tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post2275389178552352892..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Sunday Walk 2 Trees and donkeys in SurreyAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-46635389184213987162016-10-23T21:18:47.876+01:002016-10-23T21:18:47.876+01:00Forgot to count but must have been n=15 off the tr...Forgot to count but must have been n=15 off the train. Weather was w=fine-sunny-and-dry. A few hints of autumn colour but not full-on yet. Most raced ahead but 4 dawdled and visited the donkey sanctuary. Dawdling that first kilometer was made easy by a bountiful harvest of chestnuts. It was literally raining chestnuts. Scary! Bags, pockets, probably even a few cheeks were stuffed. In Chiddingfold, the Crown did not seem particularly eager for our company. Most went to the tea-room. A few of us went to the Swan which was much improved from what I remember. It's been taken over by a Hampshire brewery, Uphams, and the beer is quite er good. And the landlord seems to know a thing or two about wine. It’s been modernified and gastro-ised but not in a bad way. Those that ate there were pleased. I think I may have had a smile on my face when I left. Unfortunately no photographers captured that moment. And so to Haslemere where more ale was quaffed in another Swan. Then home.Ian Tnoreply@blogger.com