Kicked off our own ride from the Huntsman Inn with 24 and gained another 10 in Wiltshire..then onto The Barge Inn at Honeystreet where the manager was a rude,unfriendly anti biker tosspot..nice pub..shame about the ar**ehole that runs it..33 bikes was not an avalanche..they were pre-warned a few hours before our arrival by one of our guys who got there earlier that there would be a group of bikers maybe 25-30 strong heading over ..its a Lottery funded pub so they dont really give a f**k about making any money and treating customers with respect.
One miserable local even complained to one of our Road Marshals that "you bikers" are to noisy and spoiling the peace and that he was going home..he got short thrift..
I personally think the Barge Inn at Honeystreet,Wilts is a cracking pub,top location and lovely scenery..but they really need to get their act together when it comes to customer service.
Being scowled at when you enter the bar and then being told"you could have told us you were coming" is not the way to run a business and even more shocking is to then go to a table of people and apologise to them because "these bikers" are here is a disgrace.. The Barge Inn..some nice reviews are now on their way to every bike forum in the UK and every Pub Guide in Britain ;)
20 of us returned to the Huntsman Inn at Falfield where Kay the Landlady promptly opened up for us and served us all piping hot plates of Roast spuds in Onion gravy along with honey roasted parsnips..all free of charge..now thats how to run a business..top marks to The Huntsman Inn....biker friendly is an understatement..great place. ;D
