The recently refurbished The Crown in Granborough pulls off the clever trick of providing something for everyone. Family lunch with the nippers? There’s a big garden with play equipment to keep them busy while you sip wine on the terrace. Afterwork supper? In the summer, make a beeline for the al fresco pizza oven. Footy and pint? Front bar it is. Dinner with friends? Make it the airy Oak Room.

The service is prompt, smiley and efficient and the modern British food is uniformly delicious. There are your trad pub favourites where the majority of the interest lies in this well-supported local – burgers, fish and chips, and Sunday roast, but there’s also more adventurous fare, all using local, seasonal ingredients wherever possible.

The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it village of Granborough is midway between Aylesbury and Buckingham, so if you’re hitting the shops in Milton Keynes or mooching around Waddesdon Manor, it will make a safe pitstop.