Location: Appley, Somerset, TA21 0HL

Business type: Venue

Business website: www.facebook.com/globeinnappley/

Date listed: October 22, 2024

TripAdvisor describes The Globe rather oddly: “The Globe Inn is a free house and Stuart & Amanda have three units of overnight accommodation, one being a character static caravan at the far end of the garden” which we’re not sure is meant to be a recommendation or a warning…However, what is less in doubt is that the horse racing-loving Globe appears to have a bit of a relationship with the Taunton Vale Harriers (TVH, a hunt kenneled not far to the north and which notoriously lost control of their hounds in the nearby village of Oake a few miles to the east of the Globe in October 2024). On Facebook in July 2024 the Globe plugged the hunt (rather than the handful of individuals involved) with a short video showing a few men helping put up a pergola captioned “When Taunton Vale Harriers come to our rescue so the Band can still play! Huge thank you…” and will be hosting a Halloween fundraiser for the TVH in November 2024, the advert rather knowingly suggesting that guests will have ‘a bloody good time’…

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