Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-06-04 22:35:27 - Graham Ellis
The long, long evenings and the lovely weather are giving us some great opportunities to walk; here's Gypsy, with 200 yards of our home, in the fields. Having been with us for about six weeks, she's now well attached and can be let off the lead in appropriate places - and on the way up to "The Foresters" via footpaths and Snarlton lane, that's all the way from our door until the last few hundred yards.
The cluster of businesses near the Sandridge Road / Blackmore Road / Snarlton Lane / Church Lane corner has changed (in a little detail) in recent times ... we now have
• The Forester's Arms (Pub - local, but no longer food every lunchtime and evening)
• The Co-op, with ATM outside. A mid-sized co-op, open for a wide range of goods, early to late
• A Petrol Station
• The Forest Fish Bar (formerly "Tricia's Place"). Tricia was a past master (or should that be "passed mistress") at fish and chips, but sold out to a couple under whom quality fell away to the extent that we transferred our loyalty to "The Fisheries" in Union Street, in spite of the parking there being difficult and having to fight through the town. However, a new name and (it appears) a further ownership - or at least managerial - change, and I'm glad to report that "The Fish Bar" has improved again - at least enough for me to welcome the opportunity to pop in there when I'm walking through that part of town.
