Plough Inn, Sturminster Newton

  Another wet, wet weekend forecast but what the heck!  Mike set off early with John so as to avoid the Friday traffic rush.  They'd set everything up for me & Carol so we could relax straight away.
  On arrival, we found that the site was too wet and the caravans had to be pitched on the edge of the hard standing in the pub car park.  We're celebrating Carols birthday and have booked a table for us.
  The last time that we were here there had been a beer festival and a chicken pen on the site. None of that this time as the pub has changed hands. A hunt is organised close by for Sunday. Hopefully we'll be away before it starts as they've started to cone off the car park to stop everyone parking there.
Had dinner in the pub but it wasn't terribly memorable.  Had booked the table for 7.30 and then they insisted it was for 8.  It turned out that they also had a large table party booked out in the conservatory and consequently we didn't eat until nearly 9 o'clock.  We won't be coming again.