I'll get to some of them one day, Boaty ;-)
There are actually some excellent (reasonably priced) pubs around here but my problem is that 'eating out' for me often means that I'm going somewhere with a friend from Italy who seems to assume that a pub isn't worth visiting unless its expensive. (She's always saying that she's hard up but she's got a smart flat in Ipswich as well her home in Trieste, with bank accounts in Italy, the UK, the USA and Switzerland. She's constantly travelling around the world too, to places like Geneva, Klosters, etc, which aren't exactly noted for their low prices!) Her idea of 'inexpensive' doesn't always tie up too well with mine! For example, she likes this pub:
http://www.thesuninndedham.com/menus/lunch-menu/
If I suggest somewhere cheaper she'll automatically assume that the food won't be very good! (To make matters worse, she's a very fussy vegetarian, so finding a pub with something on the menu that she likes can be tricky!)