The Waggon and Horses pub is about 200 metres away from Knapps Farm, and they do really good food there. It is an ancient Stagecoaching inn. We were asking how old it was and began chatting with the owner.
He told us that they asked if they could close for 2 weeks to make some alterations, and although that sounds reasonable, it wasn't as simple as that.
There is an ancient law that specifies that Stage Coaching Inns HAVE to have a bale of hay for the horses and a pint of ale for the driver 24 hours a day, which means it is illegal to close it. Of course they got permission in the end because that law is no longer applied even though it has never been repealed. They still have the stables out the back and were able to assure the Authorities that there was hay and ale in there for any tired horses and drivers.
England is a wonderful place!
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