The ‘caution wet paint’ signs, strung across the pub’s back doors, were almost camouflaged within the carpet of cobwebs and other Halloween decorations covering the Three Crutches. This Higham hostelry may be undergoing a colourful transformation outside, but inside it’s very much business as usual – and business, believe me, is booming. Fascination with the name was enough to entice me in but, even though the car park was packed, I still felt the need to question a decorator and check it was definitely open. Mind you, even a quick peek into the sizeable back garden would have told me all I ne…