17th August 2008
The best walks start and end at a pub.
There’s a walk in Harlestone village that starts at The Fox and Hounds (was named The Dusty Fox prior to it being refurbished). It’s a great circular walk that takes about between 1 and 1.5hrs depending on how fast you walk (and how long you spend scaring yourself on the tree swing). The cutest bit of the walk is when you come out of a wooded area onto a bridge overlooking a lake. The balustrade is really nice and there are always ducks, swans and moorhens waiting in the hope of getting a bit of duck food from any passer-by.
Bob rummaging in the foliage for Hoi-Sin sauce and pancakes.
After the walk threatens to stray onto the local golf club a couple of times you get to the tree swing. It’s on a steep hill so you’re suddenly a few metres off the ground. Bob loves it.
The walk ends up where it started – The pub looks great, however it’s not cheap (Want to pay a £3 premium to discover the difference between ‘Begian frites’ and chips?) There was a couple of real ales, Aspall Cyder and plenty of wines. A nice pub that’s a little pretentious 
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