I have been in England since Thursday visiting the most fabulous couple in the world. I have been playing house in Surrey County and it is really hard. We are packing and cleaning for the upcoming move to another home in the County. To gear up for the week, we relaxed at a few gastro pubs. These pubs still have the feel of pubs but they also have sections that have the feel of fine dining. This past weekend we had a quick dinner at the
Horse & Groom in Guildford while Nathan was fencing. Cory and I had pizzas and Dale ate the Chicken and Leek pie. Local ingredients are big over here, too, so everything was made fresh and the pizzas were similar to our artisan pizzas in the states. And it happens to be Cask Ale week ~ how convenient. 28 September to 7 October. Our pints were Red Fox, Doombar & Bombardier.
Saturday, with a full moon, we did the mountain bike pub ride (or race if Cory is leading). We had dinner (fish & chips!!) and pints at the
Rose and Thistle. We rode to the
Olde Wheatsheaf, Ye Olde White Hart, then the Embers Inn's
Crab & Dragon. All the beers I drank were traditional English cask red ales. When Dale reports home from work, he will have to fill me in on the pints we had. I know we had Young's Special Ale, Doombar and Nichols.
Okay, I need to get back to packing ~ maybe I will have to open a bottle as I am knackered and hoping for some cask ales later.
