The King's Head Pub, Wellesbourne, Warkwickshire, England

While we were staying at Walton Hall, we took a couple of side trips to the village of Wellesbourne. Neither Len nor I are drinkers, but we wanted somewhere to sit down and have a cup of coffee. We checked out Cafe Maggie's only to find that at 12.15 p.m. it was completely empty.

We asked a lady passing by, and she suggested The King's Head pub right next to the church. We had already checked out the church so knew where to find it.

We opened the gate at the side of the pub and walked through the beer garden and into the entrance. We continued to our right and found the bar. We saw several people eating and drinking at tables near the windows, which looked out onto the main street.

Len asked if they served coffee and whether we needed to order it at the bar. The lady asked if we wanted 2 coffees and said that they would be brought to our table. We paid for the coffee, which was 3 pounds 40 pence ($6.80) and Len jokingly asked if there were refills. We are so used to them living in the states and were pleasantly surprised when she told us that we could have one refill. She gave us a large wooden spoon with the number of our table and asked us to display it.

Shortly after sitting down a young lad came to our table with 2 cups of coffee. He asked us if we needed milk and sugar. I asked for lots of milk, as the coffee in England seems to be stronger than I am now used to. He brought a small jug of milk for us.

I checked on the menu while we were drinking our coffee. It told us a little about the pub. It was built in the early 1600's and was changed into a hospital because of the English Civil War and the battle of Edgehill in 1641. I don't know how long it stayed that way.

It is the village pub and eatery and some of the menu items are:

Soup 2 pounds 95 pence.

Appetizers from 3 pounds 95 to 4 pounds 50 pence.

Lunch and dinner items:

Fish, chips, and peas 7 pounds 25 pence.

Duck, chicken, scampi, sausages, beef, mushroom and beer pie, seafood, lamb, burgers and steaks ranging from 6 pounds 50 pence to 13 pounds 50 pence.

Sunday roast lunches are beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and vegetable @ 7 pounds 50 pence or turkey @ 6 pounds 95 pence.