New inn at Myshall

Last Saturday I found myself having dinner at the New Inn at Mayshill. A traditional Ye Olde English country pub, serving traditional pub grub. I have been eating there for almost fifteen years.

Not every week you understand, but on and off throughout that time period. I stopped going there a couple of years back because their menu had become stale, boring and predictable.

When Covid struck and pubs where being locked down and subsequently going out of business I immediately thought that this place would have its neck in the guillotine!

Thankfully though, it has survived the lockdowns and has adapted to a new way of life. It was great to see the pub busy with customers eating and drinking as if nothing had happened.

However, the menu hadn’t changed either. Nothing had happened to that during the past 18 months! It still serves the same predictable fair but due to Covid only there’s less of it! For dessert I opted for their amazing toffee sundae. One of our party asked for a strawberry sundae only to be told that they’d run out of strawberries. In fact they hadn’t.

When this was flagged up with the manager he promptly returned with a strawberry sundae. I’m guessing there was a P45 handed out somewhere long the line that evening? Final verdict.

“Any specials this evening?” “FAGGOTS!” came the reply! Looking at my other half I felt a little shell shocked until I noticed that that was the evenings special! One dish and not a very appetising one at that. Great meal and lovely surroundings. Staff could do with a little training and the menu desperately needs updating.

Pork loin steaks in an apple and cider cream sauce, with salad and curly fries and home-madesage and onion stuffing, was my choice. That was the only “outside of the box” dish on the menu I could find. I resisted going for one of the four chicken dishes they have. I never realised you could do so many things with a chicken breast?

The pork dish was lovely. Really nicely cooked and not dried out bits of leather like you get in some places. The sauce was delicious and not tooheavy. All in all it was a lovely plate of food.

Article by Peter Abraham Professional food critic Email: peter10abraham@icloud.com

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Martin Belsten Memorial Match confirms the Community Trust as chosen charity for 2021

Bristol Rovers Community Trust are delighted to announce that we have been selected as the chosen charity for the 2021 Martin Belsten Memorial match sponsored by Cyril Dark & Sons. The annual family friendly charity match will take place on Sunday 26th September 2021 at Cossham St, Mangotsfield United Football Club with the match kicking off at 3pm. The memorial match welcomes a host of former Bristol Rovers Legends to play against a team of supporters, all in a bid to raise funds for a selected charity each year. Ash Belsten, the creator of the Martin Belsten Memorial Match, organised his first match in memory of his Grandfather back in 2017 for the Soundwell based care home Deerhurst, run by Brunel Care, where his grandfather passed away.

Since the first match, the event has gone from strength to strength, raising thousands of pounds for several charities since its inception and this year, Bristol Rovers Community Trust is truly honoured to have been selected for 2021.

Belsten said. "I think the work that the Community Trust have done over that last year has been fantastic. My Grandad loved his football club, and he loved his community, so it was an easy decision for me to make. We have a massive selection of former players ready to announce over the coming days and weeks and this is certainly going to be the biggest and best one yet!" Bristol Rovers Community Trust CEO, Adam Tutton, said "The last twelve months has been incredibly difficult for the Community Trust. The pandemic has affected our funding streams and our workload has increased as we have adapted and diversified our delivery to help those within our community, so it has been a difficult challenge. We are absolutely delighted to hear that Ash has agreed for us to be his charity of choice this year and it will help us out enormously. This really will be a really special day for all 'Gas Heads’, and we can't thank everyone enough for their generosity and efforts to make this match a fantastic success."

This year's event is set to be biggest ever with a stellar line-up of Rovers Legends confirming their attendance. Over the coming days and weeks, the Martin Belsten Memorial Match Twitter page will be announcing the Rovers Legends who will be taking part. Make sure you follow @martinbelstenm1 on Twitter and the Bristol Rovers Community Trust social media pages for some exciting player announcements.

Tickets for the match are now on sale via https://www.bristolroverscommunity.org.uk/ belstenmemorialmatch2021 £5 per person (U5’s Free) and all funds will be put back into Bristol Rovers Community Trust.