The Perch Inn
Binsey, Oxfordshire


7 comments so far...

Andy Rodker December 20, 2016, 09:28 AM
Looks like a very nice pub. The old car is an excellent marketing ploy. I do miss a good pub and a good pint of bitter (Madrid does have compensatory charms though!).
Excellent shot.
Best wishes, Andy
Isisbridge December 20, 2016, 10:07 AM
There was a big fire about six months later, but it has thankfully now been restored.

I would not recommend the meals though. I and a friend were invited for a free lunch after I agreed to let them use one of my photos for a Christmas card. (It was a similar view with blue sky and snow.) When we turned up, I was annoyed to find the picture on advertising leaflets all around the pub, but with NO CREDITS to myself as the photographer.

We then viewed the rather mundane menu and chose home-made fishcake as the most interesting. We were expecting this would be served with chips and veg and perhaps a roll and salad. So we couldn't believe it when the waiter appeared with one solitary fishcake floating on some sickly butter sauce, with a tiny slice of leek on top, and absolutely nothing to go with it. We left feeling quite hungry, and would have complained if we'd been paying for it, as the prices weren't cheap.

Later I found they were also using the photo on their Facebook page, again with no credits to myself. I thought this was very discourteous, but at the end of the day, it is their pub and I never asked permission to photograph it!

Andy Rodker December 20, 2016, 06:01 PM
Yes. I found much the same with a pub in Middlesex! I didn't say anything as I realised there wasn't much point. So I decided to consider myself flattered instead!

Same thing happened to a favourite (and famous) pub in Cornwall, The Pandora Inn at Restronguet. Also thatched. Also burnt down. Also restored quite quickly. The chief difference is that the food is good!

Isisbridge December 22, 2016, 11:20 AM
Christmas card from the Perch!
http://www.23hq.com/Isisbridge/photo/27316409
Andy Rodker December 22, 2016, 05:55 PM
Just looked and commented on it. Best wishes, Andy.
SteveDrury December 22, 2016, 09:30 PM
What a lovely shot indeed and most certainly liked by me ... also faved by me

Best wishes ... Steve

Isisbridge December 23, 2016, 12:04 AM
Thank you both for the faves.

I cannot say what the beer is like, as I don't drink.

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