The Horse & Jockey Curdridge

Saturday morning was really hot and sticky so we decided to walk through the woods along the river Hamble from Burridge to the Horse & Jockey at Curdridge. There you can eat outside right by the side of the river. You have to take advantage of these lovely days.  We took two dogs with us, Jessie who after a difficult week of getting over losing Jake is beginning to pick up now and Peggy.  Jan left Polly at home as it would have been too much for her wobbly legs and she she needed to save her energy for her hydrotherapy later in the day. The pub doesn't open until ten so we took our time, about 40 minutes to walk there but it was well worth it.

You need to order your food at the bar but they bring it out to your table, all freshly cooked and piping hot . We just had one of each item and it was delicious, especially the fried bread and plenty, and plenty. Not the cheapest we've had but well worth the money. For the two of us it was nearly £17 with the coffee.

Bit of a photo call before we headed back. After that fried bread it was a good thing that we had to walk back.

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It is a nice walk through the woods back to Burridge, a bit rough in places underfoot where it got very muddy in the winter and has now dried out.  Part way along there is an old Fairy Tree where people leave all sorts of knick knacks. It is mentioned on the pub website, linked above.

They enjoyed clambering around and finally cooling off in the river.

Over the other side of the river you can see the shoreline in Manor Farm which is another walk we often do.

As I said Polly missed out on this walk but Sunday I took Jessie to visit and Polly looked after her while Jan took Peggy out for a more energetic walk. 

That's it for this week, see you next time..........................Margaret x