StewBlog

What started off fairly tamely from 8:30pm with a few pints of Guinness in the Cherry Tree became something rather less tame by the time I finally got home at 5am...

Anyway, The Cherry Tree juke-box has had something of a facelift, so the Rolling Stones are back on with their double album, Forty Licks! I delved into that and completed my selections, as follows:

Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Guns and Roses - It's So Easy
Hot Love - T Rex

It was inevitable that further drinking would occur so after being kicked out of The Cherry Tree, Vicki and I moved on to meet some guys outside Alberrys and we all ferried ourselves to The Works for vodka and wig-wearing(!) followed by a little house party and drinking games at Emma's house, whose birthday it was...

Took a short bike ride with Matty this morning out to The Duck Inn at Pett Bottom. It was a pretty good day for cycling with a fresh breeze and the sun peeping through the clouds every now and then. Our route took us up Wincheap, along an old Roman Road called Iffin Lane, past The Granville pub and through Lower Hardres before the steep hill into Pett Bottom and the Duck Inn. I ordered my staple pub lunch choice of chilli con carne with rice and soured cream, while Matty had the slow-roasted garlic and tomato pasta with salad. We had a go at a few of the Dingbats cards as well
A very enjoyable lunch indeed!

The Duck Inn is actually famously linked with James Bond. The Author of the original books, Ian Fleming, whiled away many an hour in the pub, thinking of ideas for his books... Some of the roads in the area actually feature in some of the novels with James Bond haring around them in his Aston Martin!