofas. Traditional pub food is served and of course Sunday roast. I had scampi and chips and Neil had chicken soup. It wasn't exactly haute cuisine but the price was right.

Not a huge choice of wines available but I had a passable Pinot Gris. Lagers are Fosters, San Miguel and 1664. Bitters are Abbotts, London Pride, Adnams and Doon Bar is to come. They also have Strongbow cider on tap.

Friendly proprieters who encouraged us to come to the quiz night (Thursdays) which we jmay just do one day. All in all a very pleasant place to spend a wet Friday afternoon.