Gomshall - Okewood Hill - Capel
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| Tellings at Gomshall |
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| Some of the C&M at 11s |
Our mid-morning
watering hole at Gomshall was close to the flows of the Tilling Bourne and the
A25, at a venue new to me called Tillings. Until recently it was a Thai
restaurant, before that a pub called the Black Horse and before that please let
me know. Generously tabled, nearly all were occupied and the spacious room was
buzzing with a surprising number of people out for Sunday morning coffee. How does
it attract such numbers? Breakfast portions were generous, with prices to
match. The cake looked super-scrumptious, but remained intact. However, with
the numbers to serve, service, while attentive, was not of the fastest.
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| Ed with his Trophy |
With lunch just a
hop away we dallied over elevenses and did not saddle up until gone 11.30, some
for lunch and some for home. Our route from Shere was simple, due south up Sandy Lane and Hound House Rd to
cross Winterfold Forest, down to Ewhurst and a sprightly pace along Horsham Rd and Froggetts Lane to
Okewood Hill and the Punchbowl Inn. We were expected, with a comfortable corner
of the Public Bar set aside for us. In great contrast to the previous Sunday at
the unwelcoming Holmbush Inn at Faygate, our welcome was warm, the food and
beer good. Special mention must be made of the excellent Badger ‘Hopeful Hop’. Here
too we dallied, with ample time to digest our lunch, refresh our glasses and
discuss with those with local knowledge the authentic name for Okewood Hill,
Oakwood Hill or Oakwoodhill.. The road signs are not in harmony and the
judgment of our friendly hostess was countermanded by the sign above the bar. She claimed that ‘oke was a rivulet, though I
can find no authority to confirm her belief. It seems to be a Middle English form of ‘oak’.
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| Capel - I think I must scrap that camera! |
With Capel Church
close enough for us to hear the bells summon the faithful to tea and cakes
at 3pm, we made another late departure, to arrive at Capel in good time tor the
final cakefest of the year. Having taken our last rites, with dusk fast
approaching, one by one we look our leave for home, most I imagine arriving on
their thresholds in the dark and recording a late autumn mileage total
of some 50 miles. We did do some cycling. The ladies of Capel are next due to
regale us on Mothering Sunday, 30th March 2014.
Jeff
With lunch just a
hop away we dallied over elevenses and did not saddle up until gone 11.30, some
for lunch and some for home. Our route from Shere was simple, due south up Sandy Lane and Hound House Rd to
cross Winterfold Forest, down to Ewhurst and a sprightly pace along Horsham Rd and Froggetts Lane to
Okewood Hill and the Punchbowl Inn. We were expected, with a comfortable corner
of the Public Bar set aside for us. In great contrast to the previous Sunday at
the unwelcoming Holmbush Inn at Faygate, our welcome was warm, the food and
beer good. Special mention must be made of the excellent Badger ‘Hopeful Hop’. Here
too we dallied, with ample time to digest our lunch, refresh our glasses and
discuss with those with local knowledge the authentic name for Okewood Hill,
Oakwood Hill or Oakwoodhill.. The road signs are not in harmony and the
judgment of our friendly hostess was countermanded by the sign above the bar. She claimed that ‘oke was a rivulet, though I
can find no authority to confirm her belief. It seems to be a Middle English form of ‘oak’.
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