Chatting to @dohoodle about Highland pubs earlier and got a physical pang of nostalgia thinking about this very specific type of table

Also, I want a gin and tonic served in a tall tumbler with no ice or citrus. 35ml measure, Gordon’s gin, cloyingly sweet and slightly flat tonic please. The way it was in the early 2000s. If you know, you know.

I’d like to get up to go to the toilet and get the toe of my shoe caught in the thick pile of a faded tartan carpet and almost face plant into a table of men in overalls.

The men are drinking Tennets, and nips. There is a copy of the Daily Record on the table with the crossword completed. They are very friendly and one of them has a collie dog.

Tell me what you miss about rural pubs Twitter