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Pubs & Inns
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Sun’s out! 23 brilliant pub gardens in Bucks & Oxon
The temperatures look set to soar this Easter bank holiday weekend so here's where to soak up some rays with a chilled glass of rosé to hand. Cheers!
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Muddy eats: The Greyhound, Rotherfield Peppard
Muddy heads down to celeb chef Antony Worrall Thompson's renowned south Oxon gastropub. Bonkers interiors and stunning food? Now you're talking.
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Roasts with the most
Can't be bothered to baste potatoes with goose fat this weekend? I hear you. Instead grab your gang and head to one of these 10 local gastropubs that do roasts with the most.
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Review: The Pointer, Brill
It's always interesting when a much-loved pub is taken over. Will this award-winning fancy-pants gastropub with rooms still be up to scratch? Muddy's Kerry Potter investigates.
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Fancy lunch in the Cotswolds?
Well, if you insist! Muddy heads to Burford to chow down three courses in a bucolic, brilliantly-priced, dog-friendly inn. Definitely one to add to your list.
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The Anchor, Oxford
Author Clover Stroud dons the elasticated pants to eat her way through this laid back, family friendly local gastro pub in Oxford's Jericho district. What a trooper!
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Muddy stays: The Fleece, Witney
Cocktails in the Cotswolds? Well, if you insist. Muddy whizzes to Witney to check out a sleek gastro-pub with rooms.
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Top 50 gastropubs 2019
The Top 50 Gastropubs have been revealed – and Bucks & Oxon's triple cooked chips stacked up very nicely with SIX foodie pubs shortlisted.
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Dig in! The Mole Inn
This pretty village gastro pub south of Oxford serves up both pub classics and more inventive dishes. Muddy pops in for a Sunday lunch eat-a-thon. Here's the verdict.
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Regally yours: The Crown at Woodstock
Author Clover Stroud heads to this Scandi-meets-heritage reworking of a 18th century inn - and has a right royal time of it.
