After leaving Arundel Castle, we headed toward our inn located in Alton, Hampshire. We went through lots of rotaries and speculated about what this sign meant.
Is a leisure complex the equivalent of our rest area?
Or is it a place filled with restaurants and shopping?
And what exactly does Reflection mean here?
The sky was beautiful as we drove, and I was looking forward to a full moon.
I was so happy at this point. Our first day in the country had been so wonderful, and we were driving through English countryside, the stuff of my dreams. We were becoming extremely grateful for the loan of a GPS from some church members. We would have been so lost without it. When we entered the name of our inn into the GPS, a notification came up informing us that none of the places on that road had numbers. KJ surmised it was because the road was so old. Nonetheless, we found The Three Horseshoes, and it was everything we could have hoped for in a British inn/pub.
We walked into a somewhat smoke-filled room. It was the first night they lit the fire and they were trying to clear the chimney. The smell was really nice, though, and we didn't mind one bit.
We weren't able to pick up the wireless internet from our room, so we spent
our evenings snuggled up by the fire catching up with friends and family back home.
It was so pleasant and cozy.
We were led up the stairs to our room where we were greeted by what became a
familiar reminder. All the doorways in the older places we stayed were a little lower.
We were also greeted by this wonderful open window...and
Florida-condo-like decor. But we could overlook it. Everything else was perfect,
including the flapjack granola bars made with butter, fruit smoothies, hot chocolate,
biscuits (a.k.a cookies) and muffins left on our tea tray.
We were super-hungry and ready for dinner. We were also desperate to connect to the internet and hear from our children. Dinner did not disappoint.
Jacket potatoes with chicken salad for me
Ham sandwich on brown bread with ale chutney and crisps for KJ
We were both pretty happy here, I think.
And our bedroom window afforded us a pleasant view of the full moon.
We were in for a very pleasant stay in Hampshire.
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