Moon under Water...

Wetherspoons have 15 pubs around the country called the Moon under Water, and one of them is in Boston, Lincolnshire. The Moon under Water was the name of George Orwell’s ideal - and imaginary - pub. Though I use the free wifi - and toilets - it’s as hard to be enthusiastic about a Wetherspoon pub as it is to be critical. They must be doing something right, as the public are voting with their feet. When other pubs are empty, Wetherspoon pubs are always busy. They really are all things to all people: a conjuring trick that they pull off with ease. Breakfast? No problem. Beer with breakfast? No problem either. You can have morning coffee, a light lunch, an afternoon session, an evening out out with the boys, or the girls, or the family or a date. If you want a meal afterwards, you can order off the menu till 11pm.

George Orwell might blanche at the way Wetherspoons have appropriated Moon under Water. His ideal pub is just about everything that Wetherspoons isn’t…

A pub in Boston that's more to my taste...