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A walk makes a lunch taste better — it is not complicated science, just fresh air and appetite. Here are three routes from our door and back again, from a flat riverbank amble to a ridge walk with a proper hill in the middle, plus what to order when the boots come off.
A Sunday roast at The Sun Inn begins long before the Yorkshire puddings go in. This is the supplier trail behind the menu — the growers, butchers and bakers in and around Winforton who make a proper countryside lunch possible.
Every pub says it is dog-friendly. In Winforton we tend to ask a more practical question: is the dog actually comfortable, and is the owner actually welcome? A water bowl by the door is a start, but it is not the whole test.
The blackboard at The Sun Inn Winforton is never really finished. It is a working document shaped by the Friday market, the forecast, a grower with too many parsnips and a kitchen that would rather stay curious than polished.
Wassailing an old orchard, long-table suppers by candlelight, a carol night with no auditions and a board-game table that never gets cleared away — here is what we are bringing back this winter, with dates, times and an open invitation. Some of it is very old, some of it is brand new, and all of it works better with a pint and a plate of something warm.