First visited : 30 January 2016
We've dropped the ball a bit here and missed out perhaps half a dozen pubs in the centre of Royton but I can see how it happened. I was initially using the little red notebook for two separate things, one to record the pubs passed and second to write up the trips. Therefore the book starts with the pubs noted on the 14th October , then I left the next 5 pages blank for pub names before starting an account of the Stoodley Pike walk that day. Unfortunately that never got finished but I was still intending to complete it so when the Tipplers Inn filled up the last line on the pages I'd left blank for pub names, I had to judge how many pages I'd need to complete the Stoodley Pike story before resuming the pub list. While I was pondering that the bus whizzed on and so a few pubs got missed. I hope that makes sense.
The Halfway House is so named because its half way up the slope on the flank of Tandle Hill as Rochdale Road climbs out of Royton towards Thornham Summit. It's a John Willie Lees pub and seems to be thriving. It's quite large inside , well-lit and tidy , with a central bar serving separate areas for games / football watching and dining. We were a bit too early for eating so I couldn't tell you much about the food but they had a fair few uniformed young staff waiting around so I'm guessing it does get quite busy. The drinks seemed a bit expensive.
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