Dawn Raid!

            I hope who ever it was is proud of themselves. This morning Blackwithers was subject to a dawn raid by a bunch of jobsworths from the Environmental Health Police. Two steak and kidney pies were arrested whilst three made it out the back. Cook hid the chicken but was caught making a run for it. An apple pie was taken into custardy and a black pudding asked for his work papers. A thorough search was made of the kitchens including an intimate search of Cook's Cumberland ring. Suffice to say that all inspections lived up to our usual high standards. They had been alerted, by persons unknown ,of an irrate Mallard allegedly kept on the premises but it had turned out to be a wild goose chase. The officers quenched their thirst with several pints of our esteemed ale and vowed to catch the irresponsible time-waster. Keep up the good work fellas.