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It happens to us only very occasionally, but it certainly happened at the Dove. As Mrs Halley and I walked into the bar, the lively conversation we had heard when entering the building came to a halt.
The four or five customers gathered at the serving counter turned to look at us, impassively enough, and we did our best to mutter hellos to no-one in particular, and to look blithely unfazed. It would have helped if there had been someone behind the bar to direct our attention to, and we were relieved when she turned up.See the full content of this document
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Lucky to Be Local
You get a good choice of beers here. On this day, there was GFB from the Hop Back brewery nearby at Downton, Butcombe bitter from Somerset and Spitfire from Shepherd Neame in Kent. And there was a new one to me, Nosmo ...
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