With Bideford in the bottom three and looking doomed, this looked like our last trip to Devon for a while. The club had laid on a coach and we therefore kicked off the day in Tony's Cafe. Slap up breakfasts before a good five hour coach journey are essential to soak up the pre-match beverages.
After a brief coffee and piss stop, we arrived in Bideford in good time and headed up the hill to Laceys, a short 5 minute work from the ground. Lacey's is a lively town centre bar, originally set up by Country Life Brewery as their brewery tap, but run independently since November 2012. The two regular real ales are still sourced from Country Life. Large double doors open onto the street in the summer.
We sampled the Old Appledore and the Reef Break, both Country Life Brewery fare and were most enjoyable. The famous jukebox got a good hammering, with its usual eclectic mix of music from Andy Williams to the Clash. This confused the locals no end and to be fair, were probably pleased once we left for the match.
The match itself was a "thrilling" 0-0. Dunstable made hard work of finishing off an already, if not mathematically, relegated team, the highlight being a looping punt from Steve Wales from the halt way line.
Post match hunger was building and fish and chimps were required. Fortunately, a decent chippy was just round the corner. It may not be a Scottie Tour, but planning is no less important. The happy drivers would not let anyone on the coach with our smelly fast food, so we tucked into them on the street outside the ground and prepared ourselves for the long journey home.
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