• Rest of Hampshire
  • The Robin Hood Inn, Rowlands Castle

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    We pass The Robin Hood Inn in Rowlands Castle, Hampshire quite a bit on our cycle rides, normally too close to home to warrant a stop but it has been known a few times. It was a beautiful day and we were without the bikes so could eat what and as much as we wanted. Geoff […]

  • Fareham
  • Villa Romana, Fareham, Hampshire

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    I always seem to head east to West Sussex when cycling or walking or even shopping but on Friday we headed west because Geoff was playing golf in Wickham later that afternoon. We decided to pay Villa Romana in the High Street a visit, I’d been previously with my Italian friends Catia and Loretta but […]

  • Fareham
  • Skylark Golf & Country Club, Whiteley

    My husband Geoff was looking for places to play golf for his work’s golf society and came across Skylark Golf & Country Club at Whiteley, which used to be named Quindell. As you enter the estate – which is not far from Whiteley village – you pass a few very big houses, all quite grand with grounds […]

  • Rest of Hampshire
  • The Vine, Hambledon, Hampshire

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    The Vine is a 17th century inn in Hambledon, Hampshire and is another country pub which has been on my list for a while, mainly because I pass it quite a bit whilst out cycling. I was meeting up with my two Italian friends again, Catia and Loretta (although I see Catia quite regularly, we eat at […]