Hampshire: A walk in the country not

Last year we had a great walk in the Hampshire countryside (Old Winchester Hill) - so good that we decided to do it again this year. But it was so cold and wet outside, we decided to sit in a pub and have a few shandies. Not just ANY pub - one of my favourites - 'The pub with no name' in Steep (AKA the White Horse). I swear the public lounge has not been decorated since 1912. And much better for it it is!

Of course children are not allowed in that part of the bar, so we slummed it in the annex round the back amusing ourselves by seeing who was best at rolling their eyes up into their skulls (Joss was the winner).

Later that week the weather improved slightly and we got a few walks/picnics in. One thing Joss and I both remarked on was the presence of wasps -- another warm winter (I guess) meant that the UK was plagued by them this summer ... @ least we felt like there was a plague! We don't think there are any wasps in Hong Kong (just snakes and BIG spiders - one on our landing window this week had a body the size of my ring finger).

M