We didn't expect to have a cooker this weekend because of the work in the kitchen. As it happens, it was connected up on Saturday. However, we'd already arranged with David and Alison to have a walk with a 'proper' lunch stop. As it happens, it would have been a nice day for a picnic, but we had to 'make do' with Sunday lunch at a nice pub. We survived.
This is another walk from the Adventurous Pub Walks in the Chilterns book. As written, it would have started in Chorleywood and got us to the pub too early, so we started South of Latimer. Within a few minutes of leaving the car, there was a woman on a horse coming towards us and a cyclist behind us. The cyclist (a man of a certain age) rode past us, stopped quite abruptly and waved at us to stop and told us to 'give the horse a chance'. When the horse had passed, he essentially told us that we needed to be more considerate of 'skittish' horses. We encountered the same horse later in the walk - rarely have I come across a more placid horse. Beware of patronising cyclists when in this area.
The route passed through Chenies, which looks like it is plucked from a jigsaw puzzle. As well as the manor and an attractive church, it has two likely-looking pubs.
As you can from the map, we had a short loop across the M25 before reaching The Cock Inn at Sarratt (with an appetite) at 12:30. Lunch and beer were good, and proper puddings (e.g. treacle tart, crumble) with custard were available. It would have been rude not to....
The highlight of the walk was a lovely stretch along the River Chess. Rosie and I had walked this stretch last year.
This is another walk from the Adventurous Pub Walks in the Chilterns book. As written, it would have started in Chorleywood and got us to the pub too early, so we started South of Latimer. Within a few minutes of leaving the car, there was a woman on a horse coming towards us and a cyclist behind us. The cyclist (a man of a certain age) rode past us, stopped quite abruptly and waved at us to stop and told us to 'give the horse a chance'. When the horse had passed, he essentially told us that we needed to be more considerate of 'skittish' horses. We encountered the same horse later in the walk - rarely have I come across a more placid horse. Beware of patronising cyclists when in this area.
The route passed through Chenies, which looks like it is plucked from a jigsaw puzzle. As well as the manor and an attractive church, it has two likely-looking pubs.
As you can from the map, we had a short loop across the M25 before reaching The Cock Inn at Sarratt (with an appetite) at 12:30. Lunch and beer were good, and proper puddings (e.g. treacle tart, crumble) with custard were available. It would have been rude not to....
The highlight of the walk was a lovely stretch along the River Chess. Rosie and I had walked this stretch last year.
View The Chess Valley in a larger map
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