After a week in the sun without wearing proper shoes or long trousers, it was a shock to come back to an autumnal England. It was also a shock to stand on the scales when we got back, so more exercise was prescribed.
The sun was shining on the Saturday after we got back, so a walk was inevitable and we dug out the Adventurous Pub Walks in the Chilterns book and choose the Stoke Row and Checkendon walk, starting from Maharajah's Well.
The walk is described as a 'woodland pub crawl' as it passed four pubs. It did indeed have plenty of nice woodland. However, the second pub, the Dog and Duck at Highmoor was closed down and for sale. After getting a little lost about half way around the walk, we got back on track and set our sights on a light lunch at The Four Horseshoes at Checkendon.
The village is very attractive, and the pub nice. However, when we tried to order food, we were told that there were seven orders queued in the kitchen, so there would be quite a wait. We settled for a drink and a bag of crisps (well, we had to eat something) each and continued back to Stoke Row. We picked up some soup and bread on the way home in the car.
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