Pub Owner Hits the Road as World Cup Roadworks Threaten to Keep Customers Away!

A LANDLORD set to be cut off from punters by roadworks during the World Cup is taking his pub on the road.

Pete Goss will see only the first week of the tournament before workers start digging up the road outside the 15th-century Kings Head to repair a water main.

But Pete and co-landlady Sophie McCreddie have converted a horse-box into a boozer on wheels, with a slide-out bar, to offer real ales, .

It will be kept outside the roadworks zone in Bildeston, , so it can be sent to a dozen small villages and hamlets until the huge water project is completed.

They hope Three Lions fans will pour into the makeshift pub before matches and to celebrate results.

Sophie said: “A lot of our regulars come from the surrounding area.

“Now in spite of being cut off, if they can’t get to the pub — the pub can get to them.”

One regular said: “It’s a brilliant idea – I live four miles away so I have to use my car to get to the Kings Head.

“But having it come to my village would mean I don’t have to drive – or worry about being over the limit when I go home.”

Another thirsty local from a neighbouring hamlet said: “Their is great and you can’t get it anywhere else – so I look forward to drinking a proper pint out of doors on a warm evening.”

A local CAMRA member said: “This is an excellent idea – the Kings Head has built up a well-deserved reputation in the last couple of years since Pete and Sophie took over for serving an excellent pint of real ale.

“News of the diversion came as a serious blow to customers and regulars who have to drive there so being able to have a travelling pub is brilliant.”

Eze Chidiebere Paul

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