Sheepwash Chronicle Summer 2017

The Half Moon Inn
The Half Moon has now been under the new ownership of Andrew Orchard and Alan McIntosh for several
months, so we thought it would be a good me to catch up with what’s been happening and what is
planned for the near future.
There are only a couple of new faces on the staff. There’s new manager Pearl Devaney (who will become
Pearl Walters later this year), who gave me the inside track on everything for this arcle. And then there’s
the new chef, Richard Clarke, who has worked in several top kitchens, including Langans Brasserie (one of
Michelin-starred Michael Caines’s restaurants).
The longer-serving staff (I won’t say “old”) are sll in place – bar manager Adam, Craig, Margaret, Alison,
Lindsey. Anna, and Jason, as are the small army of part-me youngsters – James, Eve, Emma. Jay, Emily,
Jackie, Gemma, and “pocket rocket” Heather.
We were going to have a picture of the new faces with some of the familiar ones, but most disappeared as
soon as I took my camera out of the bag, and the rest formed a scrum where everyone was ducking down
and trying to stand behind someone else, more camera-shy than a bunch of hardened criminals on the
run. So for now you’ll just have to visit the Half Moon yourselves to see what they look like!
Pearl wants to re-establish the Half Moon as a tradional country
inn, focussed on a clientele interested in tradional country
pursuits – fishing, shoong, golf, walking, cycling, horse riding, and
so on, and, of course, sll dog-friendly - all of which is reflected in
their new logo.
In line with that, the opening hours have changed. They are now
open all day from noon unl 11.00 p.m., except on Sundays, when
they close half an hour earlier. So if you fancy a late aernoon
coffee (or something stronger) aer an enjoyable day outdoors,
you can pop in for a drink and good conversaon.
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