If there's anything as welcoming as a pretty country pub glowing warm on a cold and wet winter's day, I've not found it yet. The rain was just starting to fall and an icy wind blow as my family and I hurried for the entrance.

There were three reasons I really wanted to visit this cute country pub at the heart of a small Vale of Glamorgan village. Firstly, it had a really good reputation for its food. Secondly, I've cycled past it countless times and more than once had to stop myself ditching the bike and going in for a pint.

But thirdly, and by far the most important reason if I'm being honest, was that this pub is owned by a sporting icon. I was in the crowd 20 years ago on the day Gavin Henson kicked one of the most famous and important kicks in Welsh rugby history. Henson wasn't even

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