In message , at 04:42:57
on Wed, 19 Jun 2013, antoine remarked:
in a few days I will be in London for a short visit. My wife never was in
England and I would love to show her something of the old rural England.
Where should I go for an one day visit in an ancient english village?
Thank you for a tip.

Windsor isn't strictly a village, but the 'historic centre' is quite
compact. If going by train you could get off part-way and explore
Datchet.
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Roland Perry

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:06:18 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

in a few days I will be in London for a short visit. My wife never was
in England and I would love to show her something of the old rural
England. Where should I go for an one day visit in an ancient english
village? Thank you for a tip.

Windsor isn't strictly a village, but the 'historic centre' is quite
compact. If going by train you could get off part-way and explore
Datchet.

Whilst Windsor and Eton are lovely, and well worth a daytrip, they're not
really "old rural England". Datchet must've changed a heck of a lot since
I used to live on that end of Slough... grin

It's not easy to find anywhere "old rural England" without a bit of a
trek out from the centre of London - but easiest is probably to get a
Metropolitan line train out towards Amersham, off at Chorleywood, over
the common towards Chorleywood House, then there's some very pleasant
walks in the Chess Valley. Chenies is a lovely village within easy
walking distance of the tube station, with a very good "traditional" pub,
the Red Lion. Depending on how long a walk you want, Sarratt is also near
- again, nice little village with a couple of good pubs.

But the classic "day trip for Olde Worlde" from London has to be the
Cotswolds.

In message , at 08:38:14 on Wed, 19 Jun
2013, Adrian remarked:
Whilst Windsor and Eton are lovely, and well worth a daytrip, they're not
really "old rural England".

It's never been the same since those incomers built a castle there.
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Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote
at 08:38:14 on Wed, 19 Jun
2013, Adrian remarked:

Whilst Windsor and Eton are lovely, and well worth a daytrip,
they're not
really "old rural England".

It's never been the same since those incomers built a castle there.

Yeah, all the visitors ask why it was built so close to Heathrow.

For a old village, continue along the Thames to Bray (as in Vicar of)
and, if you are very rich, your choice of ***** eateries otherwise eat
in Windsor or Eton.


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Mike D

"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Roland Perry wrote
at 08:38:14 on Wed, 19 Jun
2013, Adrian remarked:

Whilst Windsor and Eton are lovely, and well worth a daytrip,
they're not
really "old rural England".

It's never been the same since those incomers built a castle there.

Yeah, all the visitors ask why it was built so close to Heathrow.

For a old village, continue along the Thames to Bray (as in Vicar of)
and, if you are very rich, your choice of ***** eateries otherwise eat
in Windsor or Eton.

You have to book a long way in advance for the Fat Duck or Waterside Inn.
The Hinds Head now also has a Michelin star (not really deserved IMHO), so
that probably gets booked up as well. But at least it features authentic
old English recipes.

With two of the best restaurants in the UK (for a while, the Fat Duck was
ranked the best in the world), I don't think you could really call Bray an
authentic old British village (though I once saw an episode of Morse being
shot in the local church).

On 2013-06-19 15:48:37 +0000, Recliner said:

With two of the best restaurants in the UK (for a while, the Fat Duck was
ranked the best in the world)

The Good Food Guide still says the FD is 'the experience of a lifetime'
- it's the only one with a score of 10 for cooking in the 2012 guide at
least. The Waterside Inn gets 7, Hind's Head 4.

For a less painful wallet experince but still a nice village-style
experinece by the river Cookham is nice - there's also an Indian,
Maliks, in the GFG there.

E.

On 2013-06-19 08:38:14 +0000, Adrian said:

But the classic "day trip for Olde Worlde" from London has to be the
Cotswolds.

Indeed - I always think of Bibury - http://www.bibury.com - but pretty
hopeless to get to without a car. A trip to Kent is probabably a better
bet - eg Chilham, which has a station nearby and is also near
Canterbury - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilham and see
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_...6bcc315d7.aspx


E.