Originally Posted by
Claude Blue
Sadly the Claude has gone downhill in recent years although I believe a new, permanent manager is now in situ, so maybe it'll improve.
The internal structural changes just before covid ruined it for me and most of the, then, regulars by removing the Oak Room bar and thus creating one enormous warehouse of a pub.
Then again I'm probably just getting old and large, crowded and "lively" pubs are not my thing anymore.