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    The Oldie

    The dream pub – in my backyard

    Aug 21, 2024 2 minutes

     Before the pandemic, I was a regular at the pub.

    Once or twice a week I, and my elderly mates Boot, Mason and Riley would gather at our Cotswolds local and gas away over a couple of bottles of wine.

    And then Covid arrived.

    So we moved our pub to Zoom. At first, connecting our respective homes via

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