I’ll have a Butcombe

Butcombe Pubs and Inns have been really supportive of my Twelve Pubs of the Mendip Hills project. I approached them as I was pulling together my paintings and said would they like to get involved in some way. They did ask how many of the twelve pubs were their pubs, of which the answer was four. I thought they’d say sorry but not interested unless they are all their pubs. Far from it, I think they liked the overall idea and clearly have pubs in their DNA. Thanks to Butcombe I’ve got a wall in their Brewery Shop to exhibit the twelve paintings and they’ve put their name on the companion Calendar too ( but did ask to take their logo off any of the pubs that were not theirs of course).

I remember drinking at the pub in Butcombe village right at the start of their journey. Incredible to see what Butcombe has now become. They have done a brilliant job of delivering great quality beer and food in some really characterful pubs across the south of England. Cheers to Butcombe.