Widecombe in the Moor. Dartmoor, Devon. In 1740, when this building was a farmhouse, a pub stood up the road that was a popular place for tin miners and farmworkers to partake of a drink after a day's work. But it seems that the wives grew tired of their menfolk frittering away their hard earned money and one night in 1823 they burned the pub to the ground. Rather than rebuilding it the licence was transferred to the farm and is now known as The Rugglestone Inn. It derives its name from a nearby logan stone - a large piece of granite naturally balanced on a larger piece of granite, allowing it to rock. There were many such formations on Dartmoor that were once considered sacred and became important meeting places for village elders in medieval times.

This is a wonderful little country pub. The bar and seating area in front of the bar are tiny, but outside a bridge across a little stream leads to a large beer garden where everybody hangs out. It has lots of picnic tables and 2 drinking booths - one large, one small. I was excited to see five gravity kegs to choose from. One of the beers the bartender described to me was a high alcohol IPA from Teignworthy Brewery, the local brewery in Newton Abbot. 5.2% abv - strong by UK standards! A very nicely balanced IPA that I enjoyed in the small booth outside.