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Thursday, 21 February 2013

Marsworth walk.

Keith and I took ourselves out for a walk around the village.

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The old BW yard and the site of a former concrete batching plant is no more, I first spoke about this in 2010. The site is going to become a housing development with 12 new dwellings and conversion of the BW building. Website.

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We walked along the towpath to the road bridge and then walked up into the village.

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Someone’s spelling leaves a lot to be desired.

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The Old Manor House is a grade 2 listed building, timber framed with brick infill. It is rather stunning.

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All Saints church is from the 13th-14th Century, built of stone and flint. A lot of renovation was carried out by Rev. Wragg in the 19thC. What is interesting is there is no wall or railings around the church.

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The Red Lion is low-beamed partly thatched 18th-c pub. What is interesting is the thatched part of the pub because the front part of the roof is tiled, this is not something I have seen before. Maybe they ran out of thatch LOL.

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These stocks are opposite the Red Lion Pub, I wonder if they put drunks in them.

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Having done a circular walk around the village, we ended up back at the road bridge and the White Lion pub. It seems it closed under a cloud. With so many pubs closing this is just another one to add to the list. As I said in a previous posting we ate there and it was expensive and not a real boaters pub. If you want a real pub then go to the Anglers Retreat.

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I love the fact that the Gents toilet is an outside loo. They do have their own pond.

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The pub is on the Buckinghamshire side and if you walk across the road your in Hertfordshire.

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In between your in no mans land. After a good old stroll, it was back to the boat, where my liver and onions were cooking nicely. Coffee was enjoyed with a few shortbread biscuits and the TV went on. During the afternoon it has been trying to snow, so we may be doing the Aylesbury are with a touch of the white stuff.

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