Cart and Horses, Kings Worthy

I remember when it was a proper pub with a restaurant upstairs and a buffet salad bar downstairs. The landlord used to be pals with Brian Adams in Southampton and get quite a crowd in. Always a tailback at the hockley lights and great place to go for sunday lunch. Is it part of a chain now? Im back in Winchester in March and looking up some old haunts.

26 Feb 2015 14:19

The Bugle Inn, Twyford

Made me laugh when I read "a unique experience". M too. 25 Years ago I lived in Southampton and was dating a man from Basingstoke. Met for lunch one beautiful spring day at the bugle. It as not so much a foody pub then and where the arch is now wasn't there but the doors within were then the delivery and cellar doors and a slope down to what was a busy a road. I had just bought a new bmw and parked on the slope. I always left a car in gear but must have knocked it out retrieving my shoes and handbag from the footwell. Where the car was new to me the handbrake must have only been on a little. anyway trolled in to the pub in high heels. and joined my friend at the bar for a g n t. Bar man strolled over eh Mrs?? We were quite animated n chatting MRS!!! "WHAAAT" Ok Ill Move the bloody thing. How rude.!! It had shuddered its way down the ramp and was in the middle broadside across two lanes of traffic mercifully hadn't hit anything or anyone or caused a pile up. Majestically sat there with even the bits you get on brand new tyres intact. My date just carried on with his pint laughing at my crap driving and snappy attitude while I galloped off like dick emery in high shoes to retrieve the thing. Of course I wanted people to notice it........ Funny enough eight years and round the clock later {me and it} I gave it to the same man {long since an ex} and he took it to Holland to work. Fond old memories of a county pub. Married n Widowed and now live in Spain and said ex {grandfather now} still messages me "happy new year darlin" And rings now and again.

26 Feb 2015 14:04