Tis the season for a slap-up roast, I think you'll agree?

Yes, autumn can be wet and miserable but it does have its perks. The comfort food.

The British love affair with the Sunday roast is as old as time. Almost every pub in the country will at some point have a roast dinner on the menu in the week.

But where is best? Well, two spots in Cumbria have been highlighted.

The Telegraph said: "Do you please the traditionalists for whom a roast isn’t a roast without roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and gravy? Do you try something different? Or do you really want a bit of both?

"Whatever you’re after, you’ll find inspiration in our guide to 20 of the best places in the UK to get a Sunday roast."

So, where in the Lake District are these famous roasts?

The two Lake District pubs that can rustle up a 'brilliant' roast

Both pubs, we should add, rank very well on Tripadvisor.

The Black Bull, Sedbergh, Cumbria

The Telegraph said: "From her kitchen at the Black Bull in Sedbergh, with the Lake District to the west, the Yorkshire Dales to the east, chef Nina Matsunaga has her pick of the UK’s finest produce.

"Her menus showcase the likes of British White beef, Herdwick lamb, and Lindisfarne oysters, with nods to Matsunaga’s German Japanese upbringing.

"Her Sunday menu, £21.50 to £37.50, skews more traditional, but sides of bean cassoulet and harissa and root vegetable gratin with black garlic pack a real punch."

Best for: Brilliant side orders

Heft, Newton in Cartmel, Cumbria

Hilary Armstrong, of The Telegraph, said: "Cumbrian chef Kevin Tickle was head forager at L’Enclume so always finds a way to work a few unusual ingredients like dulse and scurvy grass into his Sunday menu (£39.50) at Heft near Grange-over-Sands.

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"While evenings are given over to ambitious ten-course tasting menus, Tickle’s Sunday Service isn’t so far off what you’d find in a Lakeland inn, only with Roscoff onions and ramson béarnaise with the dry-aged beef rib, and sauerkraut and alliums with the Herdwick hogget.

"The Scandi-style interiors are minimalist but hygge."

Best for: Foraged ingredients