Distance - 8 Miles
Good Beer Guide Tick #660
Church Stretton, with it's nickname of "Little Switzerland", always has the walks.
Since I've been Good Beer Guide Ticking, it's never had the Good Beer Guide Pubs. Until the 2021 edition, when the Old Coppers Malt House appeared.
Time for our "once every 5 year walk" of what I term the Long Mynd Classic. A gorgeous injection of scenery and increased challenge for when we need a hill fix.
This year's photos;
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| Carding Mill Valley |
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| Pole Bank conquered, working around Round Hill |
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| The view along the valley to Caer Caradoc |
Onto the pub.
The Old Coppers Malt House is an imposing building at the main crossroads in town. If you use Google Maps, you may be waylaid by the entry opposite. Jaipur is the Indian Restaurant and not an outlet for one of our finest beers on cask.
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| The Good Beer Guide Tick for "Little Switzerland" |
The photo doesn't do justice to the higgledy piggledy nature of the building. Its extension on extension from its original inception in 1587.
Currently, it may well be the first pub I've blogged that has an Art Gallery built into the fabric of the building.
And this is not the only unique feature. The bible described how one of the beers is delivered by a Randall device that passes the base beer through additional dry hopping.
In usual Mappiman style, I only determine this post walk. One day, I will do my research properly. A link here for an explanation.
I did notice four real ales on but stopped counting at Timothy Taylor Landlord.
Was this the one that was Randallised? Or was it the Carling, drink of choice for the other two patrons at 2pm on a bank holiday.
I'll never know. Until the 2027 walk. If I can still manage the climbs.
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