The King's Head, Kettlewell, North Yorkshire: hotel review — theguardian.com

I feel I ought to warn Jenny and Michael Pighills. Don't they realise the danger? We are four cyclists set on tackling the lumpiest country in the Yorkshire Dales, and we've come to their newly opened pub for the weekend. Breakfasts will have to be early and massive, dinners gargantuan, beer stocks and bike storage plentiful. The couple have only just finished applying the last lick of paint to the neat Shaker-style bar (Did the Shakers allow bars?) and chalking up the food on a blackboard opposite the massive inglenook fireplace. We're hoping to consume 6,000 calories a day each. Will they cope?

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