My wife just spent two weeks in Manila for work and got home last night. This morning she asked me was there another pub called "The Woolpacker" and I said that is the name of one of Dave's Beers but she said that on the way home on the Aer Lingus flight from Amsterdam, the in flight magazine (Cara?) had an article about a couple who went to Cumbria and went to "The Woolpacker Inn" which was reminiscent of a 1970's bingo hall and they were served food by a man who could have been the 5th member of Spinal Tap. That could be Alan the bar man.
It may be there is in fact a pub in Cumbria called The Woolpacker, perhaps Dave can shed some light on this but it may also be that these people visited the woolpack. She seems to remember the article saying they were served "Duck and oink pâté" so is/was that on the menu? Actually looking at the Woolpack lunch menu, there is a "Quack n Oink" on the lunch menu so I am going to take a wild guess that this is the same place.
Unfortunately I did not read this myself but they did like it according to the review my wife read and they enjoyed the food etc so it was a good review and it seems Alan (if it was him) was the star of the place. That said, perhaps Dave could make it as a Spinal Tap member?
Saintly Days
15 hours ago
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It sounds like us, although there could be several members of staff who might be members of Spinal Tap I guess. Actually, if it was last year it might have been Richard. In any case, are we not all stars?
It's a shame your wife didn't keep a copy, I'd love to read that.
If anyone is flying Aer Lingus, take a copy of the Cara Magazine home and scan it for Dave. It's not stealing as I am sure they are free to take (but no one does).
A pity there is no online version.
Alternatively, do a quick Google search and get the contact details of the magazine's publishers and ring them asking for a copy:
http://www.iol.ie/~editor/cara/
Yeah I did and completely ignored that link Al because it is an old IOL (Ireland On Line) website so I did not think it would contain any useful info. Seems I might have been wrong, it may be 2001 but if those are still valid contact details then perhaps it is useful.
I will let Dave try it out as it is his establishment after all.
Most in-flight magazines say that you can take them if you want. They are generally funded by advertising anyway, so the advertisers would like them to get out there.
I've found a better link - http://www.maxmedia.ie/
Got the mag. Here's the relevant bit: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/thebeernut/cara.jpg
Well done beer nut, I am sure Dave will be chuffed to have his inn mentioned in Cara considering how many Aer Lingus passengers will read it.
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