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WHERE TO FIND GOOD ALE IN BROUGHTY FERRY'S BEST PUBS
THE SHIP INN, FISHER STREET
This is on Broughty Ferry's waterfront, so a good place to wash off all that salt water thrown up by the waves outside by dousing your lips and throat in a little ale. As it sits by a small pier, it has probably seen more than its fair share of fishermen and those of a salty disposition over the years; you know the type: big yellow oilskin things and outrageous beards that explode from their rugged faces at every angle. It's nice inside when it's quiet, and very difficult to leave (they tie you to the seats and make fishing-flies from your hair!). There are large statues of bare-breasted women supporting the bar counter, like carved maidens on a ship.
This is on Broughty Ferry's waterfront, so a good place to wash off all that salt water thrown up by the waves outside by dousing your lips and throat in a little ale. As it sits by a small pier, it has probably seen more than its fair share of fishermen and those of a salty disposition over the years; you know the type: big yellow oilskin things and outrageous beards that explode from their rugged faces at every angle. It's nice inside when it's quiet, and very difficult to leave (they tie you to the seats and make fishing-flies from your hair!). There are large statues of bare-breasted women supporting the bar counter, like carved maidens on a ship.
FISHERMAN'S TAVERN, FORT STREET
This is the place. The place you should not miss. Even if you're touring itinerary of Scotland dictates that you are only going to visit the Scottish Borders, then you simply have to make a small detour up here. Even if it's the last thing you ever do. In my book, this is the ultimate pub. It's snug and warm and full of old dark wood and little cosy recesses where you may quaff ale and dream. As soon as you walk in the calm atmosphere washes all over you like a massage. Good range of real ales, too. And - as if all that wasn't enough - they even have bags of Smith's 'Scampi Fries', my favourite bar snack. (My favourite bar snack used to be pork crackling but old age has seen my teeth protest by leaping from my mouth like lemmings from a cave. I've tried sucking the blighters, but it's just not the same. Perhaps someone could come up with a version of crackling targeted towards the over-fifties... maybe pork rusks or something - you could dook them in your ale to soften them up!) All in all, the Fisherman's Tavern in Broughty Ferry is utter heaven. (One gripe: shame about the flame-effect gas fire guys. A real fire would have been like icing on the cake of perfection.)
This is the place. The place you should not miss. Even if you're touring itinerary of Scotland dictates that you are only going to visit the Scottish Borders, then you simply have to make a small detour up here. Even if it's the last thing you ever do. In my book, this is the ultimate pub. It's snug and warm and full of old dark wood and little cosy recesses where you may quaff ale and dream. As soon as you walk in the calm atmosphere washes all over you like a massage. Good range of real ales, too. And - as if all that wasn't enough - they even have bags of Smith's 'Scampi Fries', my favourite bar snack. (My favourite bar snack used to be pork crackling but old age has seen my teeth protest by leaping from my mouth like lemmings from a cave. I've tried sucking the blighters, but it's just not the same. Perhaps someone could come up with a version of crackling targeted towards the over-fifties... maybe pork rusks or something - you could dook them in your ale to soften them up!) All in all, the Fisherman's Tavern in Broughty Ferry is utter heaven. (One gripe: shame about the flame-effect gas fire guys. A real fire would have been like icing on the cake of perfection.)
THE ROYAL ARCH, 258 QUEEN STREET
The Royal Arch is near the railway station, and a lovely old pub dating back to 1869. (Incidentally, the train service at Broughty Ferry is pretty poor, so if you're planning to catch a train rather than a bus, make sure you have a timetable at hand.) The bar area has a traditional pub feel to it, with walls covered in black and white football photographs and caricatures of bar regulars. Real ales are available. The adjacent lounge is a completely different ball game, feeling, rather strangely, like the first-class suite of an ocean-going liner with circular and rather splendid stained-glass ceiling panels.
The Royal Arch is near the railway station, and a lovely old pub dating back to 1869. (Incidentally, the train service at Broughty Ferry is pretty poor, so if you're planning to catch a train rather than a bus, make sure you have a timetable at hand.) The bar area has a traditional pub feel to it, with walls covered in black and white football photographs and caricatures of bar regulars. Real ales are available. The adjacent lounge is a completely different ball game, feeling, rather strangely, like the first-class suite of an ocean-going liner with circular and rather splendid stained-glass ceiling panels.
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