The Keezees in the UK: Virginia Water - not a bad spot for a walk and a pint

You will of course recall the day when it snowed here a few weeks back. Well, we had planned to meet up with some of Lucy's school friends (and their parents) that afternoon for lunch at a pub in Viginia Water, followed by a bit of a walk around the lake from which the town takes it's name (ie. Virginia Water).

As it turned out, the morning snow didn't impact our plans at all - in fact the pub was much more fun, as there was plenty of snow out front for the kids to play, and a nice burning log fire inside to warm up (and dry out the kids) beside. By the time we had finished lunch the snow had all melted and so we headed off to the lake to walk off the Sunday Roasts.

Virginia Water is actually a rather large man-made lake and it's about a 4 mile loop to walk right round. By the time you've covered about 2 miles, you are quite exposed to the wind off the open water and a fair way from your car; so it's really not a good time to start snowing again. To be honest, we haven't really felt the cold too much over winter, because we're usually dressed for the conditions, and when we do venture out it's usually about a 5 metre walk to the nearest heated area (ie. shop). It's a different story though when the wind is whipping across the water, you're trying to keep an eye on six kids riding scooters, threatening to veer off into the water at any second, and when the nearest building is still half a mile away. But when that nearest building turns out to be another welcoming pub, you then forget about the cold pretty quickly. Actually our visit to The Wheatsheaf went a long way to improving Keezee's opinion of warm beer.