VENUE: REIGATE HILL
WEATHER: B ..... COLD! BUT BRIGHT - VISIBILITY NOT GREAT.
WALKERS: CLATCHAT, FARTY FALLOVER, TOKEN BLOKE, 12 LEGS, WEEPY WENDY NOHILLS, MRS PROVINCIAL
WE GATHERED AT REIGATE HILL CAR PARK ON A FREEZING COLD MORNING WHERE THE WIND CHILL MADE IT FEEL LIKE AT LEAST 5 DEGREES BELOW! MANY LAYERS, SCARVES, HATS, HEADBANDS AND THICK GLOVES WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. LITTLE MINI WAS LOOKING VERY WARM, SNUG AND SEASONAL (AND THE HEIGHT OF SARTORIAL ELEGANCE) IN HER SANTA OUTFIT, COMPLETE WITH HAT AND BELT! POOR JOSEPHINE LOOKED VERY JEALOUS, BUT APPARENTLY THERE WERE NONE IN THE SHOP TO FIT HER. DISCUSSIONS ON THE WALK ENSUED REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF ALTERING CHILDREN'S FLEECES TO FIT. A JOB PROBABLY BEST SUITED TO OUR WONDERFUL CRAFTSWOMEN OF THE GROUP, THE NEWLY RETIRED CLATCHAT . . .
SOME LOVELY DOGGIES EN ROUTE, INCLUDING AN ADORABLE DOGE DE BORDEAUX PUPPY (NONE SPORTING SANTA OUTFITS THOUGH!). PASSED THROUGH A FIELD OF HORSES WHERE YOURS TRULY, MRS PROVINCIAL, HAD THE FALL OF THE WALK - A SPECTACULAR DIVE HEADFIRST INTO THE DAMP GRASS/MUD. OUCH.
FACILITIES TO EASE ONESELF - NOT BAD, BUT SEVERAL OTHER WALKERS AROUND! ANOTHER CONVERSATION ENSUED REGARDING HAVING A WAZ....IT WAS DECIDED THAT LADIES COULDN'T HAVE A WAZ AS TO DO SO WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD NEED A WAZZER, SO THAT HONOUR FALLS TO TOKEN BLOKE. . .US LADIES JUST HAVE WIDDLES, PRESUMABLY MEANING WE HAVE A WIDDLER?? OH DEAR, THE COLD OBVIOUSLY SCRAMBLED OUR BRAINS!!
WENDY NOHILLS HAS ALSO ADDED A DOUBLE BARREL TO HER NAME, AS TODAY SHE WAS DEFINITELY WEEPY-WENDY NOHILLS AS HER POOR EYES DIDN'T STOP STREAMING ALL WALK.
FIND OF THE WALK: NOTHING OF NOTE, JUST A SAD LOOKING BEANIE HAT ON A POST. THERE WAS A BEAUTIFULLY MADE CAMP IN THE WOODS, MADE FROM ENTWINED BRANCHES.
LUNCH: THE YEW TREE, REIGATE HILL. A LOVELY WELCOME - ROARING FIRE AND VERY FRIENDLY, ACCOMMODATING STAFF. DEFINITELY OUR FAVOURITE WALKING PUB - LOVELY GRUB TOO. TOKEN BLOKE THOUGHT ALL HIS CHRISTMASES HAD COME AT ONCE, AS NOT ONLY WAS HE OFFERED TO WARM HIS FROZEN HANDS UP ON MRS PROVINCIAL'S HOT THIGHS, BUT HE THEN WAS OFFERED, AND ACCEPTED, A FEEL OF CLATCHAT'S MUCH ADMIRED MERINO WOOL VEST. WHAT A COUPLE OF TROLLOPS!
NEXT VENUE: TBA Tuesday Jan 5th
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
