Tom Pudding, Goole

Travelling northward to the Yorkshire coast we made a brief stop en-route to visit a fine micropub in Goole.

The reason for stopping in Goole is that it's now home for one of our retired ex-work-mates, who doesn't exactly heap much praise upon the town.
He insisted that once we'd seen the twin water towers, nicknamed salt and pepper, that was our sightseeing complete.  In fact, I don't think he even bothered telling us to see them, but we went to have a look...

As Kev isn't a drinker I'm completely unable to convince him that

the wealth of pub-ticking in the surrounding towns and cities is an attraction.
Or of how exciting it is that you can get a great pint of beer for £2.80 in the town's micro, the Tom Pudding.  Apparently visitors from London have questioned whether the prices listed are for a half pint.

Goole grew around it's docks, the port on the River Ouse being the furthest inland in the UK, with 3 miles of quayside capable of handling 2 million tonnes of cargo a year.
Tom Pudding's were tub boats, designed in the 1860's as an effective way to transport coal along the Aire and Calder navigation.  Arriving in Goole, they'd be hoisted by large mechanical mechanisms into sea-going vessels. 
And that's where the pub name comes from.

(And I gathered all that information despite all search engines refusing to accept that I hadn't mis-spelled 'Google' when I typed in 'Goole'). 

Tom Pudding (20 Pasture Road, Goole, DN14 6EZ)
Converted from a newsagents, the pub opened in December 2017 and looks to have been a roaring success from the offset.

We managed to be the first customers of the day, disturbing the landlord from his crossword puzzle, before several regulars began to drift in.
Apparently you can fit 50 persons in here, although even back in times when the term 'social distancing' was rarely used, I wouldn't have fancied it being quite that busy.

From a choice of four varied local beers, I picked the 'Dark Masquerade' mild by Half Moon Brewery.  It was fresh, foamy and delicious - the kind of beer where you wonder how the glass is becoming empty so quickly.

What a great start to our trip to Yorkshire.
This was but a brief stop, so if I missed anything ace in Goole - sorry.  We had to continue our journey, where we had coasts moors and minsters in store.

We were on our way to finding lots of good pubs and beer. 
All of whom priced their beer at varyingly higher prices than £2.80..
Reports of North Yorkshire pub exploration to follow shortly...