Eggbert's Travels

Thursday 24^th May

HE SAID:

We had a great day out.

First stop was the history-filled private house of Langford. It is only open by appointment, & Barry the owner was happy to show just Geoff & myself around. He & his wife have owned it for about 20 years, & have in that time restored/renovated & extended extensively. An amazing job has been done, keeping with the original style as much as possible.

After the tour we headed for the Walcha Road Hotel, another historical place, originally built in 1860 or 1882 depending which article you read. It was damaged & rebuilt in 2004, but still retains some of its old charm, though the landlady was a bit of a grump! But lunch was tasty.

Our final stop was at Dobson's Distillery to taste some locally produced Gins & Beers. Geoff wasn't able to take any beer away, as it is in-house only, but I did get a bottle of the award-winning gin. We spent an amusing hour in the company of the very chatty owner.

Entrance gates to Langford House

An avenue of Elm trees leads you to the house

The front

The house seen from Thunderbolt's Way

The entrance room

Master bedroom

An ornamental lake to the side of the house

HE SAID:

I wasn't really sure about this outing, as I've seen a squillion old houses, but was convinced to go along as there was lunch on offer. As it turned out both the house and the lunch were good, though the house had a more cheery personality than the lady at the pub.

The distillery-cum-winery and brewery is now a distillery, with some brewing going on. I tried two beers, and they were both good; especially the Belgian Abbey-style ale. Stephen, the owner,was a hoot, and had me nodding in agreement when he said he had no time for fudging around with fruit and herbs and crap in the beer. Just make beer!