The George (Belsize Park)

• The finishing point was the Heath&rsquo
• I would have preferred someone waiting for me up there with a tray of Mars Bars
• These walks have also meant that I have slowly become smitten with all the wonderful pubs up here
• I had a mate down and to make the most out of a dry day (though the clouds were more threatening than Bez on the Sunday Politics)
• We decided to drop into one of those lovely pubs on the way to Belsize Park Station and one that was close enough to sort us out with food and booze A
• Bar seating is made out to be the worst thing since the plague
• Were (politely) informed that if we were not there in thirty minutes we would be relegated to the high chairs with the bartenders and the ignorant who had not reserved a table at all
• The lovely barmaid actually went to go and find some as there was none behind the bar
• We were never going to have a massive meal as the 'Shed was calling and there was a feck off Porterhouse there with our name on it so we settled on a charcuterie platter
• The charcuterie board was garnished to within an inch of its life
• Thankfully reflected in a relatively reasonable price (even the gin here was more affordable than some of the more scallywaggy bars in the East)
• Meaning that a leisurely day here to recline for multiple meals and drinks with cucumber in needed The George has drawn me in with simple goodness and I will come back
• That unwanted haste on a Saturday was soon forgotten with another great meal courtesy of Hix and Co

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