It’s last call in London and you’ve just taken the final sip of your pint. Do you a) hail one of those charming black cabs? b) Get the last tube to your hotel? Or c) walk upstairs to bed? The answer you may want to consider, fellow traveler, is option c. You’re at a public house, after all. It has rooms to rent.
Dating back to the late Middle Ages, coaching inns served weary travelers who journeyed English roads by horse or stagecoach. Travelers would stop, tie up their horses, have a drink (ale was a safer choice than water), a bite to eat, and a quick slumber before continuing on their way…