Honiton

Two hours in the Stoke Arms pub - my temporary new football home - to watch Aston Villa vs Man Utd on Sky TV. A disappoinging result, of course, but a fine pint of Guinness before heading off for a drive.

Mig and Cos get in the car and we head for the Black Horse pub at Clyst Honiton, another pub I have never been to but would like investigate. It is closed. Well, why not continue on to Honiton?

Along the old A30, past Rockbeare and the Jack-in-the-Green and Hand and Pen and then to Honiton for a visit to the High Street and the Carlton Bar and Brasserie. This a sort of 'modernist' pub, playing loud disco music - like something from Pete Tong - and not many customers, but interesting nonetheless. A young man at the bar is, presumably either drugged up or drunk, doing all manner of erratic, spontaneous dance movements with his hands as he sits on a stool by the bar. We finally discoverd the location of Spanky's nightclub, although it is shut tonight.

Back via Exmouth. A quick visit to the Sidwell Street kebab shops.