"Twenty minutes later, three figures, followed by a shamed-looking dog, might have been seen creeping stealthily from the boat-house at the "Swan" towards the railway station, dressed in the following neither neat nor gaudy costume:
Black leather shoes, dirty; suit of boating flannels, very dirty; brown felt hat, much battered; mackintosh, very wet; umbrella." from "Three Men in a Boat". Jerome k Jerome.
Fabulous place, just been refurbished and only re-opened on Friday!
John has been reading the aforementioned book (again!) so here we are at Pangbourne AND Whitchurch which is the other side of the river.
To get from one side to the other you have to cross the Toll Bridge, which has been operating since "the thirty-second year of the reign of His Gracious Majesty, King George III " And it's very busy!
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| View of Whitchurch from the bridge. |
Wow!! Can't believe that you went to THAT pub! I am so jealous. Are you going to Hampton Court too?
ReplyDeleteI know isn't that great! We've seen no end of the places, your dad keeps reading bits to me!! BUT it was me that found the pub and insisted on going up to it. It's just had a major facelift and it is gorgeous so nothing like it would have been back then! xxx PS We won't be going to Hampton Court!
DeleteDon't have a clue re your literary references but it all looks very nice and you do seem to be getting about a bit ! Paintings are great but I still prefer TV and couldn't even imagine how far 2kms is? Looks as though theres food and drink in plenty though !
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having fun especially now the snow has gone
ReplyDeleteYes we are! We're hoping to wend our way closer to Andrew sometime in April. John will be back in Leicester for most of March.
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