I offer a 5* review in spite of a very bizarre experience.
We had watched the cricket and came upon The Plough on our way to the train station.
It was busy inside but I wasn't quite prepared for the experience I was about to witness.
The lady behind the bar had a complete melt down. She couldn't cope with the number of people that descended upon the pub. She held her hands to her head in distress and then walked out of the bar saying she couldn't cope.
People asking for drinks saw her distress and all tried to console her a little. I even offered my mates Somerset hat which I wafted up and down to create some air. This only exacerbated matters and I felt she may want to punch me in the face.
A guy appeared to help her and he seemed to just want to serve us beer and then move us away from the bar without paying! I offered £10 to him and he was happy with this. I think there was a problem with their tills.
We then went outside to have our drinks. 10 minutes later a Spanish lady came out who said she was in the kitchen. She was saying some people poured themselves beer and was irate. But as she was irate she was also waving a cutlery knife around! It was quite aggressive and I had to tell her to please put the knife down!!
I went to the toilets and everyone else was quite astounded by what was going on.
A totally random experience. I will be back!
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