tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post7014345550314781856..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Wednesday Walk - Watts Gallery and Chapel, Compton and then beside the River Wey to GodalmingAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-7925365879709587602017-01-19T16:45:35.730+00:002017-01-19T16:45:35.730+00:00n=12 walkers for this very short walk on a w=cold-...n=12 walkers for this very short walk on a w=cold-but-sunny day, through near-perfect wintry scenery: frozen ground (apart from some stretches exposed to the sun), hoar frost on bushes and fields, clear far views. <br />We visited all the sites en route (Wanborough Church, Watts Gallery [2 even paid to see the exhibition], Church and Cemetery, looked (unsuccessfully) for a wine tasting hut at the new-ish Greyfriars Vineyard and had a (very long) delightful lunch at the Withies Inn (we even took a bottle of their self-branded wine home for the return journey). This very traditional pub, with veeeery low ceilings, proved that even a reassuringly retro menu can be expensive, although in this case everyone agreed that it was well worth every penny.<br /><br />1 walker went off to take a bus from somewhere nearby, the others got to Godalming for 1/4 to 4, so a couple of us continued on to Shalford or even Guildford (2 others would've wanted to, but had early evening appointments back in The Smoke).<br />5 others were up for tea and cake at Cafe Mila; 16.38 train for those.<br /><br />Not a walk many had done before (it being so short...), but thoroughly enjoyable all the same. [pp TG]<br />Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.com