Re: Guy Fawkes Day

Quoting Alex Kleider ([email protected]):

> At what time would you recommend to arrive at the Pelican Inn to
> "enjoy a pint of good ale and bangers'n'mash in peace" on Guy Fawkes
> Day? i.e. before it gets crowded.

Revisiting this question, and the prefatory question for _you_ is:  
How serious is your wish to have the best chance at a placid, rustic
country-inn experience?  If "quite serious", then the obvious solution
is:  Arrive at noon on the dot.

https://www.pelicaninn.com/eat/ says the dining room is open for
breakfast 8-10 am for overnight guests only, then re-opens at noon with
their main menu, closing 9:30pm.  

The main menu is acceptably priced but no bargain, e.g., $18 for
Ploughman's Lunch, Shepherd's Pie, or Bangers and Mash, $13 for Guinness
Beef Stew, $21 for Fish & Chips -- going up from there.  From
experience, the ales are perfectly OK but not exactly creatively
selected, and your genuine English pint (20 oz.) of ale usually costs
$8.

I could imagine ordering lunch at noon on the dot, then taking a brief
hike up Matt Davis / Steep Ravine Trail or such, and then arriving back
for the evening festivities (such as they are).

BTW, I may also, upon arrival home in West Menlo Park, be rewatching the
Wachowskis' / James McTeigue's 2005 flick about fascist takeover, V for
Vendetta, as, y'know, escapism.