UK 2

UK 2

We have been at the house in Fetcham for a week now and the people we are sitting for have been in southern Portugal for about 5 days. We walked to Leatherhead for a wander around and a shop at Lidl's (a Germany supermarket chain). 

We have met up with Penny's school friend Hilary and her husband David and have gone out on some drives around the Surrey Hills, quintessentially English!

We also had a very nice pub meal at The Stephan Langton Inn, thanks Hilary and David!!!

http://www.stephanlangton.pub/

The Langton is owned by friends of the people we are house sitting for and they graciously reserved a table for the four of us on Sunday afternoon (no mean feat!) where we had a wonderful Sunday roast dinner and a few pints of the local Tillingbourne Brewery beers. The people that own the pub also own the brewery! 

http://www.tillybeer.co.uk/

On Tuesday, Hillary picked us up and we went to the top of Leigh Hill (D'Oh, guess who forgot the camera) and climbed Leigh Tower, a 250 year old foley, the highest point in southern England. We looked north to London, east to Gatwick Airport and unfortunately, it was hazy so we could not see the sea. 

This was followed by more great pub grub at The Plough Inn in Cold Harbour along with more local beers, yum!

http://www.ploughinn.com/

Lots of walks from Fetcham to Leatherhead and Bookham. The walk from Bookham goes through the Bookham Close which is National Trust land laced with paths and lanes and all covered in golden leaves (yep, no camera again LOL). The weather has been sunny and 17 or 18 to cloudy, rainy and cool about 8 or 9.

Now a few pics of our charges, lets see there is Max, Molly and Tigs the dogs.

Then there is Gus the cat, not doing too bad at 21 :)

Oh yes, the nine chickens that lay very yummy eggs! Um... You know what chickens and eggs look like ;)