{"id":2263,"date":"2020-09-15T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2020-09-19T10:58:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T09:58:06","slug":"ye-olde-windmill-inn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"Ye Olde Windmill Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gentleshaw, Staffs:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2417.5561497025674!2d-1.9277562841856486!3d52.70410637984951!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487a0a6c83eafe09%3A0xf106b4a89c2d3ece!2sYe%20Olde%20Windmill%20Inn!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1600507936709!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatpub.com\/pubs\/TAM\/0095\/olde-windmill-gentleshaw\">Whatpub Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeoldewindmill.co.uk\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A proper country pub, but only up the road, really, just over the border in Staffs, but it really is countryside- not an awkward halfway house where there&#8217;s no amenities but all the disadvantages of urban life, but actual open country.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d been meaning to go here for years, but the disadvantage of proper country is that it&#8217;s not accessible by public transport, and it&#8217;s a bit further than I&#8217;d usually cycle, so the offer of a chauffeured visit and lunch seemed worthwhile. <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve repurposed a bit of what was apparently parking in front of the pub to a terrace area (with great views), but there&#8217;s still decent parking over the road- a good thing, given that car is how many people will be getting here, and the lanes are too narrow to park in.<\/p>\n<p>The pub itself is nice, traditional, multi-roomed, beamed. There&#8217;s decent real ale, great food, and pleasant staff. There&#8217;s a bowling green outside, too, as well as a play area that hopefully might keep the kids corralled in, and the remains of the windmill that gives the pub its name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gentleshaw, Staffs: Whatpub Link Website A proper country pub, but only up the road, really, just over the border in Staffs, but it really is countryside- not an awkward halfway house where there&#8217;s no amenities but all the disadvantages of urban life, but actual open country. I&#8217;d been meaning to go here for years, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=2263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ye Olde Windmill Inn<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[400,20],"tags":[5,4,250,202],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rugeley","category-staffordshire","tag-ale","tag-food","tag-free-house","tag-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}