 The wife and I went for a late afternoon stroll on Saturday. Caught the 358 bus to Hayfield, then wandered over Edale Cross and down Jacob's Ladder to Edale. Arrived at the Nag's Head about 7.00, just as the rain swept in (impeccable timing). However, the pub was heaving with campers sheltering from the elements, so we went down to the Rambler. This was slightly less crowded, and we got our drinks (£2.75 a pint  ) and managed to get a couple of stools at a shared table. We got talking to the other people at the table, who were camping in Edale for the first time, and were less than impressed with the high prices and off-hand service at this pub. However, they were partcularly p*ss*d off that one of them was charged 50p for a glass of tap water. I've never come across such greed before - has anyone else, or is it unique to this grasping pub?
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The Nags Head and the Rambler are as bad as each other. However, when you consider that the alternative is to walk to Castleton, then you put up with it. At least, I'd guess that's what the base their business model on!
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Black Sailor. London prices in the Lake District, Well £2.95p ,.from the Publican's point of view his trade is seasonal so i don't expect there are too many takers in October onwards. plus you can use the toilets !? Wash and brush up?? 
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 Nope its not unique, Its just how it is. lets look at the cost of running that pub actually any business for that mattter but particularly Pubs. Rent, Business rates, Power, Heat, stock, Wages, Water bills, Insurance - all a lot more than your home bills which incidentally have taken jumps of between 3 and 50 percent in the last 12 months. The landlord/lady/tenant sees it as necessity, you as the consumer see it as another greedy business. I see it like this most of the cost of things these days is made up of Tax if you want to get annoyed with anyone get annoyed with the Govt. because its them taxing us to death! Its a great way to make money for them. Hey lets introduce 24 hour opening! Ooh hang on binge drinking how do we stop it? lets put the price up! Loads of tax. Then they tell us that 4 new cancer drugs wont be available because we cant afford it!
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Well, there are pubs going out of business all over the place, thanks to the triple whammy of taxes, cheap booze in supermarkets, and the smoking ban. But two kinds of pub still seem to be doing fine: town centre boozers where the lightly clad young conduct their mating rituals every weekend, and pubs that do food, like the Rambler. I don't know how well you know the Edale pubs, Wayne, but no-one should waste their sympathy on the people who own the Rambler and the Nags Head - their monopoly is basically a licence to print money, and they expoit it very efficiently! 
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 I'm no big fan of pubs, but since the smoking ban I've been more inclined to pop into them for a pot of tea or coffee when it's raining. Previous to the ban, I preferred to stay outside and get wet. So... they got me as a 'new' customer! Of course, in some areas, the notion of 'taking your custom elsewhere' could involve a day's hike over desperately boggy moorlands, so you pays your money instead!
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I don't know how well you know the Edale pubs, Wayne, but no-one should waste their sympathy on the people who own the Rambler and the Nags Head - their monopoly is basically a licence to print money, and they expoit it very efficiently!
I know both very well. The rambler is the Finish for Tanky's (Marsden/Edale).
Im playing Devils Advocate and looking at it from the licensee's position. I wholeheartedly support the smoking ban. It made my life much easier when i quit the fags last year and I very rarely waste sympathy in fact I very rarely waste anything..Im a Yorkshireman
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Plan your walk to finish up the road at Hope, then you can go to the Cheshire Cheese, which is wonderful.
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The rambler is a great place to go if your camping with one of your young uns. My 6 yr old son loved all the outdoor games provided and the small animal collection they have. I had no complaint about the price of a pint there considering the extra cost to them providing entertainment for the kids. did have a problem with the young fat lad who works there though, kept giving me 'the eye' for some unknown reason, even a stranger commented to me on it, i think he was the only non foreign worker there too, most of whom had trouble understanding my yorkshire accent. Weird but wonderful place imho.
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.jpg) I paid £3.40 for a pint in Robin Hood's Bay the other day. The pub was nearly empty, we didn't stay for another, it was then totally empty. The next pub charged £2.40 and was busy, we stayed for a few. My local charges £2.00 for real ales. It does not have the benefit of being in a tourist area either. Anything above £2.50 a pint and you are just paying to fuel the landlords Jag. Saying that, we had a lovely new year at the Rambler a couple of years ago
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Wayne T: Ee bah Gum !!! Wot no Wetherspoon's Pubs in the area , the management are usually pretty cute in sighting their pubs ??
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Tim aye 'appen theeres wun or too wittherspoons. Tha just wunt finned me in wun thats all. spend ard erned brass on t'beer, thas soft in't ee'ad. I brew me own in't airing cupboard (read phonetically)
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 As I recall the two things that a public house can't refuse you are a glass of water, and use of the toilet, it's one of the conditions of their license!!!
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I remember arguing that in a pub in Skipton (the glass of water) - then I got chucked out. Other people in our group had ordered beers (including me, as well as the water), they refused to pay and we all left.
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Good on ya richard. 
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