{"id":512,"date":"2023-07-11T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbtallulah.co.uk\/?p=512"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:11:57","slug":"hopwas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/?p=512","title":{"rendered":"Hopwas"},"content":{"rendered":"

After my shortened visit to Fazeley, I decided to head towards Kings Bromley Marina. This marina is part of the Aquavista group to which my own marina belongs. At the moment they have a scheme called Explore34, whereby I am allowed to spend up to 34 days a year in another Aquavista marina.<\/p>\n

However, after half an hour or so, I stumbled across this village called Hopwas. I’d heard about this place and was told that moorings here are scarce as it is a popular place to stop. There’s actually nothing here really apart from two pubs, The Red Lion and The Tame Otter.<\/p>\n

I still felt dirty after being robbed so I only cruised for this relatively short distance of a few kilometres.<\/p>\n

Great names on some of these bridges. On this canal, bridges are normally named but on most canals, they are just numbered.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lovely scenery around here too…<\/p>\n\n\n

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I was surprised to find plenty of moorings so I took my pick. As usual, everyone seems to follow me and moor up all around me. This happens wherever I go. It’s a little annoying sometimes especially when I just want some peace and quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Above is where I moored. I half expected someone to squeeze in to the spot in between me and the bridge but I think I remember there was only one mooring ring. Anyone mooring there would have been stupid anyway as they would have been blocking half of the bridge.<\/p>\n

The first evening I decided to try out one of the pubs and someone recommended The Red Lion for the food, so I went in there and was pleasantly suprised at how friendly it was. One of the barmen sorted me out with a table as most were reserved, which meant to me that it has to be good in here. He took my order and I decided to try a pale ale which I had never had before.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This was absolutely delicious and I will certainly be wanting to have this again. I liked it so much that I had three pints over the course of the evening. At 4% alcohol, it was fairly strong and when I was ready to leave, I certainly knew it. I drink very little as a rule but every now and then, I tend blow out the cobwebs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thoroughly recommend this ale.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

I should have covered this the other way around but in my mind, the beer was the main course and the meal was a side order.<\/p>\n

I chose to have a cottage pie and wow that was fantastic too. I was really liking the Red Lion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The chips were at no extra cost as the barman had a senior moment and thought that the cottage pie did come with chips, despite it being topped with mashed potato.<\/p>\n

The beer garden was exceptional and had a lot of play areas for kids. It backed on to the canal too, however, I couldn’t quite make out my boat as it was just around the corner to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n

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So, well done to all the staff at the Red Lion. I had an absolutely top notch experience.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The only problem was that despite spending two nights there, I never got to try out the The Tame Otter. I just wanted to stay in on the second night, but it did seem fairly popular, so maybe I’ll pop in on the way back.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After my shortened visit to Fazeley, I decided to head towards Kings Bromley Marina. This marina is part of the Aquavista group to which my own marina belongs. At the moment they have a scheme called Explore34, whereby I am allowed to spend up to 34 days a year in another Aquavista marina. However, after half an hour or so, I stumbled across this village called Hopwas. I’d heard about this place and was told that moorings here are scarce as it is a popular place to stop. There’s actually nothing here really apart from two pubs, The Red Lion and The Tame Otter. I still felt dirty after being robbed so I only cruised for this relatively short distance of a few kilometres. Great names on some of these bridges. On this canal, bridges are normally named but on most canals, they are just numbered. Lovely scenery around here too… I was surprised to find plenty of moorings so I took my pick. As usual, everyone seems to follow me and moor up all around me. This happens wherever I go. It’s a little annoying sometimes especially when I just want some peace and quiet. Above is where I moored. I half expected someone to squeeze in to the spot in between me and the bridge but I think I remember there was only one mooring ring. Anyone mooring there would have been stupid anyway as they would have been blocking half of the bridge. The first evening I decided to try out one of the pubs and someone recommended The Red Lion for the food, so I went in there and was pleasantly suprised at how friendly it was. One of the barmen sorted me out with a table as most were reserved, which meant to me that it has to be good in here. He took my order and I decided to try a pale ale which I had never had before. This was absolutely delicious and I will certainly be wanting to have this again. I liked it so much that I had three pints over the course of the evening. At 4% alcohol, it was fairly strong and when I was ready to leave, I certainly knew it. I drink very little as a rule but every now and then, I tend blow out the cobwebs. I thoroughly recommend this ale. I should have covered this the other way around but in my mind, the beer was the main course and the meal was a side order. I chose to have a cottage pie and wow that was fantastic too. I was really liking the Red Lion. The chips were at no extra cost as the barman had a senior moment and thought that the cottage pie did come with chips, despite it being topped with mashed potato. The beer garden was exceptional and had a lot of play areas for kids. It backed on to the canal too, however, I couldn’t quite make out my boat as it was just around the corner to the right. So, well done to all the staff at the Red Lion. I had an absolutely top notch experience.   The only problem was that despite spending two nights there, I never got to try out the The Tame Otter. I just wanted to stay in on the second night, but it did seem fairly popular, so maybe I’ll pop in on the way back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-the-north"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbtallulah.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}