Leela Cosens, the 20-year-old landlady at Blagdon Hill's Lamb and Flag (Image: Supplied)
Leela Cosens, the 20-year-old landlady at Blagdon Hill's Lamb and Flag (Image: Supplied)

Leela Cosens is most likely the youngest pub landlady in Somerset, writes Phil Hill.

At just 20 years old, she recently took over the Lamb and Flag, in Blagdon Hill - along with its resident ghosts, as you would expect of a 17th century inn.

She started working there four years ago, employed variously by three publicans during that time.

Having served her 'apprenticeship', she jumped at the chance to become mine host when the latest incumbent left over the summer.