"Like grey hairs and saying "they should really bring back Top Of The Pops", an interest in bird-watching sneaks up on you. The Ferry Boat Inn, near Tottenham Hale station, is the ideal faux-countryside pub to combine your past loves (Captain Morgan, Pall Malls, hair of the dog) with your future loves (downloading Merlin Bird ID, a bottle of sancerre, watching baby moorhens paddle up Coppermill Stream). For maximum charm, book one of the riverside tables under the big cherry tree." - jake missing, daisy meager, heidi lauth beasley