Today, members of the Gosport Camera Club went for a delightful walk along the River Itchen, starting at the Woodmill Centre. How do you find out about places like this, other than through friends? If you want a calm, peaceful walk along a lovely rivers edge, you would be very hard pushed to find somewhere better than this.
The path along the river side, not quite sure of the length is probably 3/4 of a mile after that it moves away from the river. But for a pleasant stroll, with opportunities to stop to admire the scenery and wildlife or talk to strangers is ideal.
Then, at the end of the walk, there is a very nice little cafe, which even at 10 AM on a Sunday was packed. They had some very nice cakes on show, and to my deep shame I succumbed to rather large piece of Rocky Road. Yes, I know, I shouldn’t have done. It was though, really rather nice.
From the walk we had a shortish drive to the pub (we took the wrong turn) , The Cricketers Arms. It’s interesting to note that the pub had sold out of a couple of the main courses by 1230 (including the one I wanted – Lamb Shank) I ended up going for the Roast Beef.
It was an excellent meal. The Yorkshires in particular are worthy of mention. They were crispy and literally melt in the mouth, I’d never had one like it – as far as I can recall. I will definitely be taking Elayne there.
It was a really nice day out.
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