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Summer arrives in Checkendon

Tom — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:43:22 +0000

Escaping London for another weekend catching up with friends. This time Reading was the destination and on the Sunday we decided to make the most of the unusually fine weather and find ourselves a good pub with nearby walking potential. The Four Horse Shoes was picked in Checkendon, a charming little village where very little has changed for very many years.

A walk to Elgar's house

Tom — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:15:46 +0000

Edward Elgar lived in a cottage called ‘Brinkwells’ near Fittleworth in West Sussex between 1917 and 1921. My fiancée’s family is from this area and over the Christmas break we took their two dogs for a long walk to counteract all the chocolate and turkey we’d been eating. It was a stunningly clear cold day where you could see for miles.